Faculty Profile for Dr. Paul B Jantz

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Dr. Paul B Jantz
Associate Professor — Conslng, Ldrship, Adlt Educ & Schl Psych
ED 4033
phone: (512) 245-8682
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Teaching Interests

 Data-based decision making, ethics and principals of school psychology, brain anatomy

Research Interests

 The role of neuroimaging in the school-based assessment of children with traumatic brain injury (TBI), increasing educator awareness of TBI, evaluating the efficacy of school-based TBI interventions, and improving service delivery for students who have sustained a TBI. How brain networks are effected by TBI and how brain networks contribute to understanding violent acts in children and adults.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Morley, R. H., Jantz, P., & Graham, R. (2019). The Salience Network structures as a mediator of violence and perceptions of hostility. Neuropsychological Trends, 7–20.
  • Jantz, P. B., & Dennis, A. M. (n.d.). Aspects of TBI Content Knowledge Inclusion in School Psychology Training Programs. School Psychology Training and Pedagogy.
  • Jantz, P. B., Dennis, A. M., Long, K. H., & Bigler, E. D. (2023). Moving it forward: A 21st century approach to pediatric neuropsychological evaluation and the importance of integrating neuroimaging findings. Journal of Pediatric Neuropsychology, 9(4), 221–236. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s40817-023-00153-5
  • Jantz, P. B., & Bigler, E. D. (n.d.). A practical approach to incorporating quantitative neuroimaging findings into pediatric neuropsychological test interpretation. Journal of Pediatric Neuropsychology.
  • Morley, R. H., Jantz, P. B., Fulton, C. L., & Trujillo, L. T. (2023). Objective Self-Awareness Theory and Violence: A Brain Network Perspective. Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, The Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. November 11, 2016 - November 18, 2016
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award in Service at the Assistant Professor/Lecturer rank, Presidential Excellence Awards Program. 2014
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Annual Leadership Recognition, Idaho School Psychologist Association. 2009
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Advocacy Award, Triple Board Residency Program, University of Utah Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2005
  • Award / Honor Nominee: National School Psychologist Association School Psychologist of the Year, Utah Association of School Psychologists. 2002

Selected Grants

  • Morley, Richard H (Principal), Smith, Kenneth Scott (Co-Principal), Metsis, Vangelis (Co-Principal), Trujillo, Logan Thomas (Co-Principal), Fulton, Cheryl Lisa (Co-Principal), Jantz, Paul B (Co-Principal), Bowman, Scott W (Co-Principal), Roche, Sean Patrick (Co-Principal). Exploring the intersection of mindfulness, stress, large-scale brain networks, bias, threat perception failure, and the decision to use deadly force using virtual reality, Texas State University, $16000. (Submitted: October 30, 2019, Funded: November 9, 2019 - Present). Grant.
  • Jantz, Paul B. School Psychology in Vietnam: A Collaborative Initiative to Develop a Master’s Degree Training Program in School Psychology, J. William Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Federal, $59900. (Funded: September 2018 - July 2019). Grant.
  • Jantz, Paul B. (Principal), Morley, Richard H. (Co-Principal). NIH Blueprint: Human Connectome Project data analysis: The link between brain networks and known predictors of violence, Texas State University, $16000. (Submitted: October 2016, Funded: January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018). Grant.
  • Jantz, Paul (Principal), Plotts, C. A (Co-Principal). Transition to school after traumatic brain injury: Parent perceptions, Research Enhancement Grant, Institutional (Higher Ed), $16000. (Funded: March 2012 - March 2013). Grant.
  • Jantz, Paul B (Principal). Woodcock-Munoz Foundation Instructional Materials Grant for the Woodcock-Johnson III Cognitive Abilities, Woodcock-Munoz Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $13000. (Funded: 2010). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Faculty sponsor for Fulbright U.S. Student Program IRB proposal
Fulbright U.S. Student Program IRB proposal
August 2021-Present
Member
Learning Management System Steering Committee Meeting
August 2019-Present
Graduate Advisor
School Psychology Program
August 2017-Present
University Mentor
August 2016-Present
Member
Personnel Committee CLAS
August 2015-Present