Curriculum Vitae

Scot W. McNary Ph.D.

Contact Information
Email: smcnary@towson.edu
Web page: https://www.towson.edu/coe/departments/edtech/faculty/smcnary.html

Education
2000 Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, MD Area: Clinical/Community Psychology
1992 M.A., University of Maryland, College Park, MD Area: Clinical/Community Psychology
1986 B.S., Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Major: Psychology, Magna Cum Laude
1983 A.A., Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ Major: Liberal Arts

Current position
07/2013 - present Associate Professor Department of Educational Technology and Literacy, College of Education,
Towson University, Towson, MD.
07/2003 - present Independent Consultant Baltimore, MD.

Teaching Experience
07/2013–present Associate Professor Department of Educational Technology and Literacy, Towson University, Tow-
son MD
• Towson Seminar (Undergraduate)
• Research and Information Technology (Graduate)
• Research in Education/Research in Instructional Technology (Graduate)
• Advanced Statistics and Measurement (Graduate)
• Statistical Principles of Research Design and Analysis (Graduate)
• Dissertation Committee member (14 Ed.D. Dissertations, 2 chair)

Publications
• McQuitty, V., Ballock, E. & McNary, SW. (2017). An exploration of professional knowledge needed for reading
and responding to student writing. Journal of Teacher Education, 1-13. DOI: 10.1177/0022487117702576
• Martinez-Alba, G., Wizer, D., Cruzado-Guerrero, J., McNary, SW, Mogge, S., & Huggins, S. (2016). A duck
is a duck is a duck? The roles of reading specialists. Literacy Issues & Practices, 20(1), 5-22. Retrieved from:
• Haverback, H. & McNary, SW. (2015). Shedding light on preservice teachers’ domain-specific self-efficacy.
The Teacher Educator, 50(4), 272-287. DOI: 10.1080/08878730.2015.1070942
• Gould, K., Sadera, W. & McNary, SW. (2015). Comparing changes in content knowledge between online
problem based learning and traditional instruction in undergraduate health professional students. Journal of
Online Learning and Teaching, 11(1), 74-86. Retrieved from: http://jolt.merlot.org
Technical Papers
• Parrish, A., Sadera W. & McNary SW. (2018). One-to-One Technology Program Evaluation Proposal for
Harford County Public Schools. Towson, MD.
• Sadera, W. & McNary, SW. (2016). A Proposal to Develop a Measure of UDL Teaching Activities. Prepared
for All In Inc. Parkton, MD.
• McNary SW. (2014). Acuity of Private Residential Treatment Facility Residents vs. Public Residential
Treatment Facility Residents Using Chart Reviews of all Residents of Maryland Facilities as of January 31,
2012. Prepared for Maryland Association of Resources for Families & Youth, Baltimore, MD.

Presentations
• McNary SW. (2018, July). Research methods: A brief survey of methods and ideas. Invited address for the
American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Psychology Summer Institute, Washington, DC.
• Li, Q., Richman, L., McNary, SW. (2018, March). Computational thinking and teacher thinking: An exami-
nation of a PD model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Instructional Technology in
Teacher Education, Washington, D.C.
• McNary SW. (2017, July). Research methods: A brief survey of methods and ideas. Invited address for the
American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Psychology Summer Institute, Washington, DC.
• McNary SW. (2016, July). Research methods: A brief survey of methods and ideas. Invited address for the
American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Psychology Summer Institute, Washington, DC.
• Roush, C., Song, L. & McNary SW. (2016, March). The impact of clickers on students’ foreign language
learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Instructional Technology and Education,
Charleston, SC.
• McNary SW. (2015, November). Psychometric considerations in judgements of task criticality. Invited address
for the Disaster Recovery Construction Specialist Development and Research Planning Forum, Washington, DC.
• McNary SW. (2015, July). Research methods: A brief survey of methods and ideas. Invited address for the
American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Psychology Summer Institute, Washington, DC.
• McNary SW. (2014, July). Research methods: A brief survey of methods and ideas. Invited address for the
American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Psychology Summer Institute, Washington, DC.
• McNary SW, Wang, Z, & Lohnes-Watulak, S. (2014, March). Facebook usage, social networks, and social
support and university undergraduate women. Roundtable presented at the Society for Information Technology
and Teacher Education Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.
• Lohnes-Watulak, S, Wang, Z, & McNary SW. (2014, March). Facebook and mattering: How can instructors
make the most of undergraduates’ Facebook use? Poster presented at the Society for Information Technology
and Teacher Education Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.
• McNary SW. (2013, July). Research methods: A brief survey of methods and ideas. Invited address for the
American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Psychology Summer Institute, Washington, DC.

Community Service–Reviewing
• Editorial Board

– Child Abuse and Neglect

• Ad Hoc Reviewer

– APA Convention Division 2 Presentations

 – APA Convention Division 5 Presentations
– Computers in the Schools
– Depression and Anxiety
– Journal of Interactive Online Learning
– Journal of General Internal Medicine
– Journal of Research on Adolescence

University Service
• Spring 2014-present. University Institutional Review Board.

College Service
• Fall 2015-present. College Scholarships Committee

• Fall 2013-present. Faculty Research Consultant.

facilitator.
• Fall 2014-present. College Faculty Research Professional Learning Community co-facilitator.

Department Service
• Fall 2013-2017. Merit Committee (chair 2013-2017).
• Fall 2013-present. Doctoral Program Admissions Committee.
• Fall 2013- present. Doctoral Program Committee.

• Fall 2013-present. Doctoral Student Research Consultant.