Research interests
Jennifer Beller's research projects include the measurement of moral reasoning in competitive populations as well as in the helping professions and athletic training, a longitudinal study of moral reasoning in high school athletes and non athletes, nationwide longitudinal studies of moral reasoning and servant leadership in Division I football programs, character education, ethics in research, and research in physical activity.
Teaching/professional interests
Jennifer M. Beller teaches Introduction to Educational Statistics, Advanced Educational Statistics, Research Methods II, and Advanced Quantitative Techniques in Education. She is the Director of the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate, and an Affiliate Associate Faculty Member to the University of Idaho Center for ETHICS.
Recent accomplishments
- 2004 Category 4 Award and Overall Paper of the Year Award American Society for Engineering Education. "Tailoring Cooperative Learning Events in Engineering Education" Zemke, S., Elger, D., & Beller, J.M.
- Beller, J.M. (2002). Positive character development in school sport programs. Invited commissioned paper to the ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education DIGEST, EDO-SP-2002-06. (As one of the leading experts in sport ethics, Beller was commissioned to write a paper specifically addressing how positive character can be developed through sport. The DIGEST is the ERIC Journal on the current relevant topics in education.)
- Stoll, S.K., Beller, J.M, Herman, C. (2000). A Review of Articles in Sport Ethics. Journal for The International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE). (A 20 page document on all current articles and texts in America and Europe) 37(4), pp. 128-145.
- Rickel, K., Stoll, S.K., & Beller, J.M. (March, 2005). The effects of a life narrative-based exercise philosophy, internet enhanced curriculum, on college participants' subjective and objective exercise values. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 76(2), A-.
- Rickel, K., Stoll, S.K., & Beller, J.M. (2004). Exercise adherence: The role sport philosophy can play in developing pedagogical practice. International Association for the Philosophy of Sport - online.
Educational background
- Ph.D Education, University of Idaho, 1990
- M.S. Physical Education, University of Idaho, 1987
- B.S. Physical Education, University of Idaho, 1981
