Faculty Profiles

Marjorie Schaeffer

Marjorie Schaeffer

Assistant Professor
Psychology
323 Spes Unica Hall

Phone 

(574) 284-4529

Email 

mschaeffer@saintmarys.edu
Personal Website

Education 

PhD, University of Chicago
MA, University of Chicago
BA, Wellesley College

Research Interests 

  • Child Development
  • Parent and Child Interactions
  • Math Anxiety
  • Gender Stereotypes

Courses Recently Taught 

  • PSYC 157: Introduction to Psychology: Science for the Citizen
  • PSYC 201: Child Development
  • PSYC 305: Lifespan Developmental Psychology
  • PSYC 304: Psychology of Child and Family in Contemporary Society

Creative and Scholarly Work 

  • Schaeffer, M. W., Rozek, C. S., Maloney, E. A., Berkowitz, T., Levine, S. C., & Beilock, S. L. (2020). Elementary School Teachers’ Math Anxiety and Students’ Math Learning: A Large‐Scale Replication. Developmental Science, e13080.
  • Schaeffer, M.W., Rozek, C.S., Berkowitz, T., Levine, S.C., & Beilock, S.L. (2018). Dis-associating the relation between parents’ math anxiety and children’s math achievement: Long-term effects of a math app intervention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 147(12), 1782.
  • Park, D., Schaeffer, M. W., Nolla, K. M., Levine, S. C., & Beilock, S. L. (2017). How do generic statements impact performance? Evidence for entity beliefs. Developmental Science, 20(2), e12396.
  • Berkowitz, T., Schaeffer, M. W., Maloney, E. A., Peterson, L., Gregor, C., Levine, S. C., & Beilock, S. L. (2015). Math at home adds up to achievement in school. Science,  350(6257), 196-198.
  • Maloney, E. A., Schaeffer, M. W., & Beilock, S. L. (2013). Mathematics anxiety and stereotype threat: Shared mechanisms, negative consequences and promising interventions. Research in Mathematics Education, 15(2), 115-128.

Professional Memberships 

  • Society for Research in Child Development
  • American Psychological Association