Jennifer Waddell

Teaching Professor

IT, Analytics, and Operations

Biography

Jennifer Waddell has a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. She studied both social psychology and quantitative methodology, and she primarily teaches statistical methods and applications at undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels. Waddell is also the ITAO assistant department chair and the director of undergraduate studies.

Background

Education

Ph D, University of Notre Dame , Social Psychology (Minor in Quantitative Studies)
MA, University of Notre Dame , Social Psychology
BA, Muhlenberg College , Psychology and Philosophy

Jobs

Teaching Professor, University of Notre Dame
Faculty Fellow, Master of Autism Studies Program, Saint Mary's College
Assistant Professor, Villanova University
Assistant Professor, Augustana College

Expertise

Quantitative Methodology
Social Psychology
Gender and Interpersonal Interactions
Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness

Publications

Spatiotemporal Symmetry and Multifractal Structure of Head Movements during Dyadic Conversation

Kathleen Ashenfelter
Steven Boker
Jennifer Waddell
Nikolai Vitanov

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

2009

Symmetry Building and Symmetry Breaking in Synchronized Movement

Steven Boker
Jennifer Waddell

Mirror Neurons and the Evolution of Brain and Language

2003

Windowed Cross-Correlation and Peak Picking for the Analysis of Variability in the Association Between Behavioral Time Series

Steven Boker
Minquan Xu
Jennifer Waddell
K King

Psychological Methods

2002

Awards

Zachary Plantz Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, ITAO Department (2025)
Outstanding Graduate Professor Award, Master of Science in Management (2025)
Outstanding Teaching Professor Award, ITAO Department (2024)
EMNA Outstanding Professor Award, Executive Master of Nonprofit Administration, University of Notre Dame (2024)
Joe and Gina Prochaska Family Teaching Award, Joe and Gina Prochaska Family and Mendoza College of Business (2022)
Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C. Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Notre Dame (2018)