Dr. Jennifer Shapka – ECPS Headship Program Area Dialogues
Dr. Shapka is attending program area dialogues with members of the department of Educational Counselling and Psychology and Special Education where she will discuss her research interests, her administrative experience and her vision as the new Head of ECPS. We encourage you (all faculty, students and staff) to make every effort to attend one of the dialogues and provide your feedback through the online feedback form by 12:00 p.m., Monday, March 16, 2020. Your feedback is of high value to the Advisory Committee’s deliberations.
- Program Area Dialogues:
- CNPS Area: Thursday, March 5th 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Room 278, 2nd floor Neville Scarfe Library Block)
- MERM Area: Thursday, March 5th 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Room 2415, 4th floor Neville Scarfe Office Block)
- SACP Area: Thursday, March 12th 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (Room 2415, 4th floor Neville Scarfe Office Block)
- HDLC Area: Thursday, March 12th 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (Room 2415, 4th floor Neville Scarfe Office Block)
- SPED Area: Thursday, March 12th 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Room 2415, 4th floor Neville Scarfe Office Block)
Note that the Advisory Committee is a personnel committee and therefore its deliberations are confidential. It is also advisory to the Provost and Vice President Academic, who will make the final decision on the recommendation to the Dean.
Please see Dr. Shapka’s bio below and we hope to see you at one of the program area meetings.
Dr. Shapka’s bio
Dr. Jenna Shapka has been a Professor in the area of Human Development, Learning and Culture (HDLC) since 2002. She teaches in HDLC, as well as in the Masters of Educational Technology program (MET). She has held administrative positions at all levels of the faculty, including HDLC Program Coordinator (1 year), ECPS Graduate Advisor (5 years), Director of the MET (2 years), and is currently the Director of Graduate Studies in Education. In this role, which she has held for 3 years, she sits on several university-level committees, including the Graduate Policy and the Graduate Scholarship committees.
Dr. Shapka also has an active research program. As a developmental psychologist, she is interested in identifying how contextual factors are contributing to developmental wellbeing for children and adolescents. In particular, for the past two decades, Dr. Shapka has been exploring the impact of what it means for kids to be growing up in a digital age. With funding from CIHR, SSHRC, and CFI, she has conducted research looking at cyberbullying, parenting around technology, adolescent’s understanding of online privacy, and most recently, teenager’s self-regulation around technology. On these topics, she has published 42 journal articles, 4 book chapters, and has presented over 160 times at national or international conferences (including 15 key note or invited addresses). Dr. Shapka has an active research lab (Developmental Change and Technology Lab; DCTech Lab) that meets weekly, and has supervised 36 masters and doctoral students (29 have completed).
Your feedback is welcomed until 12:00 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2020.
