DR. ELIZABETH G. CREAMER

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ed.D.	1983	Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Administration and Educational Services
M. Ed.	1974	Colorado State University Reading
B.S.	1970	Northwestern University English Education Minor: Sociology

RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000-Present	Associate Professor (tenured), Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, VA Tech
1995-2000	Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
1988-Present	Co-Director then Director, Interdisciplinary Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Virginia Tech (formerly Liberal Arts and Sciences Program).
Summer 1998	Visiting Scholar, Henry A. Murray Resear ch Center: Radcliffe University, Cambridge, MA
1994-Present	Associate Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs, College of Human Resources and Education, Virginia Tech (awarded rank without tenure through peer review process available to administrative faculty).
1986-1988	Human Resource Manager, Management Systems Laboratories, Virginia Tech.
1982-1986	Started as Assistant Director, promoted to Associate Director, and then promoted again to Executive Associate Director of Scholarships and Financial Aid, Virginia Tech.

PUBLICATIONS

Books or Monographs

Creamer, E. G. (2001). Working Equal: Academic Couples as Collaborators. NY: Routledge Press.

Creamer, E. G. (1998). Assessing faculty publication productivity: Issues of equity. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report Volume 26 No. 2. Washington, D.C.: The George Washington University, Graduate School of Education and Human Development.

Book Chapters (Authored or co-authored 12 book chapters, including two in-press. Most recent chapters are listed below.)

Creamer, E. G. (January 2001). Intimate partnerships and publication productivity. In John Smart (Ed.), Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research (pp. 307-342), Vol. XVI. Edison, NJ: Agathon Press.

Creamer, E. G., & Scott, D. W. (2000). Assessing individual advisor effectiveness. In W. Habley and V. N. Gordon (Eds.) (pp. 339-348), Academic advising: A comprehensive handbook. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. (20 manuscript pages)

Creamer, E. G. (1998). Feminist pedagogy in action: An on-line module about service-learning (pp. 101-109). In Best practices in Cyber-Serve: The integration of Technology with Service-Learning instruction. Edited publication by Virginia Tech’s Service-Learning Center. Blacksburg, VA.

Creamer, E. G., Polson, C., & Ryan, C. (1995). Advising and orientation programs for entering adult students. In L. Upcraft & G. Kramer (Eds.), First-year academic advising: Patterns in the present, pathways to the future (pp. 111-119). Columbia, S.C: The National Resource Center for the Freshmen Year Experience.

Creamer, E. G., & Frost, S. H. (1995). Academic advising, institutional research, and outcomes assessment. In R. E. Glennen & F. N. Vowell (Eds.), Academic Advising as a Comprehensive Campus Process (pp. 23-26). Kansas City, KA: National Academic Advising Association.

Refereed Journal Articles (Authored or co-authored 21 articles in refereed journals. Journal articles published since 1994 are listed below).

Creamer, E.G. (1999). Knowledge production, publication productivity, and intimate academic partnerships. Journal of Higher Education, 70 (3), 261-277.

Creamer, E. G., & Mc Guire, S. (1998). Applying the cumulative advantage perspective to scholarly writers in the field of higher education. Review of Higher Education, 22 (1), 73-82. (Reflects my main research focus re differences by gender in the correlates of faculty publishing productivity).

Daller, M. L., Creamer, E. G., & Creamer, D. G. (1997). Advising styles observable in practice: Counselor, scheduler, and teacher. NACADA Journal, 17(2), 31-38.

Hoover, L., & Creamer, E. G. (1997). Differences in college student experiences with sexual violence by gender, Greek affiliation, and alcohol involvement. The College Student Affairs Journal, 17 (1), 25-32.

Creamer, E. G. (1995). The scholarly productivity of female academics. Initiatives (Journal of the National Association of Women in Education), 57(1), 1-9. (Reflects my main research focus about the differences by gender in the correlates of faculty publishing productivity).

Creamer, D. G., & Creamer, E. G. (1994). Practicing developmental advising: Theoretical contexts and functional applications. NACADA Journal, 14(2), 17-24.

Creamer, E. G., & Creamer, D. G. (1994). Planned change projects in academic advising: A NACADA Research Grant Report. NACADA Journal, 14(1), 43-45.

Creamer, E. G. (1994). Gender and publications in core higher education journals. Journal of College Student Development, 35, 35-39. (Reflects my main research focus re differences by gender in the correlates of faculty publishing productivity).

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Referred Conference Papers and Presentations

Thirty-one different refereed papers and presentations at regional, national, and internal conferences (excludes multiple presentations in the same topic). Presented two keynote addresses at regional conferences.

Professional Service
Board Membership

NACADA (National Academic Advising Association)
Executive Board of Directors	1 996-1998
Board of Directors	1992-1998
Mid-Atlantic Board of Directors	1992-1994
Virginia Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
Executive Board Member	1985-1986

Professional Associations

AAHE (American Association for Higher Education); ASHE (Association for the Study of Higher Education; AERA (American Educational Research Association); NACADA (National Academic Advising Association).

TEACHING AND ADVISING

Taught graduate and undergraduate courses during fifteen different semester at Virginia Tech since 1991. Currently chair three masters and three doctoral student research committees.

Grants Related to Teaching and Advising

Received funding from the University for six different grants related to teaching and advising, including one to prepare a video about advising African American students.