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• Student won Department's Best Dissertation award (11/01/2023-11/30/2023)
• Advisor on Mentoring - College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso (08/01/2021-08/31/2021)
• Winner of student paper competition sponsored by the Decision Analysis Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (01/01/1997-12/31/1997)
• University of Illinois Graduate College Fellowship (01/01/1988-12/31/1988)
• Graduate College Thesis/Project Grant Award (01/01/1985-12/31/1985)
• National Deans List (01/01/1985-12/31/1985)

• Ph D in Quantitative Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1997)
• MA in Quantitative Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1993)
• BS in Psychology, The Ohio State University (1988)

• Discretizing continuous variables in nutrition and obesity research: A practice that needs to be cut short. Nutrition and Diabetes 13 (2023), Osvaldo F. Morera, Mosi I. Dane'El, Brandt A. Smith, Alisha Redelfs, Sarah L. Ruiz, Kristopher J. Preacher, Leah Whigham.
• The influence of cognitive and affective components of the sentinel event on alcohol use following a brief intervention with trauma patients. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 47 (2023), Carlos Portillo, Dylan Richards, Osvaldo Morera, Craig A. Field.
• An Examination of the Stereotype Content Model among Blind Americans Rehabilitation Psychology 67 (2022), N.M. Heydarian, Y. Castro, Osvaldo F. Morera.
• An Exploratory Mixed Methods study of the diabetes self-management of Blind Americans Western Journal of Nursing Research 44 (2022), N.M. Heydarian, A.S. Hughes, Osvaldo F. Morera.
• Measurement Invariance of the Readiness to Change Questionnaire among Injured Patients Who Received a Brief Intervention for Alcohol Use Assessment 29 (2022), Dylan K. Richards, Osvaldo F. Morera, F. Schwebel, M.R. Pearson, Craig A. Field.
• A brief report of the Prevalence of chronic and acute health conditions among blind American adults Blind participants’ self-reports of health and activities Disability and Health Journal 14 (2021), N.M. Heydarian, Y. Castro, Osvaldo F. Morera.
• Measurement invariance of the readiness to change questionnaire among injured patients who receive a brief intervention for alcohol use. (2021), D.K. Richards, Osvaldo F. Morera, F Schwebel, Craig A. Field.
• Perspectives of Interactions with Healthcare Providers Among Patients Who Are Blind Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research 11 (2021), N.M. Heydarian, Osvaldo F. Morera, Ashley S. Bangert, Angela Frederick.
• Seeking Health Information and Social Support In The Diabetes Online Community (DOC) Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes And Healthcare 2 (2021), A.S. Hughes, N. Heydarian, D. Gerardo, I. Solis, Osvaldo F. Morera.
• The psychometric properties of a version of the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire for assessing motivations for responsible drinking (2021), D.K. Richards, Osvaldo F. Morera, Craig A. Field.
• Concurrent, and Predictive Validity of the Readiness to Change Questionnaire [Treatment Version] among Non-Treatment Seeking Individuals Alcohol and Alcoholism 55 (2020), Dylan K. Richards, Osvaldo F. Morera, J.A. Cabriales, Juliana D. Cardoso Smith, Craig A. Field.
• Factor, concurrent, and predictive validity of the Readiness to Change Questionnaire [Treatment Version] among non-treatment seeking individuals. (2020), D.K. Richards, Osvaldo F. Morera, J. Cabriales, J. Cardoso-Smith, Craig A. Field.
• The Development of a Scale to Assess the Interactions of Patients who are Blind with their Healthcare Providers Disability and Health Journal 13 (2020), N.M. Heydarian, Osvaldo F. Morera, Scott D. Frankowski.
• The Psychometric Properties of a Version of the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire for Assessing Motivations for Responsible Drinking Journal of American College Health (2020), Dylan K. Richards, Osvaldo F. Morera, Craig A. Field.
• Protective behavioral strategies predict alcohol-related problems among (2019), D.K. Richards, M.R. Pearson, Osvaldo F. Morera, Craig A. Field.
• Protective Behavioral Strategies Predict Alcohol-Related Problems among Injured Patients Following a Brief Intervention Drug and Alcohol Dependance 205 (2019), Dylan K. Richards, M.R. Pearson, Osvaldo F. Morera, Craig A. Field.

• Testing the Efficacy of Educational Interventions on Matched Student Samples: A Primer for Propensity Score Matching in R (2023), Volume Washington DC, Perla Perez, Nicholas Evans, Osvaldo F. Morera.
• Examining Teacher and Student Involvement in Summer Research for Project ACE. (2023), Volume Washington DC, Perla Perez, Donna Gray, Victor Lara, Victoria Perry, Josefina Tinajero, Thomas Boland, Osvaldo F. Morera.
• The Development and Validation of a Measure of General Legal Knowledge (2023), Volume Philadelphia, PA, Isabelle Clough, Osvaldo F. Morera.
• Examining the Effectiveness of Vegan Fear Appeal Messaging using Virtual Reality. (2023), Allison Palus, Perla Perez, Castaneda Jennifer, Osvaldo F. Morera.
• Psychometric Properties of the Perceived Risk of Climate Change on Health Scale (2023), Volume Atlanta, GA, Perla Perez, Kiran Misra, Ethan Gibeaut, Osvaldo F. Morera.
• Poster: Project ACE Teacher Experiences in Summer Research (2022), Volume Washington, DC, Josefina V. Tinajero, Osvaldo Morera.
• Project ACE: Action for Equity (2022), Osvaldo F. Morera, Thomas Boland, Josefina V. Tinajero.
• Predictors of willingness to cooperate with the police among Latinx neighborhoods (2022), Volume Denver, Chelsea C. Queen, Perla C. Perez, Kityara James, Osvaldo F. Morera, Anna D. Drozdova, Theodore R. Curry.
• Predictors of willingness to cooperate with the police among Latinx neighborhoods (2022), Volume Denver CO, Chelsea Queen, P Perez, Osvaldo F. Morera, A Drozdova, Theodore R. Curry.
• Predictors of willingness to cooperate with the police among Latinx neighborhoods. (2022), Chelsea Queen, Perla Perez, Kityara James, Osvaldo F. Morera, Anna D. Drozdova, Theodore R. Curry.
• Discretizing continuous variables in obesity research: A practice that needs to be cut short. (2021), Osvaldo F. Morera.
• The role of social support and community interaction on treatment adherence in the Diabetes Online Community (DOC) (2020), A.S. Hughes, Osvaldo F. Morera.
• Validation of the Body Image in Pelvic Organ Prolapse Questionnaire in Spanish-Speaking Latinas (2020), T.I. Montoya, Osvaldo F. Morera, S. Sanchez, VT Mallet.
• Creeping or Just Checking In?: The Development and Validation of a Scale That Assesses Cyber “Creeping.” (2019), J. Lechuga, L. Madrigal-Gonzalez, J. Capps, Osvaldo F. Morera.
• Healthcare Providers' Stereotypes and Decision Making with Blind Patients (2019), G. Campos, N.M. Heydarian, Osvaldo F. Morera.
• Development & Validation of a Measure Assessing Blind Patients’ Perceptions of their Healthcare Providers' Stereotype Content (2019), Nazanin Heydarian, Osvaldo F. Morera.
• Supporting Student Research and Professional Development (2019), Lourdes Echegoyen, Osvaldo F. Morera, Thomas Boland.

• SEPA R25: PROJECT ACE: ACTION FOR EQUITY - A PRE BUILDING SCHOLARS PROJECT
• Crime and Victimization on the U.S.-Mexico border: A Comparison of Legal Residents, Illegal Residents and Native- Born Citizens in El Paso Texas
• Phase II of BUILDing SCHOLARS
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