Email: mmackay@bsu.edu 547 Teachers College
Tel: 765-285-8500 Ball State University
Muncie, IN
Education
Ph.D. Organizational Psychology; Quantitative Methods focus (2013) The University of Memphis
M.Sc. Psychology (2009) University of Florida B.A. Psychology (2005)
University of British Columbia Employment History
2019 - Present Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology Ball State University
2016 - 2019 Director of Research, University of Memphis Institute on Disability The University of Memphis
2012 - 2019 Instructor & Statistical Consultant, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Research
The University of Memphis Grants and Awards
▪ 2019: Supplemental Transition Package for New Faculty Start-up Grant. Submitted to Ball State University. $25,000 over two years. (Funded)
▪ 2019: Finding Innovative Rehabilitation Services Training (Project FIRST). Submitted to the Office of Special Education & Rehabilitation Training Programs (OSERS), U.S. Department of Education. Role on grant: Statistician. $1.9 million over five years. (Funded)
▪ 2019: Promoting Rehabilitation Outcomes by Finding Ideal Levels of Education (PROFILE). Submitted to the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). Role on grant: Co-PI. $2.4 million over five years. (Not funded) ▪ 2019: Maximizing Employment through the Recognition of Ideal Counselor Credentials
(METRIC) Project. Submitted to the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). Role on grant: Co-PI. $594,000 over three years. (Not funded)
▪ 2019: Animal Assisted Therapy and Autism (ATTA): A Preschool Intervention Efficacy Study. Submitted to the Urban Child Institute. Role on grant: Statistician. $247,000 over one year. (Not funded)
▪ 2017: College of Education Faculty Research Grant; An Investigation of the Predictive Validity of the Educational Requirements for Rehabilitation Counselors. Role on grant: PI. $4,400, one year. (Funded)
▪ 2016: Building Resources for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Toward Gainful
Employment (BRIDGE). Role on grant: Director of Research, $1.5 million over five years. (Funded)
▪ 2009: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Dissertation Award, $20,000 over two years.
▪ 2007: University of Florida CLAS Alumni Fellowship, $68,000 over four years. Publications
Graves, J., Mackay, M. M., Hunter, W. C. (2020). Factors predicting the successful placement of IPSE students in college courses. Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities Online Journal, 7(1), 31-43.
McMillen, S. M., Jarmulowicz, L., Mackay, M. M., Oller, D. K. (2020). Rapid shift in naming efficiency on a rapid automatic naming task by young Spanish-speaking English language learners. Applied Psycholinguistics, 41(4), 847-872.
Mackay, M. M., Dunn, J. D., Suedmeyer, E. S., Schiro-Geist, C., Strohmer, D. C., & West, S. L. (2020). Rehabilitation counselor degree type as a predictor of client outcomes: A comparison of quantity versus quality in closure rates. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 63(2), 91-101. Carter, E. W., Gustafson, J. R., Mackay, M. M., Martin, K. P., Parsley, M. V., Graves, J., Day, T.
D., McCabe, L. E., Lazarz, H., McMillan, E. D., Schiro-Geist, C., Williams, M., Beeson, T, Clayton, J. (2019). Motivations and expectations of peer mentors within inclusive college programs for students with intellectual disability. Career Development and Transition for
Exceptional Individuals, 1-11.
Mackay, M. M., Bethell, R. B., & Epstein, J. (2019). Acquisition of iTero Element Intraoral Scanners: Three-Year Examination of Practice Volume Changes and Economic Impact. Retrieved from https://www.dentallearning.net/itero-lift. (Note: non-refereed white paper) Mackay, M. M, Suedmeyer, E. S., Schiro-Geist, C., West, S. L., & Strohmer, D. C. (2018). Closure
rates and counselor education: An exploration of why counselors with MRC degrees do not have better client outcomes than other master’s-level counselors. Journal of Vocational
Rehabilitation 49, 389-400.
Mackay, M. M. (2018). Does employee age moderate the association between HR practices and affective commitment? An application of SOC theory to the organizational context. Group
and Organization Management, 15, 186-200.
Mackay, M. M., Allen, J. A., & Landis, R. S. (2017). Investigating the incremental validity of employee engagement in the prediction of employee effectiveness: A meta-analytic path analysis. Human Resource Management Review, 27(1), 108-120.
Mackay, M. M., Fallah, M., & Danval, T. (2017). Acquisition of a digital intraoral scanning device: An examination of practice volume changes via an interrupted time series analysis. Journal
of Clinical Dentistry, 28(Suppl), 1-5.
Lustig, D. C., Xu, Y. J., Strauser, D. R., & Mackay, M. M. (2017). The relationship between career thoughts and adjustment for individuals with multiple sclerosis. Rehabilitation Counseling
Bulletin, 61(2), 112-120.
Mackay, M. M. (2016). The link between employee attitudes and employee effectiveness: Data matrix of meta-analytic estimates based on 1161 unique correlations. Data Brief, 6(8), 1391-1344.
Mackay, M. M., & Bluck, S. (2010). Meaning-making in memories: A comparison of memories of death-related and low point life experiences. Death Studies, 34(8),715 - 737.
Neimeyer, R. A., Burke, L. A., Mackay, M. M., & van Dyke-Stringer, J. G. (2010). Grief therapy and the reconstruction of meaning: From principles to practice. Journal of Contemporary
Bluck, S., Dirk, J., Mackay, M. M., & Hux, A. (2008). Life experience with death: Relation to death attitudes and to the use of death-related memories. Death Studies, 32, 524-549.
Presentations
Mackay, M. M, Schiro-Geist, C., & West, S. L. (2018, October). Does counselor degree type
predict client outcomes? An assessment of high-quality closure rates. Presented at the
2018 meeting of the National Council on Rehabilitation Education, Arlington, VA. Mackay, M. M. (2018, August). Rehabilitation counselor degree type as a predictor of client
outcomes: A comparison of quantity vs. quality in closure rates. Presented at the 2018
meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Mackay M. M. (2017, July). An introduction to the University of Memphis TigerLIFE program
for students with intellectual disabilities. Presented at the 2017 National TPSID Directors
Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Mackay M. M. (2016, November). Setting an effective research agenda for post-secondary
programs for students with intellectual disability. Presented at the 2016 Summit on
Developing Academic Programs for Individuals with Intellectual Disability, Huntsville, AL.
Mackay M. M. (2016, February). Effective practices for the instruction of online statistics
courses. Presented to Baptist College of Health Sciences, Memphis, TN.
Mackay, M. M. (2013, April). Research on student engagement: What can we learn from
organizational psychology? Presented to University of Memphis Department of
Counseling, Educational Psychology and Research, Memphis, TN.
Mackay, M. M. (2009, April). Hospice volunteers’ use of meaning-making strategies in
bereavement narratives. Presented at the 2009 meeting of the Association for Death
Education and Counseling, Dallas, TX.
Mackay, M. M. (2008, July). Narrating death and low point experiences: Differences in the use
of meaning-making strategies. Presented at the 2008 meeting of the International Network
on Personal Meaning, Toronto, Canada.
Mackay, M. M., & Bluck, S. (2008, July). Meaning-making in memories: A comparison of
autobiographical memories of death and low point experiences. Presented at the 2008
meeting of the Association of Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
Mackay, M. M., Ainsworth, S. E., & Bluck, S. (2007, November). Reflecting on life: Lessons
learned from challenging experiences. Poster presented at the 2007 International
Reminiscence and Life Review Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Mackay, M. M. (2007, September). Incorporating death into the life story: A comparison of
death and low point autobiographical memory narratives. Presented to University of
Florida Developmental Psychology Area, Gainesville, FL.
Dirk, J., Bluck, S., & Mackay, M. M. (2007, September). Life experience with death: Relation to
the use of death-related memories. Presented at the 18th Meeting of the German Division
of Developmental Psychology, Heidelberg, Germany.
Mackay, M. M., & Bluck, S. (2007, August). Confronting dying: Adaptive autobiographical
memory use as a human response. Presented at the 2007 meeting of the American
Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Mackay, M. M., & Bluck, S. (2007, August). Experience with life’s final stage: Effects on
attitudes towards death. Presented at the 2007 meeting of the American Psychological
Bluck, S., & Mackay, M. M. (2006, November). Life experience with death and dying: Benefits
of hospice volunteerism. Presented at meeting of Haven Hospice Research Review Board,
Gainesville, FL.
Mackay, M. M., & Norenzayan, A. (2006, January). Prosocial behavior and terror management:
Evidence that mortality salience increases striving for generativity. Presented at the
annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA. Mackay, M. M., Heine, S. J. (2006, January). Going beyond terror management: Evidence that
threats to one’s sense of meaning also produce worldview defense. Presented at the annual
meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA. Teaching Experience
EDPS 642: Analysis of Variance (taught in traditional setting and online)
▪ Topics: one-way ANOVA, factorial ANOVA, mixed- and repeated-measures ANOVA, moderation analyses using bootstrapping procedures, ANCOVA, power analysis
EDPS 641: Statistical Methods in Educational Research (taught in traditional setting and online) ▪ Topics: descriptive statistics, correlations and bivariate regressions, t-tests, ANOVA and
chi-square analyses,
EDPR 8549: Multivariate Statistics (taught in traditional setting and online)
▪ Topics: MANOVA, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, logistic regression, multinomial regression, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, power analysis, moderation and mediation using SPSS Process macro.
EDPR 7/8542: Statistical Methods II (taught in traditional setting and online)
▪ Topics: multiple regression, Two-way ANOVA, RM ANOVA with interactions, ANCOVA, non-parametric analyses
EDPR 7/8541: Statistical Methods I (taught in traditional setting and online)
▪ Topics: descriptive statistics, correlations and bivariate regressions, t-tests, ANOVA and chi-square analyses
EDPR 7/8511: Measurement and Psychometrics
▪ Topics: instrument design and validation, Classical Test Theory, assessment of reliability, online data collection via Qualtrics platform, common method bias, item response theory EDPR 7521: Research Methods in Education (taught in traditional setting and online)
▪ Topics: reliability, validity, correlational and experimental designs, qualitative research designs
PSYC 3508: Industrial-Organizational Psychology
▪ Topics: employee recruitment, selection, training, performance management, job-related attitudes, and organizational change
PSYC 3010: Statistics I
▪ Topics: reliability, validity, correlational and experimental designs, bivariate regressions, t-tests, and Chi-Square analyses
PSYC 200: Research Methods and Statistics
▪ Topics: correlational and experimental study design, threats to internal validity, reliability, validity, cognitive heuristics and fallacies
Professional Service and Applied Experience 2013-19: Owner & Principal; Invisia Consulting
▪ Provided methodological and statistical consulting services for various clients
▪ Partial list of clients: Align Technologies (San Jose, CA), Oxicon Employee Profiling (Sacramento, CA), Finex Solutions (Berlin, GE), Brooke Institute (Sydney, AU), Survalyzer (Zurich, SUI), Skyline Group (Redwood City, CA), International Livestock Research
Institute (Nairobi, KE), Memphis Teacher Residency (Memphis, TN), Chartis Group (Chicago, IL), Right Impression (Sydney, AU).
2011-12: Intern; Organization Effectiveness Solutions, FedEx Express, Memphis, TN ▪ Developed and validated training test battery for newly hired Service Agents for North
America region.
▪ Facilitated the administration of annual organization-wide employee engagement survey distributed to 140,000 employees
2011: Statistical Analyst; Organizational Development Division, ServiceMaster, Memphis, TN ▪ Validated employment selection test for prospective branch managers.
▪ Conducted research examining predictors of EEOC grievances for North America region of TruGreen operating company.
2010 - 12: Evaluator of Job Applicants; Performance Associates, Memphis, TN
▪ Responsible for rating job applicants on simulation exercises assessing managerial potential. 2010: Statistical Analyst; Market Research Division, Methodist Healthcare, Memphis, TN ▪ Conducted data analyses for projects regarding physician engagement, community health,
and consumer healthcare utilization.
▪ Developed a statistical simulation exercise for prospective marketing employees. Ad Hoc Reviewer Experience
Methods in Psychology; Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance; Statistics and Education Research Journal; Human Resource Management Review; Journal of Constructivist Psychology; Death Studies
Professional Memberships
Association for Psychological Science