CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Thevaraja, A.P., Linver, M.R., Postlewaite, E. L., & Urban, J.B. (2026, May). Who Do We Become Through Evaluation? Faculty Reflections on Character, Mentorship, and Institutional Support [Paper presentation]. Submitted to the annual meetings for Easter Evaluation Research Society, Galloway, NJ.
Engeldinger, L., Sochaczevski, N., Thevaraja, A.P., Nager, A., Linver, M.R., & Urban, J.B. (2026, May). A Methodological Reflection from a Mixed-Method Evaluation [Paper presentation]. Submitted to the annual meetings for Easter Evaluation Research Society, Galloway, NJ.
Thevaraja, A.P., Les, E., Perry, Y., Postlewaite, E. L., & Linver, M.R. (2026, April). Relational Roots of Character: Centering Student Voices and Faculty Impact at a Hispanic-Serving Institution [Paper presentation]. Submitted to the annual meetings for American Education Research Association, Los Angeles, CA.
Engeldinger, L., Thevaraja, A.P., Nager, A., Postlewaite, E. L., & Linver, M.R. (2026, April). Character Education in Higher Education: Knowledge and Implementation of a Character Framework [Poster presentation]. Submitted to the annual meetings for American Education Research Association, Los Angeles, CA.
Postlewaite, E.L., Perry, Y., Thevaraja, A.P., Les, E., & Novak, J. (2026, March). Identifying and Measuring Character Strengths Using the Maximum Differential Technique [Paper Presentation]. Submitted to the annual meeting for the Kern Partners for Character and Educational Leadership, Phoenix, AZ.
Thevaraja, A.P., Les, E., & Postlewaite, E. L. (2025, November). Navigating Student Character Development in College: Examining the Influence of Family and Faculty Through a Bioecological Systems Lens [Paper presentation]. Accepted to the annual meetings of the National Council on Family Relations, Baltimore, MD.
Thevaraja, A. P., Postlewaite, E. L., Perry, Y., Les, E., & Novak, J. (2025, October). Developmental pathways and student alignment of character values: Exploring student perspectives at a Hispanic-Serving Institution [Paper presentation]. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development, Lexington, KY.
Linver, M.R., Urban, J.B., Thevaraja, A.P., Feinstein, M., Hargreaves, M., Meza Cabellero, M., Zhang, A., Xue, X., Les, E., Perry, Y., Engeldinger, L., & Sochaczevski, N. (2025, October). Best practices for using measures developed with minority world populations in majority world countries: A case study in Honduras [Paper Presentation]. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development, Lexington, KY.
Postlewaite, E. L., Les, E., Thevaraja, A.P, Perry, Y., & Novak, J. (2025, August). Exploring the Development of Caring-Related Character Assets in Higher Education [Paper presentation]. Presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Moral Education, Tampere, Finland.
Thevaraja, A.P., Les, E., Perry, Y., Novak, J., & Postlewaite, E. L. (2025, April). Do Students and Institutions Share the Same Values? Exploring Student Perspectives at Montclair State University [Poster presentation]. Presented at the Montclair State University Research Symposium, Montclair, NJ.
Urban, J. B., Linver, M., Postlewaite, E. L., Guleserian, C. Hennessy, M., Valente, T., Xue, X., Thevaraja, A.P, & Les, E. (2025, April). Principled Innovation at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College: Findings from an Evaluation Study [Paper presentation]. Presented at the American Education Research Association, Denver, CO.
Postlewaite, E.L, Les, E., Thevaraja, A.P., Perry, Y., Novak, J. (2025, March). Whose virtues? Exploring character through student voices [Paper Presentation]. Presented at the annual meetings for the Kern Partners for Character and Educational Leadership, Memphis, TN.
Thevaraja, A.P., Linver, M.R., & Stewart, P. (2024, November). Building Resilience: A Call for Trauma-Informed Practice in Educational Settings [Paper presentation]. Accepted to the annual meetings of the National Council on Family Relations, Bellevue, WA.
Thevaraja, A.P., Perry, Y., Postlewaite, E., Linver, M.R., Urban, J. (2024, October). Assessing the Effectiveness of Communities of Practice (CoPs) in Enhancing Principled Innovation Awareness and Knowledge [Paper presentation]. Presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Moral Education, Queens, NY.
Thevaraja, A.P., Chontow, K., Les, E., Postlewaite, E., Nager, A., Linver, M.R., Urban, J. (2024, October). The Role of Character Attributes in Building Adult-Youth Connections [Paper presentation]. Presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Moral Education, Queens, NY.
Les, E., Thevaraja, A.P, Postlewaite, E., Urban, J., Linver, M.R. (2024, October). Fostering Citizenship and Moral Development: Insights from Scouting Programs [Paper presentation]. Presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Moral Education, Queens, NY.
Les, E., Thevaraja, A.P, Chontow, K., Linver, M., & Urban, J. (2024, April). Diverse Perspectives: Exploring Peer Role Models Across Racial/Ethnic Backgrounds [Poster presentation]. Presented at the annual meetings for the Society for Research in Adolescence, Chicago, Illinois.
Thevaraja, A.P, & Joh, A. (2019). Describing and Quantifying the Prevalence of Spatial Skills in Children’s Mobile App Games [Poster presentation]. Presented at the biennial meetings for the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Thevaraja, A.P, Light, S., & Joh, A. (2018). Are There Gender-Related Differences in Spatial Skills in Children’s Mobile Apps? [Poster presentation]. Presented at the annual meetings for the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Thevaraja, A.P, Light, S., & Joh, A. (2017). A Spatial Analysis of Children’s Touchscreen Apps [Poster presentation]. Presented at the annual meetings Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Iulianetti, A., Thevaraja, A.P, & Joh, A. (2016). Verbalization as a Tool for Spatial Problem Solving in Three-Year-Old Children [Poster presentation]. Presented at the annual meetings for the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.