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
