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Check out the new web guide for designing and implementing cocurricular assessment programs.

John Hoffman will be a featured speaker at a one-day conference, "Exploring and Evaluating Spiritual Development in Students." The conference, sponsored by the Center for Educational Leadership, Innovation, and Policy at San Diego State University, will be held on March 16, 2007. Click here to view the conference brochure.

John presented Implementing a Comprehensive Assessment Program: Can I Get One Hour a Month? with Shauna Young on June 18, 2006 at the International Assessment and Retention Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona. Shauna is involved in NASPA Region VI's Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Knowledge Community as the sub-chair for Southern California.

John presented Christian Students on Campus: Privileged or Oppressed? Stereotyped or Misunderstood? at NASPA's Multicultural Institute held December 8-10 in Las Vegas, NV. more...

John Hoffman and Marla Franco presented Assessment in Student Affairs at the Western Regional Careers in Student Affairs Day held at California State University, Long Beach on October 21, 2005. Click here to see the handout.

John Hoffman and Katie Lowitzki had their research article, "Predicting College Success with High School Grades and Test Scores: Limitations for Minority Students," published in the most recent issue of The Review of Higher Education more...

John along with his brother, Louis, and several colleagues, presented two papers in April at the International Convention of the Christian Association of Psychological Studies (CAPS), held in Dallas, TX: Cultural Diversity and the God Image (read the paper) and Modern and Postermodern Ways of Knowing (read the paper).

John Hoffman, along with his wife, Joy, and colleague Andre Coleman, presented "Surprise and Sense-Making: Using Assessment to Improve Student of Color Retention" in March at the 2005 NASPA Conference in Tampa, FL more...

Growth, The Journal of the Association of Christians in Student Development, will publish the results of recent research by John in which he developed a typology of student involvement at a Christian University more...

 

 

 

Bibliography of Scholarly Literature Addressing the Religion and Spirituality of College Students

 

Adams, T. B., Bezner, J. R., Drabbs, M. E., Zambarano, R. J., & Steinhardt, M. A. (2000). Conceptualization and measurement of the spiritual and psychological dimensions of wellness in a college population. Journal of American College Health, 48 (4), 165-173.

Astin, A. W. (2004). Why spirituality deserves a central place in liberal education. Liberal Education, 90 (2), 34-41.

Benson, P., Donahue, M., & Erikson, J. (1989). Adolescence and religion: Review of the literature from 1970–1989. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 1 , 153–181.

Blaine, B., & Crocker, J. (1995). Religiousness, race, and psychological well-being: Exploring social-psychological mediators. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21 (10), 1031-1041.

Bryant, A. N., Choi, J. Y., & Yasuno, M. (2003). Understanding the religious and spiritual dimensions of students' lives in the first year of college. Journal of College Student Development, 44 (6), 723-745.

Cannister, M. W. (1999). Mentoring and the spiritual well-being of late adolescents. Adolescence, 34 (136)769-779.

Constantine , M. G., Wilton , L., Gainor, K. A., & Lewis, E. L. (2002). Religious participation, spirituality, and coping among African American college students. Journal of College Student Development, 43 (5), 605-613.

DeHaan, L. G., & Schulenberg, J. (1997). The covariation of religion and politics during the transition to young adulthood: Challenging global identity assumptions. Journal of Adolescence, 20 (5), 537-552.

Fowler, J. (1981). Stages of faith: The psychology of human development and the quest for meaning. San Francisco: Harper & Row.

Hammermeister, J., & Peterson, M. (2001). Does spirituality make a difference? Psychological and health-related characteristics of spiritual well-being. American Journal of Health Education, 32 (5), 293-297.

Hanson, D. J., & Engs, R. C. (1987). Religion and collegiate drinking problems over time. Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 24 (1-2), 10-12.

Higher Education Research Institute. (2003). The spiritual life of college students: A national study of college students' search for meaning and purpose. Los Angeles : University of California Los Angeles . Available: http://www.spirituality.ucla.edu/spirituality/reports/FINAL%20REPORT.pdf

Hodges, S. (1999). Making room for religious diversity on campus: The spiritual pathways series at the University of Minnesota-Morris . About Campus, 4 (1), 25-27.

Hoffman, J. L. (in press). Getting involved: A typology of student involvement at a Christian university. Growth, the Journal of the Association for Christians in Student Development .

Hoffman, J. L., & Lowitzki, K. (2005). Predicting college success with high school grades and test scores: Limitations for minority students. The Review of Higher Education , 28 (4), 455-474.

Hoffman, L., Hoffman, J. L., Dillard, K., Clark, J., Acoba, R., Williams, F., & Jones, T. T. (2005, April). Cultural diversity and the God Image: Examining cultural difference in the experience of God. Paper presented at the International Convention of the Christian Association of Psychological Studies, Dallas , TX .

Hoffman, J. L. (2002). The impact of student cocurricular involvement on student success: Racial and religious differences. The Journal of College Student Development, 43 (5), 712-739.

Koth, K. (2003). Deepening the commitment to serve: Spiritual reflection in service learning. About Campus, 7 (6), 2-7.

Laurence, P. (1999). Can religion and spirituality find a place in higher education? About Campus, 4 (5), 11-16.

Lee, J. J. (2002). Changing worlds, changing selves: The experience of the religious self among Catholic collegians. Journal of College Student Development, 4 3(3), 341-356.

Lee, J. J. (2002). Religion and college attendance: Change among students. The Review of Higher Education, 25(4), 369-384.

Lottes, I. L., & Kuriloff, P. J. (1992). The effects of gender, race, religion, and political orientation on the sex role attitudes of college freshmen. Adolescence, 27 (107), 675-588.

Love, P., & Talbot, D. (1999). Defining spiritual development: A missing consideration for student affairs. NASPA Journal, 37 (1), 361-375.

Morgan, M. Y. (1987). The impact of religion on gender-role attitudes. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 11 (3), 310-310.

Parks, S. D. (2000). Big questions, worthy dreams: Mentoring young adults in their search for meaning, purpose, and faith. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Penzenstadler, J. (1996). Meeting religious diversity in a Catholic college. Religious Education, 91 (3), 382-395.

Rogers, J. L., & Dantley, M. E. (2001). Invoking the spiritual in campus life and leadership. Journal of College Student Development, 42 (6), 589-603.

Schafer, W. E., & King, M. (1990). Religiousness and stress among college students: A survey report. Journal of College Student Development, 31 (4), 336-341.

Schafer, W. E. (1997). Religiosity, spirituality, and personal distress among college students. Journal of College Student Development, 38 (6), 633-644.

Scott, R. P. (1991). Religious devoutness in college students: Relations with emotional adjustment and psychological separation from parents. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 38 (2), 189-196.

Stewart, D. L. (2002). The role of faith in the development of an integrated identity: A qualitative study of Black students at a White college. The Journal of College Student Development, 43 (4), 579-595.

Sutton, E. M., & Huba, M. E. (1995). Undergraduate student perceptions of academic dishonesty as a function of ethnicity and religious participation. NASPA Journal, 33 (1), 19-34.

Walker , K. L., & Dixon , V. (2002). Spirituality and academic performance among African American college students. Journal of Black Psychology, 28 (2), 107-121.

Weber, L. J., & Cummings, A. L. (2003). Relationships among spirituality, social support, and childhood maltreatment in university students. Counseling and Values, 47 (2), 82-95.

Zern, D. S. (1987). The relationship of religious involvement to a variety of indicators of cognitive ability and achievement in college students. Adolescence, 22 (88), 883-895.

 

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