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| Hometown: | |||||
| Greenville, IL | |||||
| Place of Birth: | |||||
| Barnesville, OH | |||||
| Church Affiliation: | |||||
| Free Methodist Church | |||||
| Number of Years Writing: | |||||
| My first professional writing experience was in graduate school, when I joint-authored a journal article in 1988. I continued writing academically as I worked on my dissertation, which I completed in 1995, and at Greenville College as I wrote curriculum guides for college courses (Adult Development and Cultural Influences). "Why Picture Books Count" is my first article accepted for publication in a nonacademic setting. I am currently on sabbatical from Greenville College, during which I am writing a book about the psychology of picture books and their impact on childhood development. | |||||
| List of Other Publications and Year Published: | |||||
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Benton, S.L., Kiewra, K.A., & Beans, R.O. (1988). Attributes of organizational ability related to writing ability. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 13 (2), 87-89. |
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| Education: | |||||
| B.A., Greenville College,
Greenville, IL (psychology) M.A., Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL (clinical psychology) Ph.D., Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (counseling) |
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| Employment: | |||||
| I've been on the faculty of Greenville College since 1987 and am currently an assistant professor of psychology. | |||||
| Family: | |||||
| Wife: Marty (married May
31, 1986) Children: Oliver, 13; Owen, 13; Hollyn, 9; Noelle, 6 |
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| Additional Information: | |||||
| I grew up in the Assemblies of God church (my father is a retired Assemblies of God minister), but I have been a member of the Free Methodist Church since 1986 when I joined the Manhattan, KS, FMC. I joined the faculty of Greenville College in 1987 and have attended the Greenville FMC regularly. I teach an adult Sunday school class (for more than a decade) and enjoy making connections between Scripture and psychology. My interest in picture books was kindled by reading them to my children regularly during their preschool years and seeing how it benefited both them and me in many ways. I teach a college course titled "Curious George Meets Freud," which focuses on the psychological interpretation of picture books. I have made conference and classroom presentations on using picture books as an aid to childhood development and using picture books to illustrate psychological concepts in the introductory psychology classroom. | |||||
