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Dr. Harold Keller

Harold Keller, Ph.D. ( Florida State University )
Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Education
 
Phone: (813) 974-6709 
hkeller@tempest.coedu.usf.edu


Harold R. Keller is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education. (Supervision in school psychology; supervision of college teaching; parental involvement and home-school collaboration)

Current research interests:
1) Effects of parental involvement and influences on home-school collaboration
2) Family-School-Community Partnerships and student success
3) University and School/Community Engagement
4) Diffusion of research into practice

Courses Taught

Grants

Honors and Offices

Publications

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Courses Taught

  • EDF SPS 7090 Supervision Processes in School Psychology
  • EDF 7239 Supervised Experiences in College Teaching

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Grants

Parent-child interaction and attachment. University of South Carolina Faculty Research and Productive Scholarship Grant, 1974 ($1000).

Observational approaches to assessment. Syracuse University Faculty Set-up Grant, 1975 – 1977 ($3,000). School Psychology Training Program. National Institute of Mental Health, 1979 – 1982 (’79 – ’80, $68,011; ’80 – ’81, $65,691; ’81 – ’82, $65,691).

The System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA): A study of generalizability and concurrent Validity of adaptive behavior measures. Syracuse University Vice President for Research & Graduate Affairs, 1981 – 1982 ($2,000).

Psychological services in the schools: Research and practice. Syracuse City Schools, 1983 – 1984 ($10,400); 1984 – 1985 ($11,170); 1985 – 1986 ($12,068); 1986 – 1987 ($12,764); 1987 – 1988 ($13,295); 1988 – 1989 ($14,729); 1989 – 1990 ($15,800).

Behavioral ratings of abused and nonabused children: Measurement generalizability and change with Head Start intervention. Syracuse University Senate Research Grant, 1985 – 1986 ($5,000).

Aggression Replacement Training. Onondaga County Youth Bureau, New York State Division for Youth, 1986 ($34,100), 1987 ($29,432). Harold R. Keller, Project Director; Arnold P. Goldstein (Co-PD).

Parent-Assisted Consumer Education with Disabled Students (PACEDS). Virginia Board for People with Disabilities, 1995 – 1998 ($185,000).

Integrated Graduate Assessment Sequence. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Teaching, Learning and Technology Roundtable, 2000 ($5,000).

Retention Rate Survey: Graduates of Teacher Education Programs in Nebraska. Nebraska Department of Education, 2000. ($13,800).

Teacher Shortage Survey. Nebraska Department of Education, 2001. ($9,800).

Summer Tutoring and Parental Involvement:  A partnership among Chiles Elementary, University Community Center , and the University of South Florida , 2002 (with Co-PIs Renee Tapasak & Kim Pietsch.  ($8,433).

Building a Culturally Competent University/Community Partnership with East Tampa:  Service Learning/Action Research among the College of Education , FMHI, and CDC of East Tampa , 2004, USF Collaborative for Children, Families and Communities (with Richard Briscoe & Evangeline Best). Funded ($2000)

Building a culturally competent university/ community partnership with East Tampa :  Service learning/action research.  2005.  USF Collaborative on Children, Families, and Communities (with Richard Briscoe & Evangeline Best).  Funded ($2000)

Central Avenue area community impact assessment.  USF Collaborative on Children, Families, and Communities.  (with Susan Greenbaum & Beverly Ward)  Funded ($15,000).

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Honors and Offices

U.S. Public Health Stipend, 1964 – 1965.

NIMH Pre-Doctoral School Psychology Trainee, 1965 – 1968.

Psi Chi, Member (previously).

Sigma Xi, Member (previously).

Treasurer, South Carolina Psychological Association, 1970 – 1971.

President, South Carolina Association of School Psychologists, 1974 – 1975.

Treasurer, New York Association of School Psychologists, 1978 – 1979.

President, School Psychology Educators Council of New York State, 1980 – 1981.

Invited participant as elected representative of APA Council of Directors of School Psychology Programs, National Conference on Futures of Psychology in the Schools (Sponsored by APA Division 16, NASP, & Office of Special Education), Milwaukee, November 18 – 20, 1981.

Executive Council, Council of Directors of School Psychology Programs, 1982 – 1984.

Fellow, APA, Division 16, (School Psychology).

Invited participant, National Conference on Internships in Psychology, Gainesville, FL, February 28 – March 4, 1987.

School Bell Award, 1990 – 1991, Norfolk VA Public Schools (Nominated by both Granby Elementary and Little Creek Elementary Schools).

Leadership Associate, Nebraska Network for Educational Renewal, representing UNL & TC, 1998 – 2001.

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Publications

Books

Chapters in Books

Reviews

Journal Articles (Refereed Journals)

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Books

Goldstein, A. P., Keller, H. R., & Erne, D. (1985). Changing the abusive parent. Champaign, IL: Research Press.

Goldstein, A. P. & Keller, H. R. (1987). Aggressive behavior:  Assessment and intervention.  New York:  Pergamon.

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Chapters in Books

Keller, H. R. (1980). Working and parenting: The male and father role. In S. N. Biklen & M. B. Brannigan (Eds.), Women and educational leadership (pp. 197 – 207). Lexington, MA:Lexington.

Keller, H. R. (1981). Behavioral consultation. In J. C. Conoley (Ed.), Consultation in schools: Theory, research, technology (pp. 59 – 99). New York: Academic.

Keller, H. R. (1983). Assessment. In C. R. Smith, Learning disabilities: The interaction of child, task, and setting (pp. 312 – 346). Boston: Little, Brown.

Keller, H. R., & Erne, D. (1983). Child abuse: Toward a comprehensive model. In Center for Research on Aggression (Ed.), Control and prevention of aggression (pp. 1 – 36). New York: Pergamon.

Goldstein, A. P., & Keller, H. R. (1983). Aggression prevention and control: Multi-targeted, multi- channel, multi-process, multi-disciplinary. In Center for Research on Aggression (Ed.), Control and prevention of aggression (pp. 338 – 350). New York: Pergamon.

Keller, H. R. (1986). Behavioral observation approaches to assessment of personality. In H. M. Knoff (Ed.), The psychological assessment of child and adolescent personality (pp. 353 – 397). New York: Guilford.

Keller, H. R. (1987). Cognitive and intellectual development. In P. Knoblock (Ed.), Understanding exceptional children and youth (pp. 98 – 162). Boston: Little, Brown.

Keller, H. R., & Tapasak, R. C. (1997). Classroom management. In A. P. Goldstein & J. C. Conoley (Eds.), School violence intervention: A practical handbook (pp. 107 – 126). New York: Guilford.

Keller, H. R. (1998). School psychology and schools: Training and practice tracks with no ties? In E. Gaughan & E. Faherty (Eds.), School psychology: Prospective and retrospective views on the field (pp. 7-12). Alfred , NY : The Lea R. Powell Institute for Children and Families at Alfred University .

Keller, H. R., & Tapasak, R. C. (2004).  Classroom-based approaches.  In A. P. Goldstein & J. C. Conoley (Eds.), School violence intervention:  A practical handbook (2nd ed.) (pp. 103 – 130).  New York : Guilford .

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Reviews

Keller, H. R. (1982). Review of Child abuse: An agenda for action, edited by G. Gerbner, C. J. Ross, & E. Zigler, New York: Oxford University Press, 1980. Aggressive Behavior, 8, 298 – 301.

Keller, H. R. (1988). Strategies for implementing a blueprint. Review of Behavioral assessment in school psychology by E. S. Shapiro, Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1987. Contemporary Psychology, 33, 610 – 611.

Keller, H. R. (1989). Review of Waksman Social Skills Rating Scale. The tenth mental measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. Included in Buros Institute online computer database as: Accession number AN-10170100, Buros Institute Database (Search Label MMYD), BRS Information Technologies, 1987.

Keller, H. R. (1989). Review of Personal Problems Checklist for Adults. The tenth mental measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. Included in Buros Institute online computer database as: Accession number AN-10120074, Buros Institute Database (Search Label MMYD), BRS Information Technologies, 1987.

Keller, H. R., & Tapasak, R. C. (1994). Packaging, presentation, delivery – not; heuristics – yes. Review of Handbook of school-based interventions: Resolving student problems and promoting healthy educational environments by J. J. Cohen & M. C. Fish, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993. Journal of School Psychology, 32, 415 – 418.

Keller, H. R. (2001). Review of The Early Childhood Attention Deficit Disorders Evaluation Scale. The Fourteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln , NE : Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

Keller, H. R. (2003).  Review of the Gray Silent Reading Tests.  The Fifteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook Lincoln , NE :  Buros Institute of Mental measurements.

            Keller, H. R. (2003).  Review of Youth’s Inventory-4.  The Fifteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook Lincoln , NE :  Buros Institute of Mental measurements.

            Keller, H. R. (2005).  Review of the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts, Third Edition (Boehm-3).  The Fifteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook Lincoln , NE :  Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. 

            Keller, H. R. (2005).  Review of the Temperament and Atypical Behavior Scale.  The Fifteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook Lincoln , NE :  Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

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Journal Articles—Refereed Journals

Stimbert, V. E., Frazier, J. R., Keller, H. R., & King, F. J. (1969). The effects of tangible reinforcement on the learning and retention of programmed material in academically retarded children. Journal of School Psychology, 6, 246 – 269.

Keller, H. R. (1971). Children’s acquisition and reversal behavior in a probability learning situation as a function of programmed instruction, internal-external control, and schedules of reinforcement. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 11, 281 – 195.

Figurelli, J. C., & Keller, H. R. (1972). The effects of training and socioeconomic class upon the acquisition of conservation concepts. Child Development, 43, 293 – 298.

Keller, H. R., & Parker, R. K. (1972). Effects of event schedules and external incentives on discrimination of acquisition and extinction phases of learning under state instructions. Psychological Reports, 30, 839 – 845.

Parker, R. K., & Keller, H. R. (1972). Effects of event schedules, event values, and instructions on ability of college males to discriminate acquisition from extinction. Psychological Reports, 30, 959 – 965.

Keller, H. R., & Hunter, M. L. (1973). Task differences on conservation and transitivity problems. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 15, 287 – 301.

Chaplin, M. V., & Keller, H. R. (1974). Decentering and social interaction. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 124, 269 – 275.

Deysach, R. E., Keller, H. R., Ross, A. W., & Hiers, T. G. (1975). Social decentering and locus of control in children. Journal of Psychology, 90, 229 – 235.

Ballard, B., & Keller, H. R. (1976). Development of racial awareness: Task consistency, reliability and validity. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 129, 3 – 11.

Keller, H. R., Deysach, R. E., Hiers, T. G., Ross, A. W., & Moore, L. L. (1976). Interrelationships among decentering and behavioral ratings in a therapeutic camp setting. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 129, 113 - 120.

Diamond, S. R., Keller, H. R., & Mobley, L. A. (1977). Adults’ performance on formal operations: General ability or scientific interest. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 44, 249 – 250.

Keller, H. R. (Ed.) (1980). Behavioral assessment. School Psychology Review, 9, (1).

Keller, H. R. (1980). Preface to behavioral assessment. School Psychology Review, 9, 3 – 4.

Keller, H. R. (1980). Issues in the use of observational assessment. School Psychology Review, 9, 21 – 30.

Hiltonsmith, R. W., & Keller, H. R. (1983). What happened to the setting in person-setting assessment: Current status and future directions in the assessment of settings. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 14, 419 – 434.

Martens, B. K., & Keller, H. R. (1987). Training school psychologists in the scientific tradition. School Psychology Review, 16, 329 – 337.

Costenbader, V. K., & Keller, H. R. (1990). Behavioral ratings of emotionally handicapped, learning disabled and nonreferred children: Scale and source consistency. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 8, 485 – 496.

Gross, A. B., & Keller, H. R. (1992). Long-term consequences of childhood physical and psychological maltreatment. Aggressive Behavior, 18, 171 – 185.

Tapasak, R. C., & Keller, H. R. (1995). A reaction to “Where will…?” and suggestions for “how to”: The need to address systems-level variables in school psychology role/function change efforts. Journal of School Psychology, 33, 201 – 208.

Sanger, D., Moore-Brown, B. J., Montgomery, J., Rezac, C., & Keller, H. R. (2003).  Female incarcerated adolescents with language problems talk about their own communication behaviors and learning. Journal of Communication Disorders, 36, 465-486.

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