Professional Experience:

• Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, Agricultural and Extension Education, Penn State University
• Manager, Extension Staff Development, Penn State Cooperative Extension
• Extension Agent, Youth Program Coordinator, Penn State Cooperative Extension
• Extension Agent, Family Living, Bucks County

Education:

• PhD., Agricultural Education, The Pennsylvania State University, 1997
• M.S., Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, 1987
• B.S., Home Economics Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1980

Research Interests:

• Positive Youth Development
• Nonformal Curriculum Development
• Life Skills Evaluation
• Experiential Learning
• Curriculum Marketing and Delivery Strategies

Courses Taught:

• AEE 590, Colloquium, Extension Programming
• AEE 590, Colloquium, Creative Connections: Strategies for Participant-Centered Instruction

Office:

104 Ferguson Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-7851
Fax: 814-863-4753
E-mail: cmincemoyer@psu.edu

Responsibilities:

• Extension Specialist, 4-H/Youth Curriculum Development
• State Coordinator, Pennsylvania 4-H Afterschool
• National Curriculum Jury Chair, 4-HCCS
• Extension Liason, PROSPER Prevention Project

Extension Programs/Publications:

• 4-H Youth Development Curricula
• 4-H Health Lifestyles
• 4-H Communications and Expressive Arts
• Life Skills Evaluation
• Say Y.E.S to Youth Engagement Strategies
• On-line Curriculum
  • Babysitting Beginnings
  • Cloverbuds Curriculum
  • Proverbs to Create Understanding Among Generations and Cultures
• Shooting Sports
• Financial Champions
• Teambuilding Facilitation Manual
• 4-H Afterschool
• 4-H Curriculum and PA Academic Standards

Selected Publications:

• Mincemoyer, C. and Furry, M. (2003). Financial Champions: Guiding Youth's Financial Future. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences (Spring issue). (pp. 27-31).
• Mincemoyer, C. and Perkins, D. (2003). Assessing youth decision-making skills and influences on decisions. Forum for Family and Consumer Sciences, 8 (1).
• Mincemoyer, C. (2003). 4-H Volunteers and the Internet: A Partnership for the Future. Journal of Volunteer Administration, 21 (1). (pp. 31-36).
• Mincemoyer, C. (2002). 4-H School Enrichment: A School and Community Partnership. School Community Journal, 12 (1). (pp. 107-116).
• Mincemoyer, C. and Perkins, D. (2001). Boosting Post-In-service Learning. Journal of Extension, 39 (6).
• Mincemoyer, C. and Corbin, M. (2001). Computer-Mediated Needs Assessment to Identify 4-H YouthCurriculum Needs. Journal of Extension, 39 (5).
• Mincemoyer, C. and Perkins, D. (2001). Building Your Youth Development Toolkit: A Community Youth Development Orientation for Pennsylvania 4-H/Youth Programs. Journal of Extension, 39 (4).
• Kelsey, T. and Mincemoyer, C. (2001). Exploring the Potential of In-service Education Through Distance Education. Journal of Extension, 39 (2).
• Mincemoyer, C. and Kelsey, T. (1999). Assessing In-Service Education: Identifying Barriers to Success. Journal of Extension, 37 (2).
• Mincemoyer, C. and Thomson, J. (1998). Establishing Effective Mentoring Relationships in Cooperative Extension. Journal of Extension, 36 (2).