Lisa Persinger, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School Psychology Program Coordinator, Academic Advisor, and Dissertation Chair/Member Professional Bio Dr. Lisa L. Persinger currently serves as the coordinator of Northern Arizona University School Psychology Programs. She is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist and a licensed psychologist in Arizona. Dr. Persinger obtained her Ph.D. and M.S. from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. She obtained an M.A. degree in Counseling and Social Psychologies from Ball State University and a B.A. in Psychology from Franklin College, also in Indiana. Dr. Persinger served in a leadership capacity for the National Association of School Psychologists for 5 years and continues her work with the GLBTQ Issues Committee. She consulted on the American Psychological Association s Healthy LGBTQ Students Project when it began in 2000 and has continued to support it since that time. Dr. Persinger has many years of experience working in residential treatment with both adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities and those with brain injuries. She also has experience working schools as a school psychologist. Dr. Persinger provides coaching services to district and school teams for the Arizona Department of Education to support capacity building for systems changes to improve outcomes for students with disabilities. She works closely with other faculty around the state on collaborative endeavors to support school psychology training and practice statewide. Dr. Persinger also provides training and consultation for school districts seeking improvement in services and outcomes related to school-based intervention and systems level support for academic and behavioral issues. Currently, Dr. Persinger is the President-Elect of the Arizona Association of School Psychologists. Her focus in the training program is on applied school psychology skills. Areas of Research and/or Professional Interest Dr. Persinger has research and professional interests in how school psychology and human service professionals think about and use information to make decisions in school-based settings. She has studied how gender information about children is perceived and used, as well as how other characteristics, context, abilities, and achievement information is used by practitioners for school-based decisions. She has authored numerous research to practice curricula, guide documents, and articles related to supporting gender diverse and lesbian, gay, bisexual children and youth in schools in collaboration with others in the National Association of School Psychologists and the American Psychological Association Safe and Respectful Schools Project. Licenses / Certifications Licensed Psychologist, Arizona State Board of Psychologist Examiners, License #3743 Inactive Licensed Psychologist, Louisiana Board of Examiners of Psychologists, License #927 (inactive) Nationally Certified School Psychologist, National School Psychology Certification Board, Certificate # 32007 Certified School Psychologist, Arizona Department of Education, Educator ID #1540073 Certified Brain Injury Trainer #683 (10/2003), American Academy for the Certification of Brain Injury
Specialists (inactive) Registrant #50634, National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology Areas of Teaching Interest Cognitive/Intellectual/Achievement/Psychoeducational Assessment School-based intervention School-based crisis response Statistics and Research Practicum and intern supervision and clinical skills development Recent Presentations and Publications Related to LGBTQIA Issues Persinger, L. L., Abercrombie, S.A., & Rodriguez*, L. (2017, February). Do Graduate Students in Helping Professions Hold Implicit Gender Stereotypes? Paper presentation for the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), 49 h Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX. Westheimer, K., Davidson, J., Cannava, A., & Persinger, L. L. (2017, February) It's Possible! Practitioners share approaches to transgender-inclusive schools. Mini-skills workshop presentation at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), 49 h Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX. Westheimer, K., Persinger, L., Cannava, A., & Klotz, M. B. (2016). Frequently Asked Questions: Safe and Inclusive Learning Environments for Transgender and Gender Expansive Students. San Leandro, CA: Gender Spectrum; Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists. Persinger, L. L. & Persinger, J. D. (2016). Gender justice in the elementary classroom. In R. Papa, D. M. Eadens, & D. W. Eadens (Eds.), Social justice instruction: Empowerment on the chalkboard. Springer International Publishing. Persinger, L. L. (2016, April). Enlarging our Understanding of Diversity in Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Invited presentation at the University of Arizona School Psychology Practicum Class. Glazier, R., & Persinger, L. L. (2014). One-stop shop for LGBTQ. Book review: Creating safe and supportive learning environments: Guide for working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth and families. Communique, 42(8). National Association of School Psychologists GLBTQ Committee (Persinger Chair). (2010). Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues bibliography for families and school personnel. In Helping Children at Home and School 2: Handouts for Families and Educators, Edited by A. Canter, L. Paige & S. Shaw, National Association of School Psychologists, Bethesda, MD. Recent Presentations Associated with Decision-Making & Accountability in Schools Persinger, L. L. (2015, October). Best practices in assessment: More than a numbers game. Invited
presentation at the Arizona Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Phoenix, AZ. Persinger, L. L., & McLellan, M. J. (2015). Supervision Training for School Psychologists. Northern Region of the Arizona Association of School Psychologists, Workshop Presentation. Persinger, L. L. (2015, May). Convergence of Theory in Assessment: What does the next generation offer (measures & methods)? Invited presentation at the Northern Regional Meeting of the Arizona Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Flagstaff, AZ. Persinger, L. L., Brookshier*, A., LeGrand*, A., Bohan, K., Powell, P., & Adams*, J. (2015, February). Math perceptions & practices: Individual influences in an RtI model. National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention. Florida: Paper presented at the National Association of School Psychologists. Persinger, L. L., Bohan, K., Chaira*, B., & Timmerman, J. (2015, February). Results Driven Accountability: Case study from an OSEP partner state. National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention. Florida: Paper presented at the National Association of School Psychologists. Way, S., Persinger, L.L., Glazier, R., & Spencer, M. (2014, February). Cultivating interdisciplinary and crossprogram collaboration in the preparation of school psychologists. Poster presented at the Trainers of School Psychology Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Persinger, L.L., Spencer, M., & Way, S. (2013). Successfully organizing a statewide internship fair. Communique, 42(1). Recent Presentations Associated with Student Research Lockwood, A., Persinger, L, Sealander, K, &. Loke, S. (2017, February). Predictors of School Psychology Trainee Self-Efficacy. Poster presentation at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), 49 h Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX. Persinger, L. L., Mohn, K.*, Jones, A.*, Rahn, K., & Cohen, S.A. (2014, February). Fidelity: What s good enough to yield gains using MimioSprout? Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Washington, DC. Mohn, K.*, Persinger, L. L., Jones, A.*, Rahn, K, & Cohen, S.A. (2014, February). Impact of MimioSprout early reading program as a tier 2 reading intervention. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Washington, DC. Persinger, L. L. & Bracero-Maxwell, B. (2013, February). Digital versus traditional formats of the Primary Test of Nonverbal Intelligence. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Seattle, WA.
Spencer, M., Persinger, L., & Way, S. (2017, February). Improving Internships and Supervision through Training Program Collaboration. Paper presentation at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), 49 h Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX. Other Recent Publications In Process Persinger, L. L. (in press). Review of the Diagnostic Achievement Battery Intermediate (DAB-I). Mental measurements yearbook. Buros Center for Testing. University of Nebraska Press. Persinger, L. L., & Abercrombie, S. (in preparation). Is essentialist thinking about gender a barrier for graduate trainees in mental health professional preparation programs? Persinger, L. L., & Persinger, J.D. (in preparation). Sociocultural development during gestation and infancy. In Summers (Eds.), Developmental psychology: How the mind grows and changes over a lifetime. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc. Woodward, M., & Persinger, L. L. (in preparation). The Robber s Cave Experiment, Muzafer Sherif et al (1954) Conflict and cooperation. Encyclopedia Entry in Summers (Eds.), Developmental psychology: How the mind grows and changes over a lifetime. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc. Woodward, M., & Persinger, L. L. (in preparation). Learning Disabilities. Encyclopedia Entry in Summers (Eds.), Developmental psychology: How the mind grows and changes over a lifetime. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc. Professional Memberships American Psychological Association, Divisions 16 (school psychology), Member National Association of School Psychologists, Member Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Issues Committee Arizona Association of School Psychologists, President-Elect Northern Arizona Psychological Society, Member National Register of Health Service Psychologists, Member Trainers of School Psychologists, Institutional Member Completed Dissertations Served Weddle, S. (April, 2015). The effect of high and low preferred attention on academic demands. Member Le Grand, A. (November, 2015). Gender differences in children s academic self-concept and achievement in math and reading. Member Brookshier, A. (April, 2016). Treating Children's Anxiety in the School Setting Using Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Co-chair
Zitting, L. (April, 2106). The Dynamic Assessment of Narratives: Evidence of Validity, Reliability and Fidelity. Member Landy, A. (November, 2016). Predictive Relationships of state quality rating and self-regulation in early childhood. Member DiCarlo, R. (April, 2017). Collaborative documentation: The impact of shared record keeping on therapeutic alliance. Member