Dr. Jennifer Feenstra

Education:
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire
M.S.T., University of New Hampshire
M.A., University of New Hampshire
B.A., Calvin College

712-707-7076
jfeenstr@nwciowa.edu

Dr. Feenstra is a social psychologist with research interests in social support, volunteering, and service-learning. Her research has been published in the Journal of College Student Development, Teaching of Psychology, Journal of Psychology and Christianity, and the Journal of Education and Christian Belief and she has made presentations at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and the American Psychological Association Annual Convention. She serves as the faculty adviser for Northwestern's chapter of Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology.

Dr. Feenstra was named a Fulbright Scholar in 2011-12 and awarded a sabbatical to teach and do research in Romania. Working with Romanian colleagues at Babes-Bolyai University and the New Horizons Foundation, she looked at the effects of New Horizons Foundation programs on the development of social capital in Romanian youth. The co-director of Northwestern's Honors Program, Feenstra received Northwestern's 2017 Faculty Inspirational Service Award. She was appointed to the Northwestern College Endowed Professorship in 2021.

+Publications and presentationsPublicationsEdman, L. O., Jackson, A., & Feenstra, J. S. (2016). Are we doing what we say we're doing? Assessing integration in CCCU undergraduate psychology programs. Journal of Psychology and Christianity.Feenstra, J. S. (2015). Summer camp and citizenship: Program with Romanian youth. The Physical Educator, 72, 185-199Feenstra, J. S. (2013). Social Psychology. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education.Feenstra, J.S. (2012). The great parking debate. In N. Schiller & K. Herreid (Eds.), Science stories: Using case studies to teach critical thinking (pp. 113-120). Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association Press. Also published, 2011, in the case study library: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/ Feenstra, J.S. (2011). Vocational exploration through service: The effect of service-learning on student understanding of God's calling. Journal of Education and Christian Belief, 15, 65-74.Feenstra, J.S. (2009). Joe joins the circus: Learning theory case study. National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Case Collection, http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/ Feenstra, J.S. (2009). Instructor's Manual for Use with Intimate Relationships, 5th Ed. by R. Miller and D. Perlman. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.Feenstra, J.S. (2008). Instructor's Resource Manual for Social Psychology and Human Nature.Belmont CA: Thompson Wadsworth Publishers.Feenstra, J.S. (2008). Social Psychology. Encyclopedia of Christianity: Volume 5. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.Feenstra, J. S. & Brouwer, A. M. (2008). Christian vocation: Defining relations with identity status,college adjustment, and spirituality. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 36, 83-93.Feenstra, J. S., Banyard, V. L., Rines, E. N., & Hopkins, K. R. (2001). First year students' adaptation to college: The role of family variables and individual coping. Journal of College Student Development, 42, 106-113.Feenstra, J. S. (2002). Abraham H. Maslow. Child Development: Volume One of the MacmillanPsychology Reference Series (pp. 247-247). New York: Gale Group.Vander Stoep, S. W., Flagerlin, A., & Feenstra, J. S. (2000). What do students remember from introductory psychology? Teaching of Psychology, 27, 89-92.Conference PresentationsFeenstra, J. S., Weidner, C., Estes, J., & Anderson, M. (2016, May). Making a Difference: Using the Theory of Planned Behavior and Generativity to Predict Volunteering. Association for Psychological Science Convention, Chicago, IL.Feenstra, J. S. (2015, November). The role of religion in study abroad. CIEE Annual Conference, Berlin Germany.Edman, L. & Feenstra, J. S. (2015, April). How are we doing? Teaching and assessing integration in CCCU Psychology departments. CAPS Conference, Denver, CO.Beeson, M. & Feenstra, J. S. (2014, May). Correlates of gender ideology in religious female college students. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science Conference, San Francisco, CA.Feenstra, J. S. (2012, May). Volunteerism worldwide. Invited address at the International Social Work: Working Together For Success Conference, University of Petrosani, Romania.Feenstra, J. S. (2012, April). Experiential education in a post-communist society. Multi-disciplinary conference, Vienna Austria.Feenstra, J.S. (2010, June). Service-learning and understanding God's calling. National Faith-Based Service-Learning Conference, Messiah College, Grantham PA.

+MembershipsSociety for Personality and Social PsychologyAssociation for Psychological ScienceSociety for the Teaching of Psychology