About Dr. Stump

Katie Stump, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at innovation Research & Training. Dr. Stump received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Kansas with a minor in Quantitative Psychology. Her broad research interests include children’s peer relations and social development with a specific focus on power dynamics and friendship networks. At iRT, Dr. Stump’s work has concentrated on mentoring of at-risk youth.

Currently, Dr. Stump is the Project Director for the Mentee Risk Status and Mentor Training project, an OJJDP-funded project designed to develop a youth relationship risk tool that can be used by mentoring programs and to create research-based, best practice recommendations about the most effective methods of mentor training and support.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Kupersmidt, J. B., Stelter, R. L., Rhodes, J. E., & Stump, K. N. (2017). Enhancing mentor efficacy and preparedness through web-based, pre-match training. Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, 7(3), pp. 197-216.

Kupersmidt, J. B., Stump, K. N., Stelter, R. L., & Rhodes, J. E. (2017). Predictors of premature match closure in youth mentoring relationship. American Journal of Community Psychology, 59(1-2), pp. 25-35.

Kupersmidt, J. B., Stump, K. N., Stelter, R. L., & Rhodes, J. E. (2017). Mentoring program practices as predictors of match longevity. Journal of Community Psychology, 45(5), pp.630-645.

Stump, K. N. , Ratliff, J. M., & Hawley, P. H. (under review) A dyadic analysis of power and friendship functioning.

Stump, K. N. , Howard, W. J., & Gallagher, M. W. (2012) Dyadic analyses in SEM. [Available at www.quant.ku.edu]

Hawley, P. H., Stump, K. N. , & Ratliff, J. M. (2011) Sidestepping the jingle fallacy: Bullying, aggression, and the importance of knowing the difference. In D. Espelage & S. Swearer (Eds.), Bullying in North American Schools (pp. 101-115). New York: Routledge.

Stump, K. N. Ratliff, J. M., Wu, Y. P., & Hawley, P. H. (2009) Theories of social competence from the top-down to the bottom-up: A case for considering foundational human needs. In J. M. Matson (Ed.), Social behavior and skills in children (pp. 23-37). New York: Springer.

Gallagher, M. W., Howard, W. J., & Stump, K. N. (2009) Longitudinal mediation within SEM. [Available at www.quant.ku.edu]

Little, T. D., McConnell, E. K., Howard, W. J., & Stump, K. N. (2008) Missing data in large data projects. [Available at www.quant.ku.edu]

TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS:

Stump, K. N., Stelter, R. L., Kupersmidt, J. B., & Rhodes, J. E. (2017). Mentoring children of incarcerated parents demonstration project: July 2017 data update for mentee characteristics (Report No. 3). Retrieved from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention website: https://www.ojjdp.gov/programs/Mentee-Characteristics-Snapshot-JUL17.pdf

Stump, K. N., Stelter, R. L., Kupersmidt, J. B., & Rhodes, J. E. (2017). Mentoring children of incarcerated parents demonstration project: July 2017 data update for mentor characteristics (Report No. 3). Retrieved from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention website: https://www.ojjdp.gov/programs/Mentor-Characteristics-Snapshot-JUL17.pdf

Stump, K. N., Stelter, R. L., Kupersmidt, J. B., & Rhodes, J. E. (2017). Mentoring children of incarcerated parents demonstration project: July 2017 data update for enrollment (Report No. 3). Retrieved from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention website: https://www.ojjdp.gov/programs/Recruitment-and-Enrollment-Snapshot-JUL17.pdf

Stump, K. N., Kupersmidt, J. B., Stelter, R. L., & Rhodes, J. E. (2017). Mentoring children of incarcerated parents demonstration project: July 2017 data update for mentee risk factors (Report No. 3). Retrieved from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention website:
https://www.ojjdp.gov/programs/Mentee-Risk-Snapshot-JUL2017.pdf

Stump, K. N., Kupersmidt, J. B., Stelter, R. L., & Rhodes, J. E. (2017). Mentoring children of incarcerated parents demonstration project: July 2017 data update for mentee protective factors (Report No. 3). Retrieved from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention website: https://www.ojjdp.gov/programs/Mentee-Protective-Snapshot-JUL2017.pdf