CURRICULUM VITAE
Last updated: 6/1/16
CHRISTOPHER ALAN OSWALD
Oswaldcsu@gmail.com
Carrboro, NC
OSWALD ANALYTICS
http://www.oswaldanalytics.com
Education
2012-Present Department of Education M.A. Specialization: Educational Psychology, Measurement and Evaluation University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC Advisor: Dr. Jeffery Greene Title of Masters Project: Selection of Self-Regulated Learning Processes Following a Think Aloud Methodology
1999-2008 Department of Psychology B.A
Western Connecticut State University.
Danbury, CT
Advisors: Dr. Shane Murphy and Dr. Mary Nelson.
Professional Work Experience
2012-2015 Research Assistant Cognition and Learning Lab Under the Supervision of Dr. Jeffery Greene Department of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2006-2012 Research Assistant Under the Supervision of Dr. Shane Murphy Psychology Department, Western Connecticut State University
2002-2002 Research Assistant Under the Supervision of Dr. Mary Nelson Psychology Department, Western Connecticut State University
Master Thesis
Oswald, C.A. (In preparation). Selection of Self-Regulated Learning Processes Following a Think Aloud Methodology.
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Greene, J. A., Oswald, C., & Pomerantz, J. (2015). Predictors of retention and achievement in a massive open online course. American Education Research Journal, 52(5), 925-955.
Greene, J. A., Bolick, C. M., Jackson, W. P., Caprino, A. M., Oswald, C., & McVea, M. (2015b). Domain-specificity of self-regulated learning processing in science and history digital libraries. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 42, 111-128.
Oswald, C.A, Prorock, C, Murphy, S.M. The perceived meaning of the video game experience: An exploratory study. Psychology of Popular Media Culture., 3(2), 110-126.
Paper Presentations All presentations had refereed abstracts.
Greene, J. A., Bolick, C. M., Jackson, W. P., Caprino, A. M., Oswald, C. (2014). An experimental comparison of self-regulated learning processing across academic domains. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Caprino, A. M., Jackson, W. P., Oswald, C. A., Greene, J. A., & Bolick, C. M. (2013). College students’ use of self-regulated learning processing in digital libraries: A pilot study and exploratory analysis. Paper presented at the Southeastern Association of Educational Studies (SEAES) Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.
Murphy S.M., Oswald, C.A. (2012). Violent Video Games And Affective State: The Effect Of Competition Or Cooperation. Paper presented at the New England Psychological Association (NEPA) Conference, Worcester, MA.
Murphy S.M., Oswald C.A. (2011) How Participants Understand their Video Game Experiences: Implications for Sport Psychology. Paper Presentation at New England Psychology Association (NEPA) Conference,New Fairfield, CT
Poster Presentations
Greene, J. A., Oswald, C., & Pomerantz, J. (April, 2015). Predictors of retention and achievement in massive open online courses: Student characteristics and motivation. Poster presented at the 2015 American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Greene, J. A., Bolick, C. M., Jackson, W. P., Caprino, A. M., Oswald, C. (April, 2014). Examining SRL generality and specificity within and across academic domains and contexts. Poster presented at the 2014 American Educational Research Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Invited Talks
Oswald, C., Deekens, V., Freed, R., Yu, S., & Lobczowski, N.G. (2016). Digital natives, fixed intelligence and learning styles: Three modern myths in education. Presenter at the Bi-annual School of Education GSA Research Symposium, Chapel Hill, NC.
Oswald, C.A. (2010). “Don’t Panic: Video Games are Mostly Harmless. Presenter at the Connecticut Psychological Association (CPA) Conference, Windsor, CT.
Murphy, S.M., Oswald, C.A (2009). “Videogames, Violence and Social Learning Theory.” Presenter at the New England Psychological Association (NEPA) Conference, Worcester, MA.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant:
PSY100 Introduction to Psychology, Fall 2010 Under the Supervision of Shane Murphy
Professional Service Activities
2009-present Reviewer, Educational Researcher
Professional Associations/Affiliations
2008-present American Psychological Association (APA) – Division 5, 15, 42
2012-present American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Data Analysis Programs and Languages
Proficient: SPSS, R Studio, R (base, ggplot2, lavaan, glmnet, leaps, knitr), Markdown
Familiar with: LaTex, MPLUS, Git, Unix, Ruby, Jeykll, PyCharm, Python (NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn, pandas, ggplot, matplotlib, Statsmodels, plotly, d3py), R packages (Shiny, plotly, dplyr)