Ashley C. Jordan Author | Educator | Life-Long learner

Popular Press Writing

Academic WRITING

• Jordan, A. C., & Kyte, S. B. (submitted). Belonging matters: Closing achievement gaps through classroom belonging interventions.
• Jordan, A. C., & Kyte, S. B. (in press). Enhancing belonging through inclusive teaching: The amplified impact on first generation students. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching.
• Jordan, A. C. (2025). The connection between social belonging and classroom success: A correlational study. Teaching and Learning Conference Proceedings, 1,(1) 1-20. https://journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/tlcp/article/8083/galley/7484/view/
• Hill, K. G., Hernandez, J. O., Hoekstra, S. J., Jordan, A. C., & Erickson, C. A. (2024). Self- disclosures during lecture affect students’ perceptions of professor but not student learning outcomes. Teaching of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00986283241295372
• Ottusch, T. & Jordan, A. C. (2022). Student perspectives on the use of interactive video lectures in online classes. Family Science Review, 26(3). http://doi.org/10.26536/NVMV6413
• Barnett, M. A., Cabeza de Baca, T., Jordan, A. C., Tilley, E., & Ellis, B. M. (2014) Associations among child perceptions of parenting support, maternal parenting efficacy, and maternal depressive symptoms. Child and Youth Care Forum. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10566-014-9267-9
• Ellis, B. J., Jordan, A. C., Grotuss, J., Csinady, A., Keenan, T., & Bjorklund, D. F. (2014). The predator-avoidance effect: An evolved constraint on emerging theory of mind. Evolution and Human Behavior. 35, 245-256.
• Pinna, K., Hawkey, K. R., Jordan, A. C., Casper, D., Kuhl, M. W., Bosch, L., & Borden, L. M. (2013). Safeguarding children and youth from sexual abuse: The role of organizations. Report submitted to the U.S. Department of Defense, November 2013.
• Bjorklund, D. F., & Jordan, A. C. (2012). Human parenting from an evolutionary perspective. In B. Wilcox & K. Kline (Eds.), Gender and Parenthood: Natural and Social SciencePerspectives. New York: Columbia University Press.
• Jordan, A. C., Schlomer, G. L. & Ellis, B. J. (2012) Evolutionary developmental psychology. In V. S. Ramachandran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, (2nd ed).
• Cabeza De Baca, T., & Jordan, A. C. (2012). To know is not to love: Cognitive and affective barriers toward the adoption of evolutionary theory. Personality and Individual Differences, 53, 681-686.
• King*, A. C. (2011) Development of inhibition as a function of the presence of a supernatural agent. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 172, 414-432.
• King*, A. C., & Cabeza De Baca, T. C. (2011) The family that never evolved. The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium, 4, 64-74.
• King*, A. C. & Bjorklund, D. F. (2010). Evolutionary developmental psychology. [Special issue]. Psicothema, 22-27.

Awards and fellowships

Outstanding Paper Award. 2025 • My paper, “The connection between social belonging and classroom success: A correlational study” won the Outstanding Paper award for the UAGC 10th anniversary Teaching and Learning Conference proceedings. Wildcat Achievement Award. 2024 • This award, from the office of Student Success & Retention Innovation (SSRI), is awarded to one faculty member who has demonstrated a strong commitment to student success at the University of Arizona. Culturally Responsive Institute Funded Training, $2,000. 2024 • This funded training consisted of a 30-hour weeklong immersion focused on training and coaching faculty towards implementation of culturally responsive practices and pedagogy into existing courses of all modalities. The institute brought together faculty from across the university to redesign an existing course through workshops, discussions, and pedagogical practice. Quality Matters Faculty Fellowship, $5,000. 2023 • Quality Matters (QM) is an international benchmark for quality assurance in online learning. The QM Fellowship provides an opportunity for faculty to develop leadership and community-building skills as they collaborate with an instructional design team to create and deliver Quality Matters educational initiatives. University of Arizona Faculty ACCESS Fellowship, $2,000. 2023. • This fellowship was awarded by UCATT in a collaborative effort to use data analytics to promote teaching and learning strategies known to enhance student success and equity for minoritized students, and to monitor the impact of enhanced course design on equity gaps at the course-level using newly available institutional data. College of Science Award for Distinguished Achievement in Science Education, $500. 2022. • This award is in recognition of a long career as an outstanding classroom teacher and mentor of students at different levels and in diverse settings. Awardees have made important contributions to the educational efforts in their department as recognized by their peers and current and past students. Gerald G. Swanson Prize for Teaching Excellence, $5,000. 2021 • This prize is awarded by the Provost’s office at the University of Arizona. It recognizes outstanding commitment to undergraduate teaching excellence. In my award letter, Provost Folks noted my role in building one of the most successful online degrees at the University of Arizona and the “Buddies Peer Mentoring Program” that creates a sense of belonging and helps build support and integrate online students into our department. Lily Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning Early Career Travel Grant, $500. Spring 2020 • This competitive travel grant was awarded to selected early-career faculty members to help offset the costs of traveling to present at the Lilly Conference in Austin, TX in January 2020. Office of Digital Learning’s Faculty Fellow, $12,000 AY 2018-2019. • This fellowship was awarded to buy-out of one class each semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. The buy-out was designed to allow me time to organize and operate a faculty learning community for folks interested in learning about online teaching best practices and technologies. The responsibilities included arranging peer-mentorship peers for participating faculty, organizing 3 large group meet-ups, several smaller technology expos, and all communications between the Office of Digital Learning and participating faculty. Student/Faculty Interaction (SFI) Grant, $500. Spring 2018 • Grant awarded by Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, Academic Initiatives and Student Success (SAEM/AISS). This educational grant is to foster and encourage student- faculty interaction. This grant was funded to help buy supplies for PSY 150A educational activities so students can participate in experiential learning with faculty/TAs. Student/Faculty Interaction (SFI) Grant, $500. Fall 2017 • Grant awarded by Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, Academic Initiatives and Student Success (SAEM/AISS0. This educational grant is to foster and encourage student- faculty interactions. This grant was funded to help buy supplies for the end-of-term get-together for the Psychology Buddies peer-mentorship group that I lead in Spring 2017. 5 Star Faculty Award Top 5 nominee, $250. Spring 2017. • I placed as a Top 5 finalist for the 5 Star Faculty Award. This is the oldest student-nominated faculty award at the University of Arizona. Finalists are recognized at the annual Honors Award Ceremony. HDFS Outstanding Teaching Award, $100. Fall 2013. Spring 2014. • Award for teaching excellence in the Human Development and Family Studies department at Pennsylvania State University.

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