Psychology Department
Dr. Andrea Zevenbergen

Dr. Andrea A. Zevenbergen

Research

Most of my research falls into the broad area of parent-child interactions. For example, I study parental educational interactions with preschoolers and effective parental discipline behaviors. I am currently working on parent-preschooler reading project with families in Chautauqua County.  I enjoy collaborating with students on research; together, we plan studies, collect and analyze data, and prepare presentations based on the research findings.

Teaching

My teaching interests include courses in child psychopathology, theories of psychotherapy, and counseling. I also frequently serve as the department Internship Coordinator. Students may participate in a wide variety of internships, including school counseling, clinical psychology, human resources, counseling with incarcerated individuals, domestic violence, health and wellness, and school psychology.

Department and University Service

In the department, I serve on the Internship committee and I also update the department webpages.  I am the faculty advisor to Fredonia State of Mind, a club on campus which disseminates information related to mental health issues.  On the university level, I am the Faculty Athletics Representative for the university, and also serve as the Chair of the Intercollegiate Athletic Board and the Chair of the General Education Committee. 

Selected Student - Faculty Collaborations

Zevenbergen, A. A., Holmes, A., Haman, E., & Johnston-Robledo, I. (2011, August).  Variability in mothers' support for preschoolers' contributions to co-constructed narratives as a function of child age.  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Zevenbergen, A., Haman, E., Pilat, J., & Potkowa, S. (2011, July).  Language specificity in the production of derivations and compounds in Polish and American English-speaking preschool children.  Poster session presented at the XII International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Montreal. 

Zevenbergen, A. A., & Ryan, M. M. (2010).  Gender differences in the relationship between attention problems and expressive language and emerging academic skills in preschool-aged children.  Early Childhood Development and Care, 180, 1337-1348.     

Hall, B., & Zevenbergen, A. A. (2010, April).  Required parenting education in secondary schools:  An investigation of current national statistics and reasons to mandate it.  Poster session presented at the SUNY- Fredonia Student Research and Creativity Exposition, Fredonia, NY.

Harris, A., & Zevenbergen, A. A. (2010, April).  Dialogic reading intervention for children with ADHD.  Paper session presented at 38th annual Western Pennsylvania Undergraduate Psychology Conference, Slippery Rock, PA.

Lachner, W. M., Zevenbergen, A. A., & Zevenbergen, J. A. (2008).  Parent and child references to letters during alphabet reading:  Relations to child age and letter name knowledge.  Early Education and Development, 19, 1 - 19.