PAMT Pre-Doctoral Fellow, The Prevention Research Center and The Methodology Center
Prevention Research Center
The Pennsylvania State University
135 E. Nittany Ave
Suite 402 Marion Place
University Park, PA 16801
814-865-5934
Education
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, expected 2012 (Human Development and Family Studies)
M.S., The Pennsylvania State University, 2010 (Human Development and Family Studies)
B.S., James Madison University (Psychology)
Research Interests
My research is focused on understanding the best practices for efficiently taking evidence-based prevention programs to scale. In particular, I am concerned with the application of innovative methodologies in the study of program dissemination, implementation and sustainability. Currently, I have two specific areas of study: The first is the study of dynamic initiatives for dissemination of EBP’s known as prevention systems. The second is the broader study of diffusion efficiency (e.g., knowledge transfer, recruitment, dosage).
Current Projects and Collaborators
I am part of the PROSPER Project (RO1 #DA 013709), which is a collaboration of university researchers, the Cooperative Extension system, as well as community leaders and schools (Mark Greenberg and Dick Spoth). The project seeks to cultivate community partnerships, strengthen families, as well as prevent substance abuse and behavioral problems. We are exploring many issues related to the adoption, faithful replication and sustained delivery of evidence-based programs within the PROSPER model. My main role on the project includes conducting economic analyses focused on assessing the projects' systemic efficiency (Damon Jones) as well exploratory work on analytic approaches for evaluating dosage within dissemination trials (Donna Coffman). Recently, I have begun studying local prevention teams/coalitions through application of methodologies commonly utilized in engineering (Linda Collins).
Fellowships & Research Awards
- 2010-2011: John T. and Patricia A. O’Neill Addiction Science Education Award
Awarding Organization: Research Society on Alcoholism - 2010-2012: Prevention and Methodology Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
Penn State’s Prevention Research & Methodology Centers - 2010: American Educational Research Association’s Student Presenter Award
AERA Motivation in Education Special Interest Group - 2007-2008: American Academy of Political & Social Science Junior Fellow
The American Academy of Political & Social Science - 2008: Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research
James Madison University’s Department of Psychology - 2007: James J. Hart Memorial Award for Research in Psychology
James Madison University’s Department of Psychology
Recent Conference Presentations
Crowley, M., Jones, D., & Greenberg, M. (2010, June). Costing prevention systems for sustained programming: The PROSPER project. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Prevention Research. Denver, CO.
Johnson, L., Crowley, M., Lippold, M., Greenberg, M., & Feinberg, M. (2010, June). Early team functioning predicts later sustainability funding. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Society for Prevention Research. Denver, CO.
Crowley, M., Jones, D., & Greenberg, M. (2010, May). Impact of a model for dissemination of evidence-based prevention programs on systemic resource consumption: The PROSPER project. Poster presented at Johns Hopkins’ Conference for the Dissemination of Research on Addictions, Infectious Disease, and Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
Crowley, M., Greenberg, M., & Feinberg, M. (2010, March). Cultivating programming knowledge for the dissemination of evidence-based preventive interventions: The PROSPER model. Paper presented at Third Annual NIH Conference on Dissemination & Implementation, Bethesda MD.
Crowley, M., & Greenberg, M. (2010, January). Community expertise of evidence-based prevention. Poster presented at Pennsylvania State University Prevention Research Center’s 2010 Type 2 Research Symposium. State College, PA.
Crowley, M. (2009, March). Resource allocation within community prevention teams: The PROSPER project. Poster presented at The Pennsylvania State University’s Twenty-Fourth Annual Graduate School Exhibition. State College, PA.
Wolk, S., & Crowley, M. (2008, November). PROSPER: A model for the diffusion and support of evidence-based prevention in rural communities. Panel presentation at the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health’s conference on Reducing Drug use in Rural Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, PA.