Becky Skoglund, MA

Education and Child Development
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450

402-559-7368
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Professional Summary

Becky is an Assistant Project Director with the Interdisciplinary Center for Program Evaluation in the Education and Child Development department. She joined the ICPE team in January of 2013 after completing her graduate work and evaluation internships in Lincoln, NE. She received her Masters of Arts in Social Psychology from the University of Nebraska Lincoln and her Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Psychology and French Language) from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. At the ICPE, Becky works on many evaluation projects, including leading the evaluation of the Family Care Enhancement Project and managing the online survey platform for over 75,000 surveys each year for the 21st CCLC Afterschool Program.

Specialty Certifications

• Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) K-3
• Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) Pre-K
• Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale (KIPS)

Education

M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 2010
B.A., University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, 2005

Research Interests and Projects

• Family Care Enhancement Project (FCEP)
• 21st Century Community Learning Centers
• NorthStar

Selected Publications

• Roberts, H. J., Harris, R. M., Krehbiel, C., Banks, B., Jackson, B., Needelman, H. (2016). Examining disparities in the long term follow-up of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit graduates in Nebraska, U.S.A. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 22(5), 250-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnn.2016.04.002
• PytlikZillig, L. M., Hutchens, M. J., Muhlberger, P., Wang, S., Harris, R., Neiman, J. L., Tompkins, A. J. (2013). The Varieties of Individual Engagement (VIE) Scales: Confirmatory factor analyses across two samples and contexts. Journal of Public Deliberation, 9(2)., https://www.publicdeliberation.net/jpd/vol9/iss2/art8

Professional Affiliations

• American Evaluation Association
• Evaluation Network for the Missouri River Basin