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FRANK CRAGG LEEMING
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Personal and Educational Information
  • B.S. University of Illinois - Chemistry (1958)
  • M.A. University of Mississippi - Experimental Psychology (1961)
  • Ph. D. University of Mississippi - Experimental Psychology (1963)

Current Research Interests

My general area of interest is in the use of behavioral methodology to prevent or treat community health problems due to accidents, disease or life style. A more specific interest is in expanding the scope of interventions through recruitment of community residents, both adults and children, to serve as agents to promote change. Current or very recent work includes:
  1. several projects to increase highway safety
  2. projects concerned with promotion of fire safety in preschool children and also inner-city residents
  3. several projects promoting behaviors to protect or preserve the environment
  4. a project with the environmental court to improve the code-enforcement system
  5. a project with the juvenile court to improve the foster-care system
  6. work with the city school system to improve the sex education program
  7. a project with the association of basketball officials to improve high school officiating

Recent Publications and Presentations
  • Dwyer, W. O, Leeming, F. C., Cobern, M. K., Porter, B. E., & Jackson, J. M. (1993). Critical review of behavioral interventions to preserve the environment: Research since 1980. Environment and Behavior, 25, 275-321.
  • Leeming. F. C., Dwyer, W. O., Porter, B. E., & Cobern, M. K. (1993). Outcome research in environmental education: A critical review. Journal of Environmental Education, 24(4), 8-21.
  • Dwyer, W. O., & Leeming, F. C. (Eds.) (1995). Earth's eleventh hour: Environmental readings from the Washington Post Writers' Group, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
  • Dwyer, W. O., & Leeming, F. C. (1995). Environmental psychology. In B. B. Lahey, Psychology: An introduction (5th ed.). Dubuque, IA: W. C. Brown.
  • Cobern, M. K., Leeming, F. C., Porter, B. E., & Dwyer, W. O. (1995). The effect of commitment on adoption and diffusion of grasscycling. Environment and Behavior, 27, 213-232.
  • Porter, B. E., Leeming, F. C., & Dwyer, W. O. (1995). Solid waste recovery: A review of behavioral programs to increase recycling. Environment and Behavior, 27, 122-152.
  • Potter, L. E., Dwyer, W. O., & Leeming, F. C. (1995). Encouraging proenvironmental behavior: The environmental court as contingency manager. Environment and Behavior, 27, 196-212.
  • Leeming, F. C., & Dwyer, W. O. (1995). Children's Environmental Attitude and Knowledge Scale (CHEAKS): Construction and validation. Journal of Environmental Education, 26(3), 22-31.
  • Dwyer, W. O., Leeming, F. C., & Oliver, D. P. (1995). School-based programs to reduce adolescent pregnancy. In F. C. Leeming, W. O. Dwyer, & D. P. Oliver (Eds). Issues in adolescent sexuality: Readings from the Washington Post Writers' Group, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
  • Leeming, F. C., Dwyer, W. O., & Oliver, D. P. (Eds.) (1996). Issues in adolescent sexuality: Readings from the Washington Post Writers' Group, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
  • Leeming, F. C. (1997). Commitment to study as a technique to improve exam performance. Journal of College Student Development. 38, 499-507.
  • Leeming, F. C., Porter, B. E., Dwyer, W. O., Cobern, M. K., & Oliver, D. P. (1997). Effects of class participation in environmental activities on children and their parents. Journal of Environmental Education, 28, 33-42.
  • McConnell, C. F., Leeming, F. C., & Dwyer, W. O. (1996). Evaluation of a fire-safety training program for preschool children. Journal of Community Psychology, 24, 213-227.
  • McConnell, C. F., Dwyer, W. O., & Leeming, F. C. (1996). A behavioral approach to reducing fires in public housing. Journal of Community Psychology, 24, 201-212.
  • MattoxII, J. R., Dwyer, W. O., Leeming, F. C. (1997). Making traffic crash data useful through rapid record entry and analysis. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 28, 1-11.
  • Oliver, D. P., Leeming, F. C., & Dwyer, W. O. (1998). Lessons learned from an intervention to increase parental involvement in school-based sex education. Family Planning Perspectives, 30, 143-147.