Fellowships: 

Albert M. Kligman Graduate Dissertation Fellowship (2004-2005)

Prevention Research Center Fellowship, Pennsylvania State University (2003-2004)

Selected Publications:

Bleeker, M. M. & Jacobs, J. E. (2004). Achievement in math and science: Do mothers’ beliefs matter twelve years later? Journal of Educational Psychology, 96(1), 97-109.

 Jacobs, J. E. & Bleeker, M. M. (in press). Girls’ and boys’ developing interests in math and science: Do parents matter? To appear in New Directions.

 Jacobs, J. E., Bleeker, M. M., & Constantino, M. J, (2003). The self-system during childhood and adolescence: Development, influences, and implications. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 13(1), 33-65.

 Jacobs, J. E., Davis-Kean, P., Bleeker, M. M., Eccles, J. S., & Malanchuck, O. (in press) “I can, but I don’t want to”: The impact of parents, interests, and activities on gender differences in math. To appear in J. Kaufman and A. Gallagher (Eds.), Gender Differences in Mathematics, New York: Cambridge University Press.