Curriculum Vitae
Jake Andrew McMullen, PhD, Docent
B. April 5, 1983 in Gainesville, Florida, USA (USA Citizen)
Address: Department of Teacher Education
FIN-20014 Turun Yliopisto, Finland
Telephone (mobile): +358 45 138 5928
Degrees
·Docent,
University of Turku, August 2017
·PhD, University of Turku, Education, March 2014
·PhD, University of Turku, Education, March 2014
·Dissertation: Spontaneous Focusing on Quantitative
Relations and the Development of Rational Number Conceptual Knowledge
·Grade: Summa Cum
Laude / 5 (Excellent) / L
·MA, University
of Turku, Educational Sciences, May 2009
·BS, University
of Florida, Anthropology, December 2004
Further Education, Qualifications
·Minor in
Secondary education from University of Florida (awarded December 2004)
·State of Florida
Secondary Teacher Certification – Mathematics Grades 6-12; All subjects Grades
5-9 (awarded 2004)
Current Academic Position
·Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Turku, Department of Teacher Education and Centre for Research on Learning and Instruction September 2017 – August 2020
Previous Academic Positions
·Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Turku, Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, January 2017 – August 2017
·Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Psychology, August 2016 – July 2017
·Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Turku, Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, January 2017 – August 2017
·Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Psychology, August 2016 – July 2017
·Doctoral Student/Project Researcher, University of Turku, Centre for Learning Research, May 2009 – December 2013
·Research
Assistant, University of Turku, Centre for Learning Research, February 2008 –
May 2009
·Lecturer, Turku
University of Applied Sciences, Salo Campus, September 2007 – December 2007,
Business Math
·Math and English
Subject Teacher, School Board of Alachua County, March 2005 – May 2007
Research funding as well as leadership and supervision
· PI: Post-doctoral research personal grant. Academy of Finland, September 2017- August 2020 (251,321€)
· PI: International Mobility Grant to Carnegie Mellon University. From Finnish Cultural Foundation, August 2016. (30000€)
· Two years fully-funded doctoral student position from national doctoral school OPMON, January 2012 – December 2013
· Support for funding applications for PIs: Erno Lehtinen and Minna M. Hannula-Sormunen
· PI: Post-doctoral research personal grant. Academy of Finland, September 2017- August 2020 (251,321€)
· PI: International Mobility Grant to Carnegie Mellon University. From Finnish Cultural Foundation, August 2016. (30000€)
· Two years fully-funded doctoral student position from national doctoral school OPMON, January 2012 – December 2013
· Support for funding applications for PIs: Erno Lehtinen and Minna M. Hannula-Sormunen
· ENADA Project (Awarded by Academy of Finland, 2017-2020)
· CUMA Project (Awarded by Academy of Finland, 2014-2017)
· CUMA Project (Awarded by Academy of Finland, 2014-2017)
· DECIN Project
(Awarded by Academy of Finland, 2015-2017)
Merits in teaching and pedagogical competence
·Pedagogical
Training: Minor in Secondary Education from University of Florida
·Teacher
Certification from State of Florida in Mathematics (Lower and Upper Secondary)
and Middle Grades Integrated Curriculum (All subjects Lower Secondary)
·Teaching Experience (Tertiary Level): Perspective on Learning, Fall 2019, 5 ECTS, Doctoral; Writing
and Publishing Research Results, Spring 2019, 5 ECTS, Doctoral; Skill
acquisition and the development of expertise, 2018–2019, 5 ECTS,
Bachelor’s/Master’s; Simulations and games in
education, 5 ECTS, Masters’, 2018-2019; "NEW" STATISTICS: The limits of p
and the changing requirements of scientific publications, 1 ECTS, Doctoral
Level, 2014; Philosophical Inquiries of
Issues in Education, 2 ECTS, Masters’ Level, 2011-2016; Intro to Empirical Data Collection, 4
ECTS, Masters’ Level, 2010-2017; Methodology
1, 5 ECTS, Masters’ Level, 2010 – 2014; Methodology
2, 3 ECTS, Masters’ Level, 2011 – 2014; Business
Math, 5 ECTS, Bachelor’s, Fall 2007
Awards, prizes and honours
·2009: Best Paper
– Junior Researchers of EARLI
Linguistic Skills
·Mother tongue: English
·Other languages:
·Swedish: Independent user (B2)
·Finnish: Independent user (B1)
Other academic merits
Editorial Board Memberships
·Frontline Learning Research, Editor
·Journal of Numerical Cognition, Associate Editor
·Contemporary Educational Psychology, Editorial Board
·Journal of Numerical Cognition, Associate Editor
·Contemporary Educational Psychology, Editorial Board
Guest Editor:
· Learning and
Individual Differences (2018) Special Issue – Modelling individual
differences in students’ cognitions and development: Latent variable mixture
model approaches (co-editor: Marian Hickendorff)
Ad-Hoc Referee:
·Child
Development, Cognition and Instruction, Learning and Instruction, Journal of
Educational Psychology, British Journal of Educational Psychology, Contemporary
Educational Psychology, British Journal of Developmental Psychology, Developmental
Psychology, Developmental Science, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, The
Journal of Mathematical Behavior; Learning
and Individual Differences; Educational Studies in Mathematics, Journal of
Experimental Child Psychology, Nordic Journal of Mathematics Education
Invited Lectures:
·McMullen, J. Spontaneous Focusing
on Quantitative Relations as a Predictor of Mathematical Development. Department of Education, University of
Maryland. May 2017.
·McMullen, J. Spontaneous Focusing on Quantitative Relations as a Predictor of Mathematical Development. Developmental Discussion Group (DDG), Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, March, 2017.
·McMullen, J. Spontaneous Focusing on Quantitative Relations as a Predictor of Mathematical Development. Harvard Graduate School of Education, Learning and Development Doctoral Colloquium. February 2017.
·McMullen, J. Spontaneous focusing on quantitative relations in the development of rational number knowledge. Department of Psychology, Western University, Canada, December 2016
·McMullen, J. Spontaneous focusing on quantitative relations in the development of rational number knowledge. Cognitive Brown Bag Colloquium. LRDC, University of Pittsburgh, October, 2016.
·McMullen, J. Spontaneous focusing on quantitative relations in the development of rational number concepts. Plenary Address at the Finnish Mathematics and Science Education Research Association, October, 2015.
·McMullen, J. Children’s spontaneous focusing on mathematical aspects. Invited lecture at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, March, 2012.
·McMullen, J. Spontaneous Focusing on Quantitative Relations as a Predictor of Mathematical Development. Developmental Discussion Group (DDG), Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, March, 2017.
·McMullen, J. Spontaneous Focusing on Quantitative Relations as a Predictor of Mathematical Development. Harvard Graduate School of Education, Learning and Development Doctoral Colloquium. February 2017.
·McMullen, J. Spontaneous focusing on quantitative relations in the development of rational number knowledge. Department of Psychology, Western University, Canada, December 2016
·McMullen, J. Spontaneous focusing on quantitative relations in the development of rational number knowledge. Cognitive Brown Bag Colloquium. LRDC, University of Pittsburgh, October, 2016.
·McMullen, J. Spontaneous focusing on quantitative relations in the development of rational number concepts. Plenary Address at the Finnish Mathematics and Science Education Research Association, October, 2015.
·McMullen, J. Children’s spontaneous focusing on mathematical aspects. Invited lecture at the Department of Education, University of Oxford, March, 2012.
Conference committees:
·Junior
Researchers of EARLI Conference 2012, Regensburg, Germany
