Christopher Beasley

Hi, I'm Christopher Beasley. Welcome to my profile!

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CHRISTOPHER BEASLEY BIO As an instructor, I believe that engaged and critical students can move beyond popular and media knowledge to think independently and creatively about the mind and behaviors. Students possess more power over their learning than any individual instructor has. Instructors can provide guidance for learning and encourage basic habits of consumption, but our primary goals should be to excite students and move them beyond their reliance on the classroom for knowledge. My primary area of research involves how people in recovery from drugs and alcohol become involved citizens of their recovery communities. In my work, I have utilized community and industrial/organizational (I/O) principles to frame my research and develop measures for investigating involvement in mutual help groups and the congruence between people and settings--person-environment fit (P-E fit) in community settings. In a second program of research, I am examining the effects of LGBT speakers on college students' attitudes and identities. My master's thesis examined how gay and lesbian speaker panels can be applied to an online environment through "virtual" panels. Beasley, C., R., Jason, L.A., & Miller, S. (2012). The General Environment Fit Scale: A factor analysis and test of convergent construct validity. American Journal of Community Psychology, 50(1-2), 64-76. doi:10.1007/s10464-011-9480-8 Beasley, C. R., Miller, S. A., Jason, L. A., Stevens, E., & Ferrari, J. R. (2012). Person-environment interactions among residents of Oxford House recovery homes. Addiction Research & Theory. doi:10.3109/16066359.2012.703270 Beasley, C. R., Torres-Harding, S., & Pedersen, P. J. (2012). Untangling the wires: A computerized model for gay and lesbian speaker panels. American Journal of Sexuality Education. Dekhtyar, M.., Beasley, C. R., Jason, L. A., & Ferrari, J. R. (2012). Hope as a predictor of reincarceration among mutual-help recovery home residents. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation.

Oxford House Research Assistant at DePaul

January 2008 - July 2011

I have been a research assistant for Dr. Leonard Jason's Oxford House research group since January of 2008. The project I am working on is examining ex-offenders who reside in a substance abuse recovery setting. The settings we are evaluating are Oxford House and a Therapeutic Community. We have are also comparing these settings to a usual aftercare condition. I have served as an adviser for the team, arranged a participant selection site, and am now a recruiter for that site.

Research Assistant at Roosevelt University

August 2008 - September 2009

Conducted supervised and independent research related to spontaneity.

Recruiter at DePaul University

June 2008 - September 2009

Secured participants for NIH/NIDA research study, interviewed candidates, and advised an interdisciplinary research team.

Research Assistant at Roosevelt University

September 2007 - May 2008

Recruited participants for research on the psychometric of a computer-administered psychological assessment tool and administered this assessment to participants.

Chemical Dependency Technician at Duluth Bethel

May 2007 - August 2007

Sole oversight residential addiction recovery milieu during assigned shift.

Direct Support Specialist at Residential Services Incorporated

May 2006 - June 2007

Provided residential living assistance to people with severe and persistent mental illness. Implement and assisted in the development of support plan goals.

Instructor at DePaul University

March 2012

Course design and instruction.

NIH/NIDA NRSA Predoctoral Fellow at DePaul University

July 2011

I received funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to conduct approved research on Industrial/Organizational Pathways to Helping Behaviors in Recovery Housing. I am also receiving curricular and extracurricular training to achieve research goals. The award covers costs associated with both the research and training.

DePaul University

2009 – 2013

Ph.D.

Roosevelt University

2007 – 2009

Master's

Concentration: Clinical Psychology

University of Minnesota-Duluth

2005 – 2007

Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc)

Concentration: Psychology

Lincoln Trail College

2002 – 2004

Associate of Applied Science

Concentration: Psychology

Mutual-Help, Substance Abuse & Recovery, Ex-Offender Reentry, LGBT Populations, Intergroup Interactions, Person-Environment Fit