Lisa Larson, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
Office: 515.294.1487
Email: lmlarson@iastate.edu
Homepage:http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/~lmlarson/

Education
Ph.D., University of Missouri - Columbia, 1986
M.S., University of Missouri - Columbia, 1984

Background

• 1986-1992 Assistant Professor, Department. of Educational Psychology, Univ. of Nebraska - Lincoln
• 1992-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Univ. of Nebraska - Lincoln
• 1999-2000 Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
• 2000-present Professor, Department of Psychology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
• 1987 to 1989 Licensed Psychologist, State of Nebraska
• 1989 to 2009 Licensed Psychologist, State of Iowa

Role in the ADVANCE Program
Dr. Lisa Larson, Equity Advisor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Professor of Psychology is responsible for leading the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' ADVANCE effort. Dr. Larson began serving as Equity Advisor in March 2007. Dr. Larson works with college leadership to plan, coordinate, and implement ADVANCE efforts in the college. She partnered with Dr. Thompson to convene the CALS/LAS Leadership Council, which met twice during Year 3. She was a member of the Council and participated in the Equity Advisor/ADVANCE Professor group, which meets twice monthly.

In addition, Dr. Larson has collected data to clearly define problem areas and strength areas in the college. She was a presenter in November 2007 at the ADVANCE Networking Event 'Making a Career in STEM: Three Women's Stories.' Moreover, Dr. Larson has presented to the Chair Council and to the Dean's Leadership Team to share with them information and suggest strategies. Dr. Larson has also served a leadership role in supporting ADVANCE efforts on campus. For example, she was one of the presenters at the Collaborative Transformation Synthesis Workshop on April 1, 2008. She has also led a STEM Advisory group meeting of senior women in STEM disciplines and has spoken at networking events on campus

Finally, she has developed and implemented the ADVANCE lectureship program committee, whereby ADVANCE awards two $1,000 awards and ten $300 awards to departments across campus to bring in female speakers and minority speakers. In Year 3, she became a member of the ADVANCE Research Team, where she worked with a focal department and synthesized data from focus group interviews. She was a discussion leader at the campus workshop on faculty search resources in December 2008. Additionally, she has participated with other ADVANCE Council members in presentations to other non-focal departments.

Research Interests

• The overlap of personality and vocational interest
• The role of self-efficacy and vocational interest in career choice
• Increasing interest in STEM careers