Science writing
I write about psychology, biology, and basic science for children and adults. I especially enjoy writing about the process of science, revealing how we know, instead of just what we know.
This is what I’ve been up to lately.
Trash or Treasure
Dreams Gone Bad
Master Memory
Defenses Gone Haywire
Fold, Find, Sort, Unwind
Embarrassed? Blame Your Brain
Mind Reading Machine
Who Invented the Light Bulb?
Strange Rock Formations
Keeping Track of Nine Million Species
Oil and Water Mixology
Small Science, Colossal Team
Mind Boggling Numbers
Curriculum and instructional materials
I develop content to inform science lovers and engage reluctant learners. I especially enjoy designing materials that emphasize hands-on exploration and allow students to directly experience the thrill of solving scientific puzzles.
Projects include:
- Searching for Sasquatch, a middle-grade critical thinking course
- Act & Adapt, a video-guided coping skills curriculum for children and adolescents
- Test banks and teachers’ guides for college textbooks
Academic writing
Academic publications tend to be a dry read at best. If you’d rather not read journal articles, you can read a user-friendly article about my research on stress during the transition to middle school in Oregon State University’s Terra magazine.
Journal Articles
Connor-Smith, J. K., Henning, K, Moore, S., & Holdford, R. (2011). Risk assessments by female victims of intimate partner violence: Predictors of risk perceptions and comparison to an actuarial measure. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(12), 2517-2550.
Henning, K. & Connor-Smith, J. K. (2011). Why doesn’t HE leave? Relationship continuity and satisfaction among male domestic violence offenders. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(7), 1366-1387.
Southam-Gerow, M. A., Weisz, J. R., Chu, B. C., McLeod, B. D., Gordis, E. B., & Connor-Smith, J. K. (2010). Does CBT for youth anxiety outperform usual care in community clinics?: An initial effectiveness test. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 49(10), 1043 – 1052.
Carver, C. S. & Connor-Smith, J. K. (2010). Personality and Coping. Annual Review of Psychology, 61, 679-704.
Clough, A., Wagman, J., Rollins, C., Barnes, J., Connor-Smith, J., Holdich-Niolon, P., et al. (2011). The SHARE Project: Maximizing participant retention in a longitudinal study with victims of intimate partner violence. Field Methods, 23(1), 86-101.
Niolon, P. H., Rollins, C. M., Glass, N., Billhardt, K., Connor-Smith, J. K., & Baker, C. (2009). An innovative approach to serving the needs of IPV survivors: Description of a CDC-funded study examining the Volunteers of America Home Free rent assistance program. Journal of Women’s Health, 18 (6), 775-778.
Weisz, J. R., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Gordis, E. B., Connor-Smith, J. K., Chu, B. C., Langer, D. A., McLeod, B. D., Jensen-Doss, A. Gelbwasser, A., & Weiss, B. (2009). Cognitive-behavioral therapy versus usual clinical care for youth depression: An initial test of transportability to community clinics and clinicians. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 77(3), 383-396.
Helzer, E. G., Connor-Smith, J. K., & Reed, M. A. (2009). Traits, states, and attentional gates: Temperament and threat relevance as predictors of attentional bias to threat. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 22(1), 57-76.
Connor-Smith, J. K. & Flachsbart, C. (2007). Relations between Personality and Coping: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 93, 1080-1107.
Calvete, E., & Connor-Smith, J. K. (2006). Perceived social support, coping, and symptoms of distress in American and Spanish students. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 19, 47-65.
Calvete, E., & Connor-Smith, J. K. (2005). Automatic thoughts and psychological symptoms: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of American and Spanish students. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 29, 201-217.
Wadsworth, M.E., Raviv, T., Compas, B. E., & Connor-Smith, J. K. (2005). Parent and adolescent responses to poverty-related stress: Tests of mediated and moderated coping models. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 14, 283-298.
Connor-Smith, J. K. & Calvete, E. (2004). Cross-cultural equivalence of coping and involuntary responses to stress in Spain and the United States. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 17, 163-185.
Connor-Smith, J. K. & Compas, B.E. (2004). Coping as a moderator of relations between reactivity to Interpersonal stress, health status, and internalizing problems. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 28, 347-368.
Compas, B.E., Connor-Smith, J. K. & Jaser, S. S. (2004). Temperament, stress reactivity, and coping: Implications for depression in childhood and adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33, 21-31.
Connor-Smith, J. K. & Compas, B. E. (2003) Analogue measures of DSM-IV mood and anxiety disorders based on behavior checklists. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 25, 37-48.
Connor-Smith, J.K., & Weisz, J.R. (2003). Applying treatment outcome research in clinical practice: Techniques for adapting interventions to the real world. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 8, 3-10.
Connor-Smith, J. K. & Compas, B.E. (2002). Vulnerability to Social Stress: Coping as a mediator or moderator of sociotropy and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 26, 39-55.
Compas, B.E., Connor-Smith, J.K., Saltzman, H., Thomsen, A. H., & Wadsworth, M. E. (2001). Coping with stress during childhood and adolescence: Progress, problems, and potential in theory and research. Psychological Bulletin, 127, 87-127.
Connor-Smith, J. K., Compas, B. E., Wadsworth, M. E., Thomsen, A.H., & Saltzman, H. (2000). Responses to stress in adolescence: Measurement of coping and involuntary stress responses. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 976-992.
Gerhardt, C. A., Compas, B. E., Connor, J. K., & Achenbach, T. M. (1999). Association of a mixed anxiety/depression syndrome and symptoms of major depressive disorder in adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 28, 305-323.
Compas, B. E., Oppedisano, G., Connor, J. K., Gerhardt, C. A., Hinden, B. R., Achenbach, T. M., & Hammen, C. (1997). Gender differences in depressive symptoms in adolescence: Comparison of national samples of clinically-referred and non-referred youth. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65, 617-626.
Narhi, L.O., Connor, J., Rohde, M.F., McGinley, M.G., Arakawa, T. (1991). Stoichiometric complexation of Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor and subtilisin. Journal of Protein Chemistry, 10, 385-390.
Book Chapters
Connor-Smith, J.K. (2009). Stress and Coping. In R. Ingram (ed.). The International Encyclopedia of Depression.
Weisz, J. R., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Gordis, E. B., & Connor-Smith, J. K. (2003). Primary and Secondary Control Enhancement Training for Youth Depression: Applying the Deployment-Focused Model of Treatment Development and Testing. In Kazdin, A.E. & Weisz, J.R. (Eds.), Evidence-based treatments for children and adolescents. (pp. 165-183). New York: Guilford.
Compas, B. E., Connor, J. K., Saltzman, H., Thomsen, A. H., & Wadsworth, M. (1999). Getting specific about coping: Effortful and involuntary responses to stress. In M. Lewis & D. Ramsey (Eds.), Soothing and Stress (pp. 229-256). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Compas, B. E., Connor, J. K., & Hinden, B. R. (1998). New perspectives on depression in adolescence. In R. Jessor (ed.), New perspectives on adolescent risk behavior (pp. 319-362). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Compas, B. E., Connor, J. K., & Wadsworth, M. (1997). Prevention of Depression. In R. P. Weissberg, T. P. Gullotta, R.L. Hampton, B. A. Ryan, & G.R. Adams (Eds.), Healthy children 2010: Enhancing children’s wellness (pp. 129-174). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Compas, B. E., Connor, J., Osowiecki, D., & Welch, A., (1997). Effortful and involuntary responses to stress: Implications for coping with chronic stress. In B. H. Gottlieb (Ed.). Coping with chronic stress (pp. 105-130). New York: Plenum.
Connor, J., Fischer, K., & Berger, A. (1993). Understanding battered women’s expectations of the criminal justice system. The Community Psychologist, 27, 39-40.