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Cheryl Meyer, Ph.D., J.D.

Professor

Board of Trustees University Professor (2010-2015)

Address:  130 Health Sciences

Phone: 937-775-2886
Fax: 937-775-3434

E-mail: cheryl.meyer@wright.edu

Dr. Meyer's areas of expertise are maternal filicide, family violence, politics and reproductive rights of women, forensic psychology, program evaluation, research methods and statistics.

Classes Taught
PSI 804 Advanced Statistics and Experimental Design I
PSI 805 Advanced Statistics and Experimental Design II
PSI 808 Professional Development (PD)
PSI 830 Theories of Personality
PSI 840 Social Psychology
PSI 972 Program Evaluation
PSI 985 Forensic Psychology (Criminal/Civil)

Biographical Information

Dr. Meyer, obtained her Ph.D. from Miami University and her law degree from DePaul University College of Law. Her research has an interdisciplinary focus incorporating legal, feminist, criminal justice, psychological and sociological perspectives. She has published three books and numerous chapters and journal articles. Dr. Meyer has been invited to present on a variety of topics such as the social construction of motherhood, politics and reproductive rights of women, and maternal filicide. Dr. Meyer is a nationally recognized expert on mothers who kill their children and has appeared on or been quoted in national and international news shows, newspapers and magazines. Dr. Meyer also enjoys collaborative relationships with faculty from many different departments within Wright State University and other schools and agencies in the community.

In 2010, Dr. Meyer received the Board of Trustees University Professor title which is a special rank "reserved for full professors who have made outstanding contributions beyond the confines of their own discipline."  Dr. Meyer holds this title for five years.

Recent Presentations/Publications

Meyer, C. L., & Weisbart, C. (in press). Listening to women's voices: Considering why mothers kill their children. In R. Muraskin (Ed.), It's a crime: Women andjustice (5th edition). Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Meyer, C., &  Proano, T. (in press). Postpartum syndromes and the legal system. In R. Muraskin (Ed.), It's a crime: Women and justice (5th edition). Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Meyer,  C. (2010). Women's prisons: The more things change, the more they remain the same.  [Review of the book Hard Time at Tehachapi: California’s First Women’s Prison, by Kathleen A. Cairns]. PsycCRITIQUES, 55 (9).

Roscher, S., Meyer, C., &  Marks, M. (2009).  The experience of women serving life sentences. In R. Muraskin (Ed.), Key correctional issues (2nd edition). Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Heschel, J., Willis, A., Farr, E., Lodge, J., Hamilton, D. Gemmer, S., & Meyer, C. (Paper submitted). Program evaluation of multidisciplinary training on trauma informed care. Paper submitted to the American Evaluation Association for their Annual Conference in November 2010, San Antonio, TX.

Farr, E., Lodge, J., Hamilton, D. Gemmer, S., Heschel, J., Willis, A., & Meyer, C. (Paper submitted). Employee satisfaction and retention in human services. Paper submitted to the American Evaluation Association for their Annual Conference in November 2010, San Antonio, TX.

Hamilton, D. Gemmer, S., Farr, E., Lodge, J., Heschel, J., Willis, A., & Meyer, C. (Paper submitted). Program Evaluation of a Youth Partial Hospitalization Program. Paper submitted to the American Evaluation Association for their Annual Conference in November 2010, San Antonio, TX.

Meyer, C. & Yung, B. (2009, November). Proven and creative strategies and techniques for teaching evaluation. Paper presented at the American Evaluation    Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Oberman, M., & Meyer, C. (2008). When mothers kill: Interviews from prison. New York: New York University Press. Awarded the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Outstanding Book Award in 2009.

Esterman, J.,  Adams, S., Hairston, P.,  Jacob, S. , Wright-Mawasha, J.,  Beck, C., Parkinson, C., Capriotti, G.T., Karpinski, J. , & Meyer, C. (2009, November). Increasing referrals to a program for offenders who are 10 and under. Paper presented at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Hairston, P., Jacob, S., Esterman, J., Adams, S., Wright-Mawasha, J.,  Beck, C. Parkinson, C., Capriotti, G.T., Karpinski, J. , & Meyer, C. (2009, November). Family preservation: Family stability committee decisions regarding placement for children in troubled families. Paper presented at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Karpinski, J., Hairston, P.,  Jacob, S. , Esterman, J., Adams, S., Wright-Mawasha, J., Beck, C., Parkinson, C., Capriotti, G.T., & Meyer, C. (2009, November). The Dayton Bar Association judicial candidacy preference poll evaluation. Paper at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Parkinson, C., Capriotti, G.T., Hairston, P.,  Jacob, S. , Esterman, J., Adams, S., Wright-Mawasha, J.,  Beck, C., Karpinski, J. , & Meyer, C. (2009, November). Drug court report card: Capturing the quantitative and qualitative aspects of success in drug court. Paper presented at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Pappa, S., Barcelo, B., Stanley, A., & Meyer, C. L. (2009, June).  Improving the effectiveness of a tobacco control coalition. Poster presented at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Phoenix, AZ.

Meyer, C. (2008, March). Impact of incarceration on mothers in prison for killing their children. Paper presented at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Cincinnati.

Brun, C., Yung, B., Meyer, C., Clasen, C., Cauley, K., & Parent, K. (2007, November). Challenges of evaluating a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency, school based,

Safe School/Healthy Students project. Roundtable presented at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Baltimore.  

Pappa, S. T., Barcelo, B., Stanley, A. Meyer, C. (2007, November). Operation TACTIC:  Differences in tobacco-related attitudes, knowledge and behavior between junior and high school students following a smokeless tobacco prevention program. Poster presented at the American Public Health Association Annual meeting, Washington.

Pappa, S. T., Barcelo, B., Stanley, A. Meyer, C. (2007, October). Successful program evaluation with an outside evaluator. Poster presented at the National Conference on Health or Tobacco, Minneapolis.

Pappa, S. T., Barcelo, B., Stanley, A. Meyer, C. (2007, October). NOT and AtS: Comparing two tobacco cessation/prevention programs over 3 years.  Poster presented at the National Conference on Health or Tobacco, Minneapolis.

Williams, J., Warfield, J., Hudson, K., Yung, B., & Meyer, C. (2007, July). An innovative approach to developing community-wide diversity learning experiences in a clinical psychology program.  Poster presented at the International Conference on Teaching of Psychology, Vancouver, BC.

Meyer, C. L., Yung, B., Warfield, J., Williams, J., Jackson, K., Corrales, A., Brandon, S., & Mullin, K. (2007, May). An interactive diversity learning experience for psychology programs. Poster presented at the annual Association for Psychological Science convention, Washington D.C.

Meyer, C. (2006, July). Examining motherhood in mothers who have killed their children. Paper presented at the International Family Violence Research           Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Bhat, J., & Meyer, C. (2006, July).  Juvenile siblicide. Paper presented at the International Family Violence Research Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Pappa, S., Barcelo, B., Sherman, M., & Meyer, C. (2006, July). Reconsidering the    current age-appropriateness of tobacco prevention and intervention programs. Poster presented at the Thirteenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Washington, D.C.

Pappa, S., Barcelo, B., Sherman, M., & Meyer, C. (2006, July). Youth winning tactics in the fight against smokeless tobacco use. Poster presented at the Thirteenth World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Washington, D.C.