Myra Sturgeon White, Ph.D.
- Expert on social science research methods and Daubert issues.
- Over 20 years experience providing expert advice on research design and statistics.
- Instructor in research methods and statistics at Harvard University.
Education
1976
M.S. - Northwestern University (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
1983
Ph.D. - Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Psychology)
1990
J.D. - Harvard Law School
Postdoctoral Training
1997-2000
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Academic Appointments
1978-1980
Teaching Fellow, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1980-1982
Head Teaching Fellow, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1987-1988
Head Teaching Fellow, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1994
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, American University, Washington, D.C.
1994-1996
Professorial Lecturer, School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
1998-1999
Teaching Fellow, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1999-
Instructor, Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, MA
2000-
Research Associate, Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston, MA
2003
Faculty, Trial Advocacy Workshop, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Research and Statistical Positions
1979
Research Assistant, Dr. Gary Lynch, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
1979-1981
Research Associate, Dr. Theo Manschreck, Erich Lindemann Mental Health Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
1980-1982
Data Analyst, Office of Research and Evaluation, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
1981-1983
Statistical Consultant, Day Care and Families Project, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1988-1989
Principal Investigator, Jury Selection Study, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
1993-1996
Senior Researcher, CDC AIDS Community Demonstration Projects, Conwal, Inc. McLean, VA
1994
Statistical Consultant, Violence Project, Howard University, Washington, DC.
1994-
Program Evaluator, Joy of Sports Foundation, Alexandria, VA
1996
Grant Writer, Toberg Institute, Landover, MD.
1996-1998
Research Advisor for The Resourceful Researcher: A Guide to Drug Abuse Research in African American Communities, Toberg Institute, Landover, MD
1997-1998
Statistical Consultant, New York University School of Law, New York, NY
1998
Grant Writer, Boston University, School of Social Work, Boston, MA
1998-1999
Program Evaluator, Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, Williamsburg, MA
1999
Research Consultant, Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA
1999-2002
Co-Investigator, Study of Latino Gangs, Boston University, School of Social Work, Boston, MA
1999-
Principle Investigator, Study of Harvard's Championship Women's Ice Hockey Team, Cambridge, MA
2000
Research Consultant, Henry A. Murray Research Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2001
Grant Writer, Boston University, School of Social Work, Boston, MA
2002-
Statistical Consultant, Verna Myers & Associates, Newton, MA
Academic Courses Taught
Research Methods
- Statistics
- Graduate Research Methods for the Social Sciences
Psychology
- Introductory Psychology
- Abnormal Psychology
- Schizophrenia
- Human Motivation
- Human Nature
- Psychology and Law
- Intergroup Relations
Organizational Behavior
- Psychology Applied to Business
- Organizational Behavior (undergraduate and graduate)
- Organizational Design and Change
- Gender, Leadership and Management (graduate)
- Managing Workplace Performance (graduate)
Editorial
1994
Member, Dissertation Committee, Department of Psychology, Howard University, Washington, DC
1996-1997
Reviewer, Drugs & Society (1998), 14(1/2) and Conducting Drug Abuse Research with Minority Populations (1998), Mario R. De La Rosa, Bernard Segal & Richard Lopez (Eds.), The Haworth Press, Inc.
2001
Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Henry A. Murray Research Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2001
Reviewer, Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) thesis, Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, MA
2003
Reviewer, Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) thesis, Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, MA
Other Professional Positions
1977-1987
Software Engineer (Consultant), Cambridge, MA
1988-1989
Psychological Advisor, Commonwealth v. Gilchrist, Boston, MA
1990-1992
Litigation Associate, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, DC
Awards and Honors
1974-1976
National Science Foundation Scholarship
1977-1978
Harvard University Scholarship
1978
NIMH Summer Fellow in Neurobiology and Mental Illness, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
1979-1981
Sophomore Tutor, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1981-1983
Graduate Student Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
2002
Distinguished Teacher, Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, MA
Liscensure
1990-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bar
1991-
District of Columbia Bar
Memberships
1991-1999
American Bar Association
1991-1997
Massachusetts Bar Association
1994-2000
American Psychological Association
1997-
Society for Research in Psychopathology