Lauren Littlefield

Education

Ph.D./M.S., Clinical Neuropsychology, Drexel University

B.A., Psychology major & Sociology minor, Washington College

Research

I enjoy involving students in my research and supporting them down their own research paths. Check out the link below that summarizes a 2022 collaboration with two recent alumni.

Featured Research Story:
"Think Locally, Act Globally"

Recent Works

Littlefield, L. M. (2020). Assessment of self-regulation (Ch. 114; pp. 255-260). In B.J. Carducci, C.S. Nave, J.S. Mio & R.E. Riggio (Eds.) The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118970843.ch114

Gjertsen, A. & Littlefield, L. M. (2019). How surprising: Mild TBI impacts scan path when viewing emotional facial expressions. Psychology & Neuroscience. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pne0000158

Stuebing, M. D., Lorenz, H., & Littlefield, L. M. (2019). Literacy-Free 12 Step Expressive Arts Curriculum Enhances Engagement and Treatment Outcomes for Dually Diagnosed Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2019.1681331

Littlefield, L. M. & Gjertsen, A. (2018). Teaching 21^st century brains: Activating working memory in the online world (Ch. 2; pp. 26-37). In R. J. Harnish, K. R. Bridges, D. N. Sattler, M. L. Signorella, & M. Munson (Eds.). The Use of Technology in Teaching and Learning. Retrievable from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology website: https://teachpsych.org/ebooks/useoftech

Select Past Publications

Littlefield, L. M. & Siudzinski, R. (2013).  Education reform strategies for student self-regulation and community engagement (Ch. 9; pp.125-148). In A. M. Culp (Ed.) Child and Family Advocacy: Bridging the Gaps Between Research, Practice, and Policy. Springer’s Issues in Clinical Child Psychology Series. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-7456-2_9/fulltext.html

Littlefield, L. M., Klein, E. R., & Coates, S. (2012). An experimental evaluation of the effects of using training sentences to aide young children’s word recall. Effective Education, 4, 27-41. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19415532.2012.712840?journalCode=refe20

Littlefield, L. M. & Klein, E. (2005). Examining visual-verbal associations in children with and without reading disorder. Reading Psychology: An International Journal, 26, 363-385.  doi: 10.1080/02702710500285706

Teaching

I challenge myself to engage students and get them excited about the topics I teach. Some of my favorite courses are:

• Human Neuropsychology with lab
• Child Assessment with lab
• Medical and Developmental Disorders

Favorite Professional Websites

• American Psychological Association
• Eastern Psychological Association
• Maryland Psychological Association

Favorite Places

• Maine
• Chestertown, MD
• Curacao