Wei-Chang Joseph Mau

Professor





Department: Counseling, Educational and School Psychology

Location: 315HH

Phone: (316) 978-6295 Fax: (316) 978-3102



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Education

• PhD, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
• MA, University of Iowa, Iowa City
• BA, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan

  Courses

• CESP 701, Educational Research
• CESP 804, Principles and Philosophies of Counseling
• CESP 815, Career Development
• CESP 821, Multicultural Issues in Counseling
• CESP 822, Assessment in Counseling
• CESP 856, Counseling Practicum

  Research & Professional Interests

• Race and sex differences in help-seeking, academic achievement and vocational behaviors
• Assessment and computer-based applications in career decision making

  Honors & Awards

• Graduate Faculty Mentor Award - TRIO program (2004).
• College of Education Outstanding Research Award (2001-2002)
• Nominated for the Academy for the Effective Teaching. (2003, 2004)

  Current Presentations & Research

• Mau, W.C. (2008). Designing and implementing an innovative assessment system that meets accreditation requirements. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Asia Pacific Educational Research Association, Singapore, November, 26-28.
• Mau, W.C. (2007). Salient factors important to first generation students' decision about college and academic major. Paper presented at the meeting of National Career Development Association, Seattle, July 6-8. (National)
• Mau, W.C. (2007). Important factors considered by first-generation-low-income students in deciding on a college and academic major: A survey of college freshmen in Taiwan. Paper presented at the meeting of Association for Institutional Research, Kansas City, June 2-4. (National)
• Mau, W.C. (2007). Characteristics of First Generation, Low Income College Students In Taiwan: Are They Different from those of US Students? Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 9-13. (National)
• Mau, W.C. (2006). Equity of access and school experience of first generation, low income college students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Asia Pacific Educational Research Association, November, 28-30. (International)
• Mau, W.C., Sudjanto, R., Wine, T. (2006). Effectiveness of career interventions in college/university settings. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Career Development Association, Chicago, July 6-9. (National)
• Mau, W.C., & Unruh, A. (2006). School-based career interventions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American Counseling Association, April 1-4. Montreal, Canada.
• Mau, W.C., & Mau, Y-H. (2005). Factors influencing career persistence and satisfaction of beginning teachers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Career Development Association, June 22-25, Orlando, Florida.
• Mau, W.C., & Mau, Y.H., Ellsworth, R., & Hawley, D. Mau, Y.H. (2005). Factors influencing youngsters to aspire to and stay in teaching careers. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Institutional Research. May, 29-June 1. San Diego, CA.
• Mau, W.C. & Mau, Y-H. (2005). Factors influencing high school students to persist in aspirations to teaching careers. Paper presented the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Montreal, CA.
• Mau, W.C. & Mau, Y-H. (2005). Job satisfaction of career persistence of beginning teachers. Paper presented the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, April 11- 16, Montreal, CA.
• Mau, W.C. & Mau, Y.L. (2004). Characteristics of high school students who persisted in aspirations to teaching careers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of National Career Development Association, San Francisco, CA.
• Mau, W.C. (2002). Cultural Perspectives on career decision-making difficulties. Symposium conducted at the annual American Psychological Association meeting, Chicago, IL.
• Mau, W.C. (2002). Persistence in science and engineering career aspirations of woman and minority students. Paper presented presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
• Mau, W. C. (2001). Educational and vocational aspirations of high school students: A longitudinal study. In D. A. Jepsen (Chair), Informing career guidance policy and practice through longitudinal research. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Counseling Association, San Antonio, TX.
• Thompson, J., Bakken, L., Mau, W. C. (2001). A three-year longitudinal study comparing cross-cultural attitudes and experience of professional development site-based and campus-based preservice teachers. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association of Teacher Education Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
• Mau, W. C. (2000). Assessing career decision-making difficulties. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Counseling Association, Washington, DC.
• Mau, W. C., & Fernandes, A. (2000). Utilization of career counseling and job placement services in higher education. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Career Development Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
• Thompson, J., Bakken, L., & Mau, W. C. (2000). A longitudinal study comparing cross-cultural knowledge, attitude, and perception of teaching efficacy of professional development site-based and campus-based preservice teachers. Paper presented at the meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

  Selected Publications

• Mau, W.C. (2009) Ability Explorer. In E. A. Whitfield, R.W. Feller, & C.Wood. (Eds.). A counselor's guide to career assessment instrument, (5th ed., pp.82-88). Broken Arrow, OK: National Career Development Association. [ISBN: 978-1-885333-24-7]
• Thompson, J., Bakken, L., Mau, W.C. (2009). Equity education: Issues facing multicultural education: A longitudinal study comparing multicultural knowledge and dispositions of field-base and campus-based teacher candidates. Policy Futures in Education, 7, 416-422.
• Mau, W.C., Ellsworth, R., Hawley, D. (2008). Job satisfaction and career persistence of beginning teachers. International Journal of Educational Management, 22(1), 48-61.
• Mau, W.C. (2008). Career Development Interventions in School. In H.L.K. Coleman, & C. Yeh (Eds.), Handbook of school counseling (pp. 497-515). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis Group. [ISBN: 9780805856231].
• Mau, W.C. (In press). Career Development Interventions in School. In H.L.K. Coleman, & C. Yeh (Ed.). Handbook of School Counseling. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Mau, W.C., & Mau, Y-H. (2006). Factors influencing high school students to persist in aspirations of teaching careers: A longitudinal study. Journal of Career Development.
• Mau, W.C. (2004). Cultural dimensions of career decision-making difficulties. Career Development Quarterly, 53, 63-77.
• Mau, W.C. (2003). Factor influencing persistence in science and engineering career aspirations. Career Development Quarterly, 51, 234-243.
• Mau, W.C. (2001). Assessing career decision-making difficulties: A cross-cultural study. Journal of Career Assessment, 9, 353-364.
• Mau. W. C., & Lynn, R. (2001). Gender differences on Scholastic Aptitude Test, the American College Test and college grades. Educational Psychology, 21, 133-136.
• Mau, W. C. (2000). Cultural differences in career decision-making styles and self-efficacy. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 57, 365-378.
• Mau, W. C. & Bikos, L. H. (2000). Educational and vocational aspirations of minority and female students: A longitudinal study. Journal of Counseling and Development, 78, 186-194.

  Selected Grants

• Mau, W.C., Ellsworth, R., Hawley, D. (2004). Finding leakage in the pipeline of teacher supply: Factors influencing youngsters to aspire to and stay in teaching career.(PDF File) (AIR-NCES-NSF Grant, Improving Institutional Research in Postsecondary Institution, Funded, $25,980.)
• Hitchcock, R. & Mau, W.C. (2001-2003). Evaluation grant for USD 259 Helping Children Dream project. (US Department of Education, second year and third year, $70,000.)

  Professional Memberships

• Advanced Studies of National Databases Special Interest Group (1997-present)
• American Counseling Association (1987-present)
• American Educational Research Association (1988-present)
• Association for Assessment in Counseling (1989-present)
• Association for Institutional Research (2004 - present)
• Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (1988-1992)
• Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association (1993-present)
• Mid-Western Educational Research Association (1991-present)
• National Career Development Association (1987-present)

  Updated: 10/31/2007