LEANN (LEE) M. STADTLANDER

PhD, Cognitive/Experimental Psychology

The Ohio State University, 1993

Respecialization in Clinical Psychology, Fielding Graduate Institute, 2001-2004

lstadtlander@fielding.edu

 

Internship: Department of Psychosocial and Spiritual Resources, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2003-2004

 

Current Professional Appointments:

 

Faculty

Psychology Department

Walden University

 

Adjunct Faculty

School of Psychology

Fielding Graduate University

 

Executive Director

Befrienders

 

Areas of Instruction:

 

Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior

Advanced Topics in Cognition

 

Research Interests:

 

Memory and Aging

Domestic Violence

 

Practice Interests:

 

Adult Patients and Their Family Members Coping With Cancer

Grief Therapy

 

Professional Memberships:

 

American Psychological Association (3, 38)

American Psychosocial Oncology Society

Sigma Xi

 

Honors and Awards:

 

1999: Nominated for Phi Kappa Phi Teaching Award, Montana State University, Bozeman

 

1999: Nominated for APA Division 20, Adulthood and Aging, Mentor Award, Montana State University, Bozeman

 

1998: Nominated for Betty Coffey Teaching Award (for integrating women's perspectives into the curriculum), Montana State University, Bozeman

 

 

Professional Activities in Last Seven Years

 

Publications:

 

Allen, P. A., Stadtlander, L. M., Groth, K. E., Pickle, J. L., & Madden, D. J. (2000). Adult age invariance in sentence unitization. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 7, 54-67.

 

Stadtlander, L. M. (2000). Study guide. G. W. Heiman, Understanding research methods and statistics: An integrated introduction for psychology. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

 

Stadtlander, L. M., & Murdoch, L. D. (2000). Touch-related adjectives: Frequency of occurrence and rankings. Behavior, Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 32, 579-587.

 

Stadtlander, L. M. (2002). Integrating teaching, research, and service through a graduate service-learning course. Teaching of Psychology, 29, 67-69.

 

Stadtlander, L.M. (2007). Anticipatory mourning in Alzheimer's family caregivers. Continuing education course. www.healthforumonline.com

 

Presentations:

 

Murdoch, L. D., & Stadtlander, L. M. (2001, March). Aging on the frontier: The Montana Adult Profile Survey. Poster session presented at American Society on Aging, New Orleans, LA.

 

Sanddal, T. L., Stadtlander, L. M., & Sanddal N. D. (2002, April). Characteristics of female suicide in Montana-1998. Paper presented at the 34th annual conference of the American Association of Suicidology, Bethesda, MD.

 

Stadtlander, L. M. (2003, December). Managing disruptive patients. Inservice presented at the Department of Psychosocial and Spiritual Resources, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

 

Stadtlander, L. M. (2004, June). An introduction to the department of psychosocial and spiritual resources. Presented at the Multiple Myeloma Support Group, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

 

Stadtlander, L. M. (2005, September). Strategies for managing anxiety. Invited speaker at the Mending in the Mountains Conference, Big Sky, MT.

 

Stadtlander, L. & Tombre, P. (2007, April). Caring for the Alzheimer's caregiver. Paper presented at the Montana Gerontology Society, Billings Montana.

 

Turner, J., Stadtlander, L., Cumming, C., & Crawford, F. (2007, May). Communicating with self and others: A cognitive-linguistic group for cancer patients and family member. Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

 

 

Funded Grants/Contracts:

 

May 1998-June 2003: Associate Investigator Consultant, Suicide Surveillance/Prevention in the Intermountain West, Center for Disease Control, $2,940,000).

 

April 1999-April 2000: Principal Investigator, Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence by Older Adults in Rural Montana, Montana State University Dean of College of Letters and Science Research/Creativity Award, $2,200.

 

 

Other Professional Activities:

 

1993-2002: Member, Human Subjects Review Committee, Montana State University, Bozeman.

 

1993-2003: Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

 

1998-2000: Co-Director, Montana Center on Rural Aging, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

 

1999-2001: Member, Suicide Prevention Steering Committee, State of Montana.

 

1999-2001: Volunteer, Springmeadows Retirement and Assisted Living Community, Bozeman, MT.

 

2002: Practicum, Associated Clinic of Psychology, Minneapolis, MN.

 

2002-2003: Practicum, Neuroscience Department, St. Peter's Hospital, Helena, MT.

 

2002-2003: Practicum, Private Practice, Bozeman, MT.

 

2003-2004: Departmental Representative, Hospital Ethics Committee and Patient

Education Committee, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

 

2003-2004: Psychologist, Interdisciplinary Teams, Pain and Symptom Clinic, and Head and Neck Clinic, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

 

2005: Monthly guest speaker, Cancer Support Center, Bozeman, MT.

 

Journal Reviewer: Behavior, Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers; International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics; Journal of General Psychology; Journal of Gerontology; Perception & Psychophysics.

 

Reviewer: West Educational Publishing.