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Contact us: (405) 974-3504
Jessica Dilk, ADP Civic Engagement Assistant
Jaclyn Jacobs, ADP Civic Engagement Assistant
Jenna Sinclair, ADP Civic Engagement Assistant
Patti Loughlin, Ph.D., ADP Director
Janelle Grellner, Ph.D., ADP Assistant Director
Susan Scott, Ed.D., ADP Student Organization Advisor
Mary Carver, Ph.D., Leadership and Civic Engagement
ADP Civic Engagement Assistant
Phone: (405) 974-3504 Email: jsinclair2@uco.edu Office: Thatcher Hall, 121C My name is Jenna Sinclair and I became a Civic Engagement Assistant for the American Democracy Project in the Fall of 2011. I am a graduate student in the Counseling Psychology program at the University of Central Oklahoma and will graduate in May 2013. I received my undergraduate degree in December 2006 from Oklahoma State University in Psychology. I am currently a Research Assistant at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center at the Child Study Center focusing on Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. The American Democracy Project is important to me because it is devoted to students and faculty becoming civically engaged in the future of our community. Jenna Sinclair, Civic Engagement Assistant
ADP Campus Director

Phone: 405.974.5491 Email: ploughlin@uco.edu Office: College of Liberal Arts, RM 202H As a Professor of History, Patti specializes in 20th century United States and American Indian history, as well as the history of the American West. She serves as the coordinator of Central's American Democracy Project with the mission to increase civic engagement on campus. Patti has received many awards for her book "Hidden Treasures of the American West" including the Oklahoma Center for the Book Directors Award, Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History from the Oklahoma Historical Society and is a finalist for the Distinguished Book Prize from the University of Nebraska's Center for Great Plains Studies. Patti also co-authored "Building Traditions, Educating Generations: A History of the University of Central Oklahoma" with Bob Burke, an official Oklahoma Centennial Commission project.Patti Loughlin, Ph.D., Professor of History
Faculty Board Member and Student Advisor

Phone: 405.974.5425 Email: scott@uco.edu Office: Center For Transformative Learning, RM 209 Dr. Scott is a professor in the College of Education and teaches the first and last courses teacher candidates must take to receive their degree. Her professional interests are in teacher preparation and service learning. She is the student sponsor for the American Democracy Project and Students of Oklahoma Education Association. She currently is involved in a grant through the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education that works to help students in middle school understand what it takes to go to college and a minority teacher recruitment initiative for high school students.Susan Scott, Ed.D., Professor of Professional Teacher Education
ADP Assistant Director
Phone: 405.974.5466 Email: jgrellner@uco.edu Office: Education Bldg, 307D Janelle Grellner is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) and the UCO Psychology Clinic Director. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma Counseling Psychology program and is a licensed psychologist. She is the assistant director of the American Democracy Program at UCO. She is also the faculty liaison to the UCO Volunteer and Service Learning Center. She was trained in Deliberative Polling as a research method and conducted a deliberative poll at UCO in 2009. She was part of the research team and co-author of Oklahoma's first Civic Health Index in 2010. Her primary responsibility at UCO is in training master's level counselors in the use of empirically validated treatments through didactic instruction and supervised counseling experiences in the clinic. She has training in psychological and cognitive assessment and treatment of rehabilitation issues such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, behavioral pain management, and other cognitive issues. She and her students developed a curriculum for UCO undergraduate groups which run each fall and spring that provide psycho-education and interpersonal skills training to enhance success both personally and professionally. She also has expertise in treating couples, children, and adults for issues ranging from communication problems to depression and anxiety. Her research interests include cognitive dysfunction related to mild traumatic brain injury and determinants of positive counseling outcomes. Janelle Grellner, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology

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