CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

PhD / 2016 / Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences

Utah State University, Logan, Utah. PhD candidate in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences. Anticipated completion May 2016.

M.S. / 2012 / Psychology

Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. Area of Specialization: Theoretical Psychology.

B.S. / 2009 / Psychology

Brigham Young University, Provo Utah. Cum Laude and University Honors.

Research Interests

Theoretical issues related to learner motivation and engagement; practical application of motivation theory in instructional design and teaching; the role of agency and moral responsiveness in learning theory; the institutional, structural, and social factors that influence long-term student motivation and engagement.

Publications and Presentations

Lee, V.R., Drake, J., Thayne, J. L. (in review). From Quantified Self technologies to improvements in elementary statistical reasoning.

Kim, Y., Thayne, J. L., & Wei, Q. (in review). An embodied agent that helps treat mathematics anxiety. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia.

Kim, Y, Smith, D., & Thayne, J. L. (in press). Designing tools that care: The affective qualities of virtual peers, robots, and videos. Submitted to S. Tettegah, et al. (Eds), Emotions and technology: Communication of feelings for, with and through digital media, Elsevier.

Thayne, J. L. & Lee, V. R. (2016). When do self-data matter in technology-supported statistics learning? Paper submitted to the American Educational Research Association Conference, 2016.

Lee, V. R., Drake, J., Thayne, J. L., Cain, R. (2016). From using wearable technology to improving statistical reasoning. Paper submitted to the American Educational Research Association Conference, 2016.

Lee, V. R., Drake, J., Thayne, J. L. (2016). The quantified self goes to school. Paper submitted in J. Kolodner (Chair), Connecting Learners to Place, Space, and Personal Experience with Technology and New Media, a structured session conducted at the American Educational Research Association Conference, 2016.

Thayne, J. L., & Lee, V. R. (2015). Making statistics matter: Connecting statistical inquiry to the life of the students. Paper accepted for Association for Educational Communications and Technology Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Kim, Y., & Thayne, J. L. (2015). Effects of learner-instructor relationship-building strategies in online video instruction. Distance Education, 36(1), 100-114.

Lee, V. R., Drake, J., Cain, R., & Thayne, J. L. (2015). Opportunistic uses of the traditional school day through student examination of Fitbit activity tracker data. In M. U. Bers & G. Revelle (Eds.), Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (pp. 209-218). Boston, MA: ACM.

Thayne, J. L. (2015). Making statistics matter: Using Fitbit activity trackers to enhance undergraduate statistics instruction. Paper presented at the Utah State University Student Research Symposium, Logan, Utah.

Gantt, E., Wages, B., & Thayne, J. L. (2015). The Book of Mormon, psychology, and critical dialogue: That all might be edified and rejoice together. Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy, 36(1), 53-56.

Gantt, E., Wages, B., & Thayne, J. L. (2015). The keystone of our science: Exploring the premises and promises of the Book of Mormon for psychology and psychotherapy. Issues in Religion and Psychotherapy, 36(1), 1-16.

Thayne, J. L. (2014). How do middle school teachers make sense of the flipped classroom? Poster presentation at the Utah State University Student Research Symposium, Logan, Utah.

Gantt, E. E., & Thayne, J. L. (2014). Positive psychology, existential psychology, and the presumption of egoism. In P. Russo-Netzer and A. Batthyany (Eds.), Meaning in existential and positive psychology (pp. 185-204). London, UK: Springer Publications.

Gantt, E. E., & Thayne, J. L. (2014). Connecting the theoretical, the personal, and the ethical in psychology: Exploring the work of George Kelly and Emmanuel Levinas. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, Pasadena, CA.

Gantt, E. E., & Thayne, J. L. (2012). Morality, red in tooth and claw: Evolutionary psychology, moral education, and the future of an illusion. In S. Hardy (Chair), Critical Thinking About Moral Psychology. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education, San Antonio, TX.

Thayne, J. L., & Gantt, E. E. (2012). Humanistic psychology and love: Is Rogerian thought really compatible with Latter-day Saint doctrine? Paper presented at the annual meeting of Compassionate Cause, Seattle, WA.

Gantt, E. E., & Thayne, J. L. (2012). Once more into the breach: Revisiting the metaphor of mechanism in evolutionary psychological explanations. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology, 4(1), 46-61.

Gantt, E. E., & Thayne, J. L. (2012). A history of self-observation in phenomenological psychology. In J. W. Clegg (Ed.), Self-observation in the human sciences (pp. 147-171). New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

Thayne, J. L., & Gantt, E. E. (2011). George Kelly and Emmanuel Levinas: Reconnecting the theoretical, the personal and the ethical. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Gantt, E. E., & Thayne, J. L. (2011). Motivation versus intentionality: Overcoming Newtonianism in contemporary psychological theory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Thayne, J. L., & Gantt, E. E. (2011). Kelly and Levinas: Personal construct theory and ethical phenomenology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, UT.

Theses and Reports

Thayne, J. L. (in preparation). Exploring mattering in undergraduate statistics learning: Can self-data connect statistical inquiry to the personal interests and concerns of learners? (Dissertation). Logan, UT: Utah State University.

Thayne, J. L. (2012). The psychology of personal constructs as a response to the ethical (Master’s thesis). Provo, UT: Brigham Young University.

Awards and Honors

Presidential Doctoral Research Fellowship / 2012-2016 / Utah State University

This is a competitive, highly selective 4-year, full tuition award that includes a $20,000 living stipend for each year of study.

Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015

This is a $4,000-$6,000 award for graduate students who demonstrate their intention to advance the foundations of classical liberalism in their research. I have received the award repeatedly for each of the years listed.

Renshaw Fellowship / 2013 / Intercollegiate Studies Institute

This is a merit-based $12,000 fellowship for graduate students who intend to teach on a university level and advance conservative political ideals and classical liberal thought, based in part on an essay contest.

Heritage Scholar / 2003-2009 / Brigham Young University

This is a merit-based full tuition award for incoming undergraduate students.

Courses Taught and DEsigned

2013-2015 / Instructor: ITLS 5205/6205 — Computer Applications for Instruction and Training, Utah State University.

2013-2014 / Instructor: ITLS 5105/6105 — Distance Learning Tools, Utah State University.

2014 / Creator: Psych 353 — LDS Perspectives and Psychology, Brigham Young University. I co-authored this online course for BYU Independent Study with Dr. Edwin Gantt.

2012 / Instructor: Psych 111 — General Psychology, Brigham Young University. An introductory course for incoming undergraduates.

2012 / Instructor: Psych 341 — Personality Theory, Brigham Young University.

2010-2011 / Instructor: IP&T 301 — Educational Psychology, Brigham Young University.

2010 / Teaching assistant: Psych 210 — History of Psychology, Brigham Young University.

2008-2009 / Teaching assistant: Psych 353 — LDS Perspectives in Psychology, Brigham Young University.

2008 / Teaching assistant: Psych 302 — Psychological Statistics, Brigham Young University.

Research Experience

2014-2015 / Research Assistant to Dr. Victor Lee, Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences, Utah State University. I engaged in in-classroom on the field work in a nearby elementary school, implementing a carefully designed statistics module leveraging data collected by learners using Fitbit activity trackers. Additionally, I participated in a qualitative analysis of the video data, quantitative analysis of pre-post test scores, and subsequent writing for conference presentations and journal submissions.

2013-2015 / Research Assistant to Dr. Yanghee Kim, Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences, Utah State University. I performed quantitative analyses, literature review, and paper writing for two existing research projects related to learner engagement, anxiety, and learner-instructor relationship building in mathematics instruction.

2013 / Research Assistant to Dr. Brian Belland, Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences, Utah State University. I performed coding on qualitative data on a project that implemented a problem-based learning science curriculum in a nearby elementary school, and helped write about the analysis.

2011 / Research Assistant to Dr. Noel Reynolds, Political Science, Brigham Young University. I engaged in extensive reviews of existing literature related to the philosophy of law, and help construct arguments and theories about the origins of legal obligation.

2008 / Research Assistant to Dr. Gerrit Gong, Academic Vice President of Brigham Young University. I assisted in literature research related to his work in the administration.

Professional Membership

2015 / Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

2015 / American Educational Research Association, SIG-Instructional Technology.

Community Service

2014-2016 / Precinct Chair for the Cache County Republican Party.

2010 / State Delegate for the Utah State Republican Party.

2005-2007 / Missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Technical Skills

R programming and data analysis

HTML, CSS, PHP, and Javascript

Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

Adobe Captivate, Camtasia