Zachary L.

Stickley
Education
2016 Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX
B.S. Psychology

2013 McLennan Community College, Waco, TX

A.A. General Academics

Research Experience
Institute for Measurement, Methodology, Analysis & Policy
Texas Tech University
Position: Graduate Research Assistant
Supervisor: Jaehoon Lee, Ph.D.

Sept 2017 - Texas College and Career Readiness Standards Review and Revision
Present Project English/Language Arts and Mathematics (TXCCRS-ELAM)
Principal Investigator: Jerry Dwyer, Ph.D.
Designed two Qualtrics surveys to be administered to college-level
instructors state wide.

VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans

Central Texas Veterans Health Care System
Position: Undergraduate Research Assistant
Supervisors: Lianna Evans, Psy.D., & Richard Seim, Ph.D.

Oct. 2015 - Project S.E.R.V.E. (Study Evaluating Returning Veterans Experiences)

May 2017 Principal Investigator: Eric Meyer, Ph.D.
Training: conducting phone screenings for participant recruitment,
scheduling appointments, observing clinical interviews, following
clinical protocol.
Duties: data entry and data cleaning using REDCap interface SPSS,
and Microsoft Excel, assembling questionnaire packets and study
materials, collating participant responses, ensuring data integrity
according to protocol.

Sept. 2015 - Pilot Study of Concerned Loved Ones Addition to Safety Plan (CLASP)
Oct. 2015 Principal Investigator: Bryann DeBeer, Ph.D.
Duties: coding patient responses to semi-structured suicidality
interview reports for qualitative data analysis in accordance with
clinical protocol.

Tarleton State University: McLennan University Center

Undergraduate Student Research
Supervisor: Kyle Eichas, Ph.D.
 May 2015 - Performed a confirmatory factor analysis on the Identity Distress Survey
Oct. 2015 (Berman et al., 2004). Determined that a three factor model had better fit than
the original two factor model. Results were presented as a poster presentation.

Honors and Awards

2011 - 2013 Distinguished Honors List, McLennan Community College
2012 Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
2004 Eagle Scout Award, Longhorn Council, Troop 308
2002 Order of the Arrow, Ordeal, Huaco Lodge

Grants and Fellowships

2017-2022 AT&T Chancellors Graduate Fellowship

Poster Presentations

Meyer, E., Mendoza, C., Thomson, J., Stickley, Z., Baugh, T., DeBeer, B., Kimbrel, N.,
Gulliver, S., & Morissette, S. (2016) The Impact of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury on
Functional Impairment and Disability Among OEF/OIF/OND Veterans. Poster presented
at the Combat PTSD Conference for 2016

Baugh, T., Stickley, Z., Seim, R., & Evans, L. (2016). Data Entry: The Nucleus of
Research. Poster presented at The Tarleton-Waco Outreach Research Forum, 2016.

Stickley, Z., Eichas, K., Dennard, C., & Kelley, C. (2015). Identity Distress in Adult
College Students: A Factor Analysis of the Identity Distress Survey. Poster presented at the
Society for Study of Human Development 9th Biennial Meeting.

Eichas, K., Meca, A., Dennard, C., & Stickley, Z. (2015). Promoting Positive Adult
Development: Results from an Identity-Focused Program for Adult Students. Poster
presented at the Society for Study of Human Development 9th Biennial Meeting.

Stickley, Z., Scandozza, S., Moffatt, M., & Burks-Wallace, S. (2015). Evaluating a career
focused intervention on identity issues amongst nontraditional students. Poster presented at
The Tarleton-Waco Outreach Research Forum, 2015.

Hickox, L., Whiteley, J., Moffatt, M., Stickley, Z., Eichas, K., Dennard, C., & Horn-
Johnson, T. (2014). Identity commitment and academic motivation: A study of
nontraditional students. Presented at the 21st annual conference meeting of the Society for
Research on Identity Formation.

Moffatt, M., Whiteley, J., Stickley, Z., Eichas, K., Dennard, C., Horn-Johnson, T., Cox, S.,
Meca, A., & Maximin, B. (2014). Identity development among university center students:
The role of academic self-regulation. Presented at the 21st annual conference meeting of
the Society for Research on Identity Formation.

Software Skills
SPSS Statistics Program, MPlus Statistics Program, Qualtrics, R, R Studio, REDCap,
Microsoft Office Suite