CurriculumVitae-LindaS.Houser-Marko.docVIP

Curriculum Vitae Linda S. Houser-Marko Personal Information __________________________________________ Position: Illinois Public Health Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Illinois at Chicago Address: E-Mail: LHMarko@ 1747 West Roosevelt Road Office Telephone: 312-355-6333 Chicago, IL 60608 Website: /site/housermarko/ Education _______________________________________________________ Ph.D. Social Psychology. University of Missouri, July 2007. Dissertation: “Keeping your eyes on the prize versus your nose to the grindstone: the effects of level of goal evaluation upon effort and mood” Graduate advisor: Kennon M. Sheldon M.A. Social Psychology. University of Missouri, October 2001. Thesis: “The Self-as-doer: a study of exercise goals” B.A. English. Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota. May 1992. Research Interests _____________________________________________ The self, identity, and motivation Health behavior change and motivation Health promotion and intervention design Cognitive measures of the self Scale development Psychological needs, self-determination, and well being Teaching Interests _______________________________________________ Social Psychology Health Psychology Experimental Social Psychology Motivation Personality Introduction to Psychology Research Methods Experience ______________________________________________________ Illinois Public Health Research Fellow. 2007- Current. Health Policy Administration, School of Public Health, University of Illinois-Chicago. Mentors: Susan Curry, Robin Mermelstein Marian Fitzgibbon Helping young smokers quit project: Prepared manuscript regarding adolescent smoking cessation programs. Writing manuscripts regarding participant characteristics of those programs, specifically about 1) smoker identity, 2) obesity and smoking, and 3) voluntary and mandated participants in cessation programs. Happy Healthy Kids and ORBIT