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CV: Allyson Washburn
Curriculum Vitae
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Degrees, Discipline, Year, Institution
- Ph.D./M.A. Experimental Psychology, 1992; The Johns Hopkins University
- M.S.Ed. Secondary Guidance, 1976; University of Southern Maine
- A.B. Psychology, 1971; Hood College
Current Projects and Professional Activities
I am currently completing work on research projects funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the Alzheimer's Association and am seeking funding from the NIA and other sources to continue work on social cognition in aging and dementia and on improving quality of life for nursing home residents. I am also working on a book for the home health care field based on the experience of my co-author and her mother in her last years. In addition to teaching research methods at Saybrook, I teach biostatistics and DOXdesign and analysis of experimentsat a small engineering school, do statistical consulting for medical researchers, and work with governmental and NGOs in solving "wicked" social problems, or messes, using visual analytic methods.
Significant Publications
Washburn, A. M., Sands, L. P., & Walton, P. (2003). Assessment of social cognition in frail seniors and its association with social functioning in the nursing home. The Gerontologist, 43, 203-212.Washburn, A. M., Luxenberg, J., Brod, M., Steinhauer, M., & Katsap, M. (2000). “Club of Friends”: Enrolling nursing home residents in an adult day program. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2, 225-229.Batki, S. B. (co-author), Washburn, A. M. (co-author), Delucchi, K. & Jones, R. T. (1996). A controlled trial of fluoxetine treatment of crack cocaine dependence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 41, 137-142.Rosenbaum, M., Washburn, A. M., Knight, K., Kelley, M. & Irwin, J. (1996). Methadone maintenance treatment as harm reduction, defunding as harm maximization. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 28(3), 241-249.
Important Conference Presentations
- Washburn, A. M., Sands, Laura, P., & Walton, Pamela, J. Assessing social-cognitive functioning in frail older adults with and without cognitive impairment. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA, November 2002.
- Washburn, A. M., Steinhauer, M., & Korda, S. The Doctors Shenson Quality of life Programs: Integrating adult day care amd long-term care models in a nursing home. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA, November 2002.
- Washburn, A. M. & Piotrowski, N. Click of Awareness: Family caregivers’ reports of earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, IL, November 2001.
- Washburn, A. M. & Walton, P. J. Theory of mind in aging and dementia. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C., November, 2000.
- Washburn, A. M., Luxenberg, J., Brod, M., & Katsap, M. Evaluation of day care programming for nursing home residents. The 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society on Aging. San Francisco, March, 1998.
Research Interests
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Research Expertise
Expertise Working with Saybrook Students
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Research Expertise
Research Expertise Rating Guide:
- studied in a class or have read intensively on my own
- special training in the form of a workshop or equivalent
- taught a class in, or supervised research using this method (research practicum, on a dissertation or master's committee
- used in research myself
- published or presented at conferences my research using this method
Methods Traditionally Considered As Quantitative (But Need Not Be)
| Laboratory Research | 1, 2, 5 |
| Field Experiments | |
| Randomized Controlled Clinical | |
| Quasi-experimental methods | |
| Correlational Methods |
Methods That Could Use Quantitative Or Qualitative Methods
| Action Research | |
| Survey Research | |
| Interview Research | |
| Observational Research | |
| Epidemiological Research | |
| Ethnography | |
| Focus Groups | |
| Self-Observational Methods | |
| Narrative Methods | |
| Feminist Methods | |
| Content Analysis | |
| Discovery-Oriented (psychotherapy) | |
| Events paradigm (psychotherapy) | |
| Archival Research | |
| Case History Methods | |
| Appreciative Inquiry | |
| Multiple Case Depth Research | |
| Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design | |
| Longitudinal research | |
| Cross-sectional research |
Methods Primarily Associated With Qualitative Research (But May Also Use Quantitative)
| Ethnoautobiographical research | 1 |
| Hermeneutics | 5 |
| Grounded Theory | 4, 5 |
| Phenomenology | |
| Heuristic Research |
Types of Analysis
| Simple Parametric Statistics (t-test, etc.) | |
| Confidence intervals | |
| Analysis of Variance (including MANOVA) | |
| Analysis of Covariance | |
| Regression (including multiple regression) | |
| Discriminant Function Analysis | |
| Structural Equation Modeling/Path Analysis | |
| Causal Modeling | |
| Cluster Analysis | |
| Survival Analysis | |
| Nonparametrics | |
| Bayesian Analysis | |
| Meta-analysis and effect sizes | |
| Factor Analysis | |
| Time series analysis | |
| Multidimensional scaling |
