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Publications

Szendrey, J., & Fiala, L. (2021-in press). Family communication, resources, and income in adolescence and financial behaviors in young adulthood. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning 

Szendrey, J., & Fiala, L. (2018). “I think I can get ahead!” Perceived economic mobility, income, and financial behaviors of young adults. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 29(2): 290-303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1052-3073.29.2.290 

Mumford, J. M., Fiala, L., & Daulton, M. (2017). An agile K-12 approach: Teacher PD for new learning ecosystems. In C. Martin, & D. Polly (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Teacher Education and Professional Development (pp. 367-384). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. 

Kaminski Mumford, J., Fiala, L. & Daulton, M. (2016). Teaching in 21st Century New Learning Ecosystems: Agile PD. In G. Chamblee & L. Langub (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2101-2107). Savannah, GA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/171980/. 

Fiala, L., Kaminski Mumford, J. & Daulton, M. (2015). Implementing New Learning Ecosystems and Teacher ICT PD: An Analysis of Impact. In D. Rutledge & D. Slykhuis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2015--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2306-2312). Las Vegas, NV: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/150321/. 

Szendrey, J. M. & Fiala, L. A. (2020, October). Faith Influences Finances? An Empirically-Based Working Paper. Christian Business Faculty Association Annual Conference, Accepted for Formal Paper Presentation Session (National Conference) 

Szendrey, J. M. & Fiala, L. A. (2019, November). "Give Me More!" Relationships Between Tangible and Intangible Family Resources During Adolescence and Financial Behaviors of Young Adults: An Overview. Association for Financial Counseling & Planning Education Research and Training Symposium, Poster Presentation, Portland, Oregon (National Conference) 

Fiala, L.A. (2019, March). From Breastfeeding and Baby Wearing to Car Seats and Cloth Diapers: Millennial Mothers Seeking Online Support. Presented at the North Central Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH (Regional Conference) 

Fiala, L.A. (2018, April). Millennial Mothering Trends: A Review of Literature and Existing Statistics.  Presented at the North Central Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Pittsburg, PA (Regional Conference) 

Szendrey, J. & Fiala, L.A. (2017, June). Familial Influence on Financial Fitness: The Development and Validation of the Perceived Family Frugality Scale. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Dallas, TX. (National Conference) 

Fiala, L.A. & Bemiller, M. (2017, April). Research as Service: Can it Support the Community and the Learning Process? Presented at the North Central Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN (Regional Conference) 

Splendore, C. & Fiala, L. (2015, October). Enhancing Student-Advisor Interactions:  
Creating a Process for Assessing Advising Learning Outcomes.  Presented at the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. (National Conference) 

Fiala, Laci. (2015, April). Project-Based Learning: Using Content Analysis to Teach Social Research Methods, Presented at the North Central Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH (Regional Conference) 

Mumford, J., Smith, A., Nidy, K., Coppa, M., & Fiala, L. (2015, March). Agile PD:  Innovative Approaches to Professional Development.  Working Paper Presented at the Society for Informational Technology and Teacher Education Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV (International Conference) 

Fiala, Laci.  (2013, April). Examining the Sophomore Slump: Assessing Student Characteristics, Disconnectedness, and Retention.  Presented at the North Central Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN (Regional Conference) 

Fiala, Laci.  (2012, April). Teaching Statistics: Approaches and Logistics.  Presented at the North Central Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Pittsburg, PA (Regional Conference) 

Fiala, Laci.  (2011, April). Guns, Gangs, and Grades: Creating a Measure of School Violence.  Presented at the North Central Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Cleveland, OH (Regional Conference) 

Fiala, Laci.  (2010, April). The Impact of Maternal Employment, Breastfeeding, and Attachment on Early Childhood Behavior: Assessing Poverty as a Mediator.  Presented at the Joint Midwest Sociological Society-North Central Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Chicago, IL (Regional Conference) 

Fiala, Laci. (2009, August). Examining Achievement Gaps: The Interaction of Race and School Violence.  Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, San Francisco, CA (National Conference) 

Highlighted Peer-Reviewed Presentations 

Presentations
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Research Experience & Professional Development 

Grant Awards and Work: 

  • “Millennial Perceptions on the Way to Wealth: Frugality, Family, Faith, and the American Dream,” to the Acton Institute’s: Mini-Grants on Free Market Economics: Scholarship & Teaching, $9,000 award with Julie Szendrey from the School of Business. 

  • Evaluation and Assessment for the $4.6 million Straight A Grant for 21st Learning in conjunction with Jacque Mumford (Division of Education) and the North Canton City School District, including IRB application submission, approval, and data collection; telephone interviewing 

  • Evaluation and Assessment for the Cavalier Safeguard Initiative- a grant focused on reducing sexual assault on college campuses and bring about awareness 

  • Walsh Universal Syllabus Template Pilot- data collection and analysis 


Seminars, Training, and Analytical Software Expertise: 
 

  • Research: Use of SPSS; Use of HLM and MPLUS Software for Advanced Statistical Analysis; Latent Variable Modeling, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Structural Equation Modeling; Survey Research Methodology; Content Analysis; Extensive Experience with Survey Monkey and Qualtrics; Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI training) completion: Human Subjects Research, Responsible Conduct of Research 

  • Teaching: 21st Century Teaching and Technology Integration in the Classroom; e-learning; Quality Matters 

  • Research Consulting: Tenure Process Survey; Post-Tenure Review Survey; Statistical Consultation for dissertations and scholarly projects; consultation for over 100 other student projects and faculty research 


Work with Large-Scale Data Sets: The General Social Survey, several data sets from the National Center of Education Statistics, State Public School Report Card Data; National Crime Victimization Survey, Healthy Steps Data, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Childcare and Youth Development, Ad Health Longitudinal Data 

Other Research Experiences: Temporary University Compliance Officer for Research; Creation of ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium of Political and Social Research) Database Student Help Guide in conjunction with University Reference Librarian; Coordinator, Academic Celebration of Excellence Symposium: organized and ran bi-annual research symposium for undergraduate and graduate research 

Grants & Other Work
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