RESEARCH AT TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY | |
FACULTY PROFILE SYSTEM | |
| Name: | Kimberly Wilson Booker, PhD |
| Title: | Assistant Professor |
| Department: | Psychology and Philosophy |
| Email address: | kbooker@mail.twu.edu |
| Description of research activities: Dr. Booker's research interests include assessing readiness for change in children/ adolescents in disciplinary alternative education placements, and juvenile detention centers. She is also interested in linking stage of change with treatments appropriate for current emotional and behavioral functioning. Currently she has completed a pilot study in 3 alternative placement settings, and is beginning to analyze the data. | |
| Keywords: Alternative education, disciplinary alternative education programs, therapeutic school interventions, change assessment, readiness for change, peer interactions, race relations | |
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