Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology
OFFICE LOCATION
Education 378
OFFICE HOURS
MAILING ADDRESS
Box 41071
Lubbock TX 79409-41071
DIRECT PHONE
(806) 742-1997 ext. 369
DEPARTMENT PHONE
(806) 742-1997
FAX NUMBER
(806) 742-2179
EMAIL ADDRESS
Eugene Wang, Ph.D.
education
Ph.D. Educational Psychology
1998 Texas A&M-Commerce
Research interests
- Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
- Violence risk assessment
- Peer nomination/peer sociometrics and social competence
- Personality assessment
- Statistical modeling techniques
Courses taught
EPSY 5332: Educational Psychology
EPSY 5356: Principles of Educational and Psychological Measurement
EPSY 5381: Intermediate Educational Statistics
EPSY 5383: Data Analysis with Statistical Software
EPSY 6301: Advanced Data Analysis
EPSY 6302: Survey Research in Education
EPSY 6303: Educational Measurement
representative publications
Diamond, P. M., Wang, E. W., & Buffington-Vollum, J. (2005). Factor structure of the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ) with mentally ill male offenders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 32(5), 546-564.
Wang, E. W., & Diamond, P. M. (1999). Empirically identifying factors related to violence risk in corrections. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 17, 377-389.
Wang, E. W., Owens, R. M., Long, S. A., Diamond, P. M., & Smith, J. L. (2000). The effectiveness of rehabilitation for persistently violent male prisoners. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 44(4), 505-514.
Wang, E. W., Rogers, R., Giles, C. L., Diamond, P. M., Herrington-Wang, L. E., & Taylor, E. R. (1997). A pilot study of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) in corrections: Assessment of malingering, suicide risk, and aggression in male inmates. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 15, 1-14.
Cochran, D. B., Wang, E. W., & Stevenson, S. J. (July 2009). Adolescent occupational aspirations: Test of Gottfredson’s theory of Circumscription and Compromise. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Dempsey, J., Fireman, G., & Wang, E. (2006). Transitioning out of peer victimization: Victim's level of relational aggression. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 28(4), 273-282.
Griffin, K., & Wang, E. W. (January 2009). Measuring fitness actions and dispositions in the NASPE national standards: Development and validation of a self-report instrument. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Hamman, D., Wang, E. W., & Gosselin, K. (May 2009). Confirmatory factor analyses of the new teacher possible selves questionnaires. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Horner, S. B., Fireman, G. D., & Wang, E. W. (July 2009). The relation of student behavior, peer status, race, and gender to decisions about classroom discipline. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Rogers, R., Sewell, K. W., Cruise, K. R., Wang, E. W., & Ustad, K. L. (1998). The PAI and feigning: A cautionary note on its use in forensic-correctional settings. Assessment, 5, 399-405.
Wang, E. W. (January 2009). Effects of schoolwide positive behavior supports (PBS) on discipline in a rural sample: Evidence from regression point displacement (RPD) design. Manuscript submitted for publication.