KITE 1 CURRICULUM VITAE Benjamin A. Kite (Updated 10/08/17) Business Address: H&R Block One H&R Block Way Kansas City, MO 64105 Email: kitebena@gmail.com Education: Ph.D. May 2017 M.S. May 2013 B.S. May 2011 University of Kansas Major: Quantitative Psychology Minor: Statistical Computing Advisor: Wei Wu, Ph.D. Dissertation: Random permutation testing applied to measurement invariance testing with dichotomous and Likert-type indicator variables. Old Dominion University Major: Experimental Psychology Concentration: Quantitative Psychology Advisor: James M. Henson, Ph.D. Thesis: Protective behavioral strategy subtypes as moderators of the relationship between alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems. Old Dominion University Major: Psychology (Departmental Honors) Minor: Criminal Justice Honor s Thesis: Self-control, protective behavioral strategies, and alcoholrelated problems among college student drinkers. Employment History Senior Data Scientist, H&R Block (2017 present) Assistant Researcher, Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis (2017) Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis (2014-2017) Teaching Assistant, Psych 210: Statistics in Psychology, University of Kansas (2013 2014)
KITE 2 Head Teaching Assistant/Lab Instructor, Psych 317: Quantitative Methods, Old Dominion University (2012 2013) Teaching Assistant/Lab Instructor, Psych 317: Quantitative Methods, Old Dominion University (2012) Publications: Forbush, K. T., Hagan, K. E., Kite, B, A., Chapa, D. A. N., & Bohrer, B. K. (in press). Understanding eating disorders within internalizing psychopathology: A novel transdiagnostic, hierarchical-dimensional model. Comprehensive Psychiatry. Jorgensen, T. D., Kite, B., Chen, P.-Y., & Short, S. D. (in press). Finally! A valid test of configural invariance using permutation in multigroup CFA. In L. A. van der Ark, S. A. Culpepper, J. A. Douglas, W.-C. Wang, & M. Wiberg (Eds.), Quantitative psychology: The 81st annual meeting of the psychometric society, Asheville, North Carolina, 2016. New York, NY: Springer. Jorgensen, T. D., Kite, B. A., Chen, P.-Y., & Short, S. D. (in press). Permutation randomization methods for testing measurement equivalence and detecting differential item functioning in multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis. Psychological Methods. Linden, A. N., Kite, B. A., Braitman, A. L., & Henson, J. M. (2014). Protective behavioral strategy use and motivations for drinking: Exploring alternatives to drinking strategies. Addictive Behaviors. Pearson, M. R., Kite, B. A., & Henson, J. M (2013). Unique direct and indirect effects of impulsivity on alcohol-related outcomes via protective behavioral strategies. Journal of Drug Education. Kite, B. A., Pearson, M. R., & Henson, J. M. (2013). The assessment of protective behavioral strategies: Comparing absolute frequency and contingent frequency response scales. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Pearson, M. R., Kite, B. A., & Henson, J. M. (2012). Predictive effects of good selfcontrol and poor regulation on alcohol-related problems: Do protective behavioral strategies mediate? Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. doi: 10.1037/a0028818 Pearson, M. R., Kite, B. A., & Henson, J. M. (2012). The assessment of protective behavioral strategies: Comparing prediction and factor structures across measures. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 26(3), 573-584. doi: 10.1037/a0028187
KITE 3 Manuscripts Under Review: Kite, B. A., Jorgensen, T. D., & Chen, P.-Y. (under review). Random permutation testing applied to measurement invariance testing with ordered-categorical indicators Paper Presentations: Jorgensen, T. D., Kite, B. A., Chen, P.-Y., & Short, S. D. (May, 2015). Permutation randomization methods for testing measurement equivalence and detecting differential item functioning. Paper presented at the 5 th annual Modern Modeling Methods (M3) conference, Storrs, CT. Kite, B. A., & Henson, J. M. (November, 2013). Gender differences in use of protective behavioral strategies: Testing measurement invariance and factor differences. Paper presented for the symposium New Insights from Modern Methods: Use of Alcohol Protective Behavioral Strategies among College Students (M. R. Pearson, Chair) for the Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, Nashville, TN. Kite, B. A., & Pearson, M. R. (November, 2012). The assessment of protective behavioral strategies: Comparing contingent frequency and pure frequency response scales. Paper presented for the symposium Protective behavioral strategies and alcoholrelated outcomes: A discussion of the methodological and theoretical issues (M. R. Pearson, Chair) for the Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, National Harbor, MD. Pearson, M. R., & Kite, B. A. (November, 2012). The assessment of protective behavioral strategies: Comparing prediction and factor structures across measures. Paper presented for the symposium Protective behavioral strategies and alcohol-related outcomes: A discussion of the methodological and theoretical issues (M. R. Pearson, Chair) for the Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, National Harbor, MD. Kite, B., Pearson, M. R., D Lima, G. M., & Kelley, M. L. (February, 2011). Parental alcohol abuse and college student drinking problems: Impairments to global self-control or specific drinking control strategies? Paper presented at the symposium The effects of parental alcohol abuse on college student drinking problems: The search for mediators and moderators (J. M. Henson, Chairperson) at the ODU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Norfolk, VA. Poster Presentations: Bravo, A., Kite, B. A., & Henson, J. M. (May, 2013). Depressive symptoms & alcoholrelated problems: Intrinsic religiosity as a buffer. Poster to be presented at the 25 th Annual APS Convention, Washington, D.C.
KITE 4 Kite, B. A., Pearson, M. R., & Henson, J. M. (August, 2012). An examination of the strategy questionnaire for assessing protective behavioral strategies. Poster presented at the 119 th Annual APA Convention, Orlando, FL. Pearson, M. R., Kite, B. A., D Lima, G. M., & Henson, J. M. (August, 2012). Unplanned drinking and alcohol problems: A test of the model of unplanned drinking behavior. Poster presented at the 119 th Annual APA Convention, Orlando, FL. Pearson, M. R., Kite, B. A., D Lima, G. M., & Henson, J. M. (August, 2012). Indirect effects of impulsivity-like traits on alcohol-related consequences via unplanned drinking. Poster presented at the 119 th Annual APA Convention, Orlando, FL. Pearson, M. R., Kite, B. A., & Henson, J. M., (November, 2011). Protective behavioral strategies and alcohol-related outcomes: Examining two modes of self-control. Poster presented at the Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, Toronto, Canada. Pearson, M. R., Spruill, J., Kite, B. A., & Henson, J. M., (May, 2011). Comparing measures of protective behavioral strategies: Examination of factor structure and predictive validity. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Association for Psychological Science Convention, Washington, D.C. Muschek, E. M., Kite, B. A., Pearson, M. R., Henson, J. M., (April, 2011). Selfregulation and alcohol-related outcomes: Protective behavioral strategies as a mediator. Presented at the 2011 CAA undergraduate research symposium. Pearson, M. R., Kite, B. A., Kholodkov, T., Wetzell, B. B., Henson, J. M. (November, 2010). Sober Motives Questionnaire: An Exploratory Factor Analysis. Presented at ABCT. Poster presented at the Annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, San Francisco, CA. Additional Research Experience: Research Coordinator for the Center for Advanced Statistical Analysis of Health Behavior (Fall 2011- Spring 2013) Undergraduate Research Assistant under Dr. James M. Henson in the Center for Advanced Statistical Analysis of Health Behavior (2009-2011) Additional Teaching Experience: Guest Lecturer, Psych 210: Statistics in Psychology, University of Kansas (Fall 2014)
KITE 5 Guest Lecturer, Psych 317: Quantitative Methods, Old Dominion University (Fall 2012 Spring 2013) Workshops Provided: Structural Equation Modeling in R) (June 2017). Provided on behalf of the Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis. Monte Carlo Simulation and Power Analysis (May 2017; May 2016; August, 2015). Provided on behalf of the University of Kansas Psychology Department and the Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis. An Introduction to Programming in Mplus (October, 2016; April, 2016; September, 2015; March, 2015). Provided on behalf of the University of Kansas Psychology Department and the Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis. Awards and Honors: Travel award supported by NIAAA and NIDA (R13AA017107) for up to $750 for participation in the Early Career Poster Session and Social Hour at the 2012 APA Convention in Orlando, Florida. Alan Chaikin Memorial Award for outstanding undergraduate honor s thesis in psychology for the 2010-2011 academic year. $200. Software Development: Co-author for the R package kutils