Bethany Bustamante Van Vleet

Bethany Bustamante Van Vleet

Teaching Professor,
The Sanford School
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  • Cowden 101 TEMPE, AZ 85287-3701
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Bethany Van Vleet is a teaching professor and director of the online graduate program in family and human development in the Sanford School.  She is a proud sun devil, having received her BS (Psychology) and PhD (Educational Psychology – Measurement, Statistics, and Methodological Studies) from ASU.  

Bethany has been teaching in the Sanford School since 2007. Teaching activities emphasize statistics, research methods, parenting, and human development.  Her scholarly interests include parenting,  positive psychology (e.g. hope, kindness), family processes, personal and family narratives, the measurement of race and ethnicity, ethnic self-identification, and power in longitudinal data analysis. 

 

Education
  • Ph.D., Educational Psychology - Measurement, Statistics, and Methodological Studies, Arizona State University
  • M.A., Educational Psychology - Measurement, Statistics, and Methodological Studies (concentration in Human Development), Arizona State University
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Curriculum Vitae
Publications

  • Van Vleet, B. L. and Bodman, D. A. (2016).  Authoritarian Parenting in the Encyclopedia of Family Studies.  Hoboken: NJ: Wiley and Sons.

  • Van Vleet, B. L. and Bodman, D. A. (2016).  Divorce Statistics in the Encyclopedia of Family Studies.  Hoboken: NJ: Wiley and Sons.

  • Van Vleet, B. B. & Thompson, M. S. (2012).  An empirical investigation of self-reported ethnicity measures.  International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment: Special Issue on Use of Self-reports in Educational and Psychological Assessment, 11, 90-110.  

  • Van Vleet, B. B., & Thompson, M. S. (April, 2012). An investigation of power analysis approaches for latent growth modeling. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Presentations

  • Panel member at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Workshop Best Practices for Online Master's Programs (February 8, 2019).

  • Bodman, D. A. & Van Vleet, B. L. (July 2019). Sand Dollars and Starfish: Making the Most Out of Canvas Discussion Boards. Presented at Instructurecon, Long Beach, California.

  • Van Vleet, B. L. (May 2019). Hope2 Talk: Generations of Hope. Presented at Youth Development Master's Institute, Scottsdale, Arizona.

  • Bodman, D. A. & Van Vleet, B. L. (February 2019).  A Sense of “Wonder”: Kindness, Empathy, Hope, and Diversity.  Presented at the Celebrate the Young Child Conference, Chandler, Arizona.

Courses
2024 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SOC 391 Applied Research Methods
FAS 361 Applied Research Methods
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
FAS 500 Research Methods
2024 Summer
Course Number Course Title
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
FAS 587 Capstone II
SOC 587 Capstone II
CDE 232 Human Development
CDE 232 Human Development
2024 Spring
Course Number Course Title
CDE 501 Social Statistics
FAS 587 Capstone II
SOC 501 Social Statistics
SOC 587 Capstone II
CDE 501 Social Statistics
FAS 598 Special Topics
FAS 598 Special Topics
2023 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SOC 391 Applied Research Methods
FAS 361 Applied Research Methods
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
FAS 361 Applied Research Methods
SOC 391 Applied Research Methods
LIA 194 Special Topics
FAS 390 Supervised Research Experience
SOC 399 Supervised Research Experience
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
2023 Summer
Course Number Course Title
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
FAS 587 Capstone II
SOC 587 Capstone II
CDE 232 Human Development
CDE 232 Human Development
2023 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
CDE 501 Social Statistics
FAS 587 Capstone II
SOC 501 Social Statistics
SOC 587 Capstone II
FAS 598 Special Topics
CDE 501 Social Statistics
2022 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SOC 391 Applied Research Methods
FAS 361 Applied Research Methods
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
FAS 361 Applied Research Methods
SOC 391 Applied Research Methods
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 390 Supervised Research Experience
FAS 301 Introduction to Parenting
SOC 399 Supervised Research Experience
2022 Summer
Course Number Course Title
CDE 232 Human Development
CDE 232 Human Development
FAS 587 Capstone II
SOC 587 Capstone II
2022 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
CDE 501 Social Statistics
FAS 587 Capstone II
SOC 501 Social Statistics
SOC 587 Capstone II
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 598 Special Topics
SOC 499 Individualized Instruction
2021 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SOC 391 Research Methods
FAS 361 Research Methods
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
FAS 361 Research Methods
SOC 391 Research Methods
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 361 Research Methods
SOC 391 Research Methods
LIA 194 Special Topics
SOC 499 Individualized Instruction
2021 Summer
Course Number Course Title
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 587 Capstone II
SOC 587 Capstone II
FAS 361 Research Methods
SOC 391 Research Methods
2021 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
CDE 501 Social Statistics
FAS 587 Capstone II
SOC 501 Social Statistics
SOC 587 Capstone II
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
2020 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 498 Pro-Seminar
FAS 498 Pro-Seminar
SOC 498 Pro-Seminar
SOC 498 Pro-Seminar
2020 Summer
Course Number Course Title
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 361 Research Methods
SOC 391 Research Methods
FAS 587 Capstone II
SOC 587 Capstone II
FAS 361 Research Methods
SOC 391 Research Methods
2020 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
CDE 501 Social Statistics
FAS 587 Capstone II
SOC 501 Social Statistics
SOC 587 Capstone II
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
2019 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
CDE 232 Human Development
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
CDE 232 Human Development
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
LIA 194 Special Topics
SOC 498 Pro-Seminar
SOC 498 Pro-Seminar
FAS 498 Pro-Seminar
FAS 498 Pro-Seminar
2019 Summer
Course Number Course Title
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
FAS 595 Continuing Registration
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
SOC 390 Social Statistics I
FAS 587 Capstone II
SOC 587 Capstone II
Service
  • School of Social and Family Dynamics, Non-Tenure Track Personnel Committee Co-Chair (2019 - 2020)
  • School of Social and Family Dynamics, Director of Online Graduate Program in Family/Human Development (Spring 2018 to present)
  • School of Social and Family Dynamics, Faculty Mentoring Committee (2018 to present)
  • School of Social and Family Dynamics, Life After ASU Initiative Committee (2018 - 2019)
  • School of Social and Family Dynamics, Better Together Challenge School Mentor (2018 - 2019)
  • School of Social and Family Dynamics, Director of Online Graduate Studies (2013 - 2018)
  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Online Teaching Working Group, Member (2015 - 2016)
  • Social Impact Initiative (Domestic Violence), Committee Member (2013- 2014)
  • Social Impact Initiative (Child Abuse), Committee Member (2012- 2013)
  • Research Methods Learning Game Development, Team Member (2013 - 2014)
  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - eLearning Demofest, Presenter (February 2013)
  • School of Social and Family Dynamics, Webmaster and Online Management (2009 - 2012)​
Expertise Areas
Human Development
Migration, Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
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