Frank C. Leeming Professor -- Behavioral Medicine and Community Psychology Department of Psychology  The University of Memphis  Campus Box 526400 Memphis, TN 38152-6400  (901) 678-2260 f.leeming@mail.psyc.memphis.edu

Personal and Educational Information

• B.S. University of Illinois - Chemistry (1958)
• M.A. University of Mississippi - Experimental Psychology (1961)
• Ph. D. University of Mississippi - Experimental Psychology (1963)

Current Research Interests

1. several projects to increase highway safety
2. projects concerned with promotion of fire safety in preschool children and also inner-city residents
3. several projects promoting behaviors to protect or preserve the environment
4. a project with the environmental court to improve the code-enforcement system
5. a project with the juvenile court to improve the foster-care system
6. work with the city school system to improve the sex education program
7. a project with the association of basketball officials to improve high school officiating

Recent Publications and Presentations

• Dwyer, W. O, Leeming, F. C., Cobern, M. K., Porter, B. E., & Jackson, J. M. (1993). Critical review of behavioral interventions to preserve the environment: Research since 1980. Environment and Behavior, 25, 275-321.
• Leeming. F. C., Dwyer, W. O., Porter, B. E., & Cobern, M. K. (1993). Outcome research in environmental education: A critical review. Journal of Environmental Education, 24(4), 8-21.
• Dwyer, W. O., & Leeming, F. C. (Eds.) (1995). Earth's eleventh hour: Environmental readings from the Washington Post Writers' Group, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
• Dwyer, W. O., & Leeming, F. C. (1995). Environmental psychology. In B. B. Lahey, Psychology: An introduction (5th ed.). Dubuque, IA: W. C. Brown.
• Cobern, M. K., Leeming, F. C., Porter, B. E., & Dwyer, W. O. (1995). The effect of commitment on adoption and diffusion of grasscycling. Environment and Behavior, 27, 213-232.
• Porter, B. E., Leeming, F. C., & Dwyer, W. O. (1995). Solid waste recovery: A review of behavioral programs to increase recycling. Environment and Behavior, 27, 122-152.
• Potter, L. E., Dwyer, W. O., & Leeming, F. C. (1995). Encouraging proenvironmental behavior: The environmental court as contingency manager. Environment and Behavior, 27, 196-212.
• Leeming, F. C., & Dwyer, W. O. (1995). Children's Environmental Attitude and Knowledge Scale (CHEAKS): Construction and validation. Journal of Environmental Education, 26(3), 22-31.
• Dwyer, W. O., Leeming, F. C., & Oliver, D. P. (1995). School-based programs to reduce adolescent pregnancy. In F. C. Leeming, W. O. Dwyer, & D. P. Oliver (Eds). Issues in adolescent sexuality: Readings from the Washington Post Writers' Group, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
• Leeming, F. C., Dwyer, W. O., & Oliver, D. P. (Eds.) (1996). Issues in adolescent sexuality: Readings from the Washington Post Writers' Group, Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
• Leeming, F. C. (1997). Commitment to study as a technique to improve exam performance. Journal of College Student Development. 38, 499-507.
• Leeming, F. C., Porter, B. E., Dwyer, W. O., Cobern, M. K., & Oliver, D. P. (1997). Effects of class participation in environmental activities on children and their parents. Journal of Environmental Education, 28, 33-42.
• McConnell, C. F., Leeming, F. C., & Dwyer, W. O. (1996). Evaluation of a fire-safety training program for preschool children. Journal of Community Psychology, 24, 213-227.
• McConnell, C. F., Dwyer, W. O., & Leeming, F. C. (1996). A behavioral approach to reducing fires in public housing. Journal of Community Psychology, 24, 201-212.
• MattoxII, J. R., Dwyer, W. O., Leeming, F. C. (1997). Making traffic crash data useful through rapid record entry and analysis. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 28, 1-11.
• Oliver, D. P., Leeming, F. C., & Dwyer, W. O. (1998). Lessons learned from an intervention to increase parental involvement in school-based sex education. Family Planning Perspectives, 30, 143-147.