CURRICULUM VITAE VICTOR M. LEVY, JR.
962 Waban Hill Madison, WI 53711 (608) 273-4527
Married with two children Date of birth: 5/8/50 EDUCATION
Currently: Ph.D. Program, Child and Family Studies, School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Interest: Children's transition from early childhood to Kindergarten programs.)
Ph.D. Program: Human Development Area, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Completed all coursework for Ph.D. (Interest: Social and Cognitive Development in Children.)
Masters Degree in Educational Psychology (Human Development), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975.
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1972. Dean's list for final six semesters.
Graduated with highest honors from Highland Park Senior High, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1968. Member of National Honor Society. EXPERIENCE
1992 - Present Adjunct Professor, School of Education,
UW-Platteville. Design and teach courses: Human Growth and Development; Oral Language and Emergent Literacy -- Methods in Early Childhood Education; Foundations of American Education -- Senior Seminar; Foundation of Early Childhood Education; Guidance, Assessment and Instruction in Early Childhood; Pre Student Teaching. Supervise student teacher practica on-site in preschool programs, Kindergarten and primary classrooms in southwest Wisconsin. Advise students majoring in elementary education and early
childhood. Participate in faculty planning groups and activities, including the Child Care Committee, Long Range Planning Committee, Portfolio Assessment Committee and various course reorganization efforts. Planned faculty in-services concerning the
education of “at risk” students. Plan in- service training for cooperating teachers working with pre-student teachers.
1988 - 1994 Instructor, Madison Area Technical College. Designed and taught sections of a two semester
course in Child Development: Infancy, Early Childhood, and School Age Development. Gave
lectures and led discussions. Developed and graded written assignments, exams and other course
materials which evaluated child care teachers' knowledge of basic human development concepts and their application in a practical day care setting. Counseled individual students.
1988 - 1989 Parent Educator, Family Enhancement Program. Facilitated weekly programs for parents on Madison's south side which were designed to strengthen their parenting skills and build mutual support networks. Groups generally consisted of 6-12 parents in
evening and daytime sessions. Developed topics for discussion and facilitated sessions. Taught parent education courses. Facilitated weekly fathers' support group.
1985 - 1988 Assistant Director, Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C) of Dane County. 4-C is a private, non-profit United Way Agency that helps parents locate child care, helps day care providers through
training and technical assistance and provides the community with public policy and planning
information and assistance. At 4-C my duties
included major responsibility for the preparation of surveys and planning documents, writing and editing a monthly newsletter on community activities and information for family day care providers and a wide range of technical assistance functions to both day care centers and family day care homes. I staffed the fundraising committee of the 4-C Board and
assisted the executive director in the drafting and preparation of grant applications. I also managed a Job Training and Partnership Act (JTPA) project that trained low income individuals to become family day care providers and a Venture Grant program that provided day care funding to low income families involved in training programs and seeking
employment.
1983 - 1985 Administrative Assistant, Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, Madison.
Participated in the planning and implementation of a statewide network of over 750 volunteers and 54
social service coordinating agencies that distributed two million pounds of surplus
commodities to the needy each month. Oversaw all financial and inventory records, monitored agency contracts, coordinated monthly deliveries, handled correspondence, etc.
of Wisconsin-Madison. Conducted and supervised field research in an international, cross-cultural study of the child's developing conception of
fairness ("distributive justice"). Investigated appropriate funding sources and helped prepare a grant application. Analyzed data and wrote up all findings for publication. Presented paper at
professional conference and taught occasional classes.
1977 - 1978 Prepared multi-media educational materials (videotapes and student materials) for use in
undergraduate courses in Human Development taught by the Educational Psychology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1975 - 1976 Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Taught and graded study sections in Introductory Child Development.
1972 - 1975 Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Conducted field research in attentional factors in children's learning and children's
knowledge about their memory abilities. Conducted statistical analysis of data and prepared all
materials for publication.
1971 and 1972 Teacher in elementary education and counselor at Timbertop Camp, a summer program for children and adolescents with special learning and behavior
problems. PUBLICATIONS
Enright, R. D., Levy, V. M., Jr., Harris, D., & Lapsley, D. K. (1987). Do economic conditions influence how theorists view adolescents? Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 6, 541-559.
Enright, R. D., Bjerstedt, A., Enright, W. F., Levy, V. M., Jr., Lapsley, D. K., Buss, R. R., Harwell, M., &
Zindler, M. (1984). Distributive justice development: Cross-cultural, contextual and longitudinal evaluations. Child Development, 55, 1737-1751.
Enright, R. D., Lapsley, D. K., & Levy, V. M., Jr. (1983). Moral education strategies. In M. Pressley & J. Levin (Eds.), Cognitive strategy research: Educational
applications. New York: Springer-Verlag.
Enright, R. D., & Levy, V. M., Jr. (Eds.). (1980). Psychological measures in childhood and adolescence: A selected overview of behavioral, personal-social, and social cognitive scales for the classroom teacher. St.Paul:
Minnesota Department of Education.
Enright, R. D., Levy, V. M.. Jr., & Morgan-Janty, C. (1980). Assessing social cognitive development. In R. D.
Enright & V. M. Levy, Jr. (Eds.), Psychological measures in childhood and adolescence: A selected overview of behavioral, personal-social, and social cognitive scales for the classroom teacher. St. Paul: Minnesota
Department of Education.
Enright, R. D. & Levy, V. M., Jr. (1980). Assessing
personal-social development. In R. D. Enright & V. M. Levy, Jr. (Eds.), Psychological measures in childhood and adolescence: A selected overview of behavioral, personal-social, and social cognitive scales for the classroom teacher. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Education.
Marshall, L. J. & Levy, V. M., Jr. (in press). The development of children's perceptions of obstacles in compliance-gaining interactions. Communication Studies.
Yussen, S. R., & Levy, V. M., Jr. (1977). Developmental changes in knowledge about different retrieval problems. Developmental Psychology, 13, 114-120. Yussen, S. R., & Levy, V. M., Jr. (1975). Developmental
changes in predicting one’s own span of short-term memory. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 19, 502-508.
Yussen, S. R., & Levy, V. M., Jr. (1975). Effects of warm and neutral models on the attention of observational learners. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 20, 66-72.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Buss, R. R., Enright, R. D., & Levy, V. M., Jr. (1984). Distributive justice development: Cross-cultural,
contextual, and longitudinal evaluation studies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April.
Manheim, L., Enright, R. D., Lapsley, D. K., & Levy, V. M., Jr. (1981). Parental influences on children’s distributive justice development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles.
Yussen, S. R., & Levy, V. M., Jr. (1974). Effects of warm and neutral models on children’s attention and learning. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Southeastern Society for Research in Child Development, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Presented at the annual meetings (1985 through 1990) of the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association and the Wisconsin Family Day Care Association on topics of sex role development in
early childhood, development of number concepts in
preschoolers, and liability insurance issues in family and group day care. Presented at the University of
Wisconsin-Platteville Early Childhood Conferences (1995 through present) on number concepts in early childhood education and science activities in early childhood.
Presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (1987) on a mentorship model for the training of family day care providers.
Zirbel, R. R., Levy, V. M., Jr., Cherry, L. C., & Yussen, S. R. (1979). Research with young children: How to conduct a research project. Series of four instructional videotapes produced at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS
Enright, R. D., Manheim, L. A., Levy, V. M., Jr., Lapsley, D. K., & Buss, R. R. (1981). Parental distribution
patterns and children’s distributive justice development. Unpublished manuscript, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Shawver, D. W., Enright, R. D., & Levy, V. M., Jr. (1982). Non-universality of distributive justice development: An African study. Unpublished manuscript, University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
Steuck, K. W., Levy, V. M., Jr., & Levin, J. R. (1982). The effects of change of context on remembering connected and unconnected discourse. Unpublished manuscript, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
VOLUNTEER/COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Board Member, University Avenue Day Care (five years). Served on hiring, negotiations, program evaluation and marketing
committees. Treasurer for two years.
Board Member, Three Wishes Day Care: University Drop In Center (four years).
Macalester College Alumni Admissions Committee. Active for the last twelve years. Currently coordinator for Southern Wisconsin Alumni Admissions Committee that contacts
prospective students to discuss college plans, inform them of the college's resources, answer questions and encourage
applications to Macalester.
Former member of the Board of Directors, Association for
Services for the Educationally Handicapped, which administered summer programs for children with learning disabilities and behavior problems.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Memberships: National Association for the Education of Young Children
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association -- Association for the Education of Young Children
