Educator Stress

Teresa Mendonça McIntyre, M.Ed. M.A., Ph.D. FEHPS, is Dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Psychology at Houston Baptist University, and Adjunct Professor at the Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics, University of Houston, U.S.A, where she had been Research Professor. She was previously Director of the Health Psychology Doctoral/Master's programs at the University of Minho, Portugal. She has had over 20 years of experience as lead researcher in job stress, health and education, more recently as principal investigator on a U.S. Department of Education (IES) funded grant on teachers' stress, effectiveness, and student outcomes. Dr. McIntyre has been President of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), is Fellow of the EHPS, and Deputy Chair of its Honorary Fellows Committee. She has served on many journal editorial boards, including The European Psychologist, Health Psychology Review, Health Psychology Bulletin and the Brazilian Review of Health Promotion. Dr. McIntyre has edited and co-edited several books, and has published more than 150 chapters and articles internationally.
Scott E. McIntyre, M.Ed., M.A., Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and Director of the Industrial Organizational program at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He has a diversified experience in organizational consulting, such as with AT&T (U.S.) and International Survey Research (ISR, U.K.). In Portugal, he was a Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at the University of Minho and at the University Institute of Maia (ISMAI) where he chaired the Psychology Department. Together with his wife, he pioneered the development of Occupational Health Psychology in Portugal and conducted research on occupational stress in at-risk professions. He has published internationally and co-edited several books, such as 'Occupational Health Psychology: European perspectives on research, education and practice'(Vols. I and II). He served on the Executive Committee of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology and was a charter member of the Society of Occupational Health Psychology, and is ad-hoc reviewer in several organizational and occupational health journals.
David J. Francis, M.A., Ph.D., is Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair of Quantitative Methods in the Department of Psychology, is the Director of the Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics, and Co-Director of the Center for Advanced Computing and Data Systems at the University of Houston. He is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, of Division 5 of the American Psychological Association, and an Inaugural Fellow of the American Educational Research Association. He has published over 250 scientific articles and has served on the editorial boards of numerous journals in psychology and education. Dr. Francis chairs the National Research Council's Board on Testing and Assessment, is a frequent advisor to the U.S. Department of Education on statistical issues, assessment and accountability, and English Language Learners, and is internationally known for his research on validity in the identification and classification of learning disabilities.