Amanda has been with Temple University since 2005. Her first position was in the Department of Psychology conducting early childhood literacy research. In the summer of 2006, she was hired as an Academic Advisor in the Honors Program and became the Associate Director in 2008. Amanda was promoted to Director of Temple Honors in 2021.
In addition to her role in Honors, Amanda serves as an adjunct assistant professor in the College of Education and Human Development and in the Department of Psychology. She currently teaches Honors Introduction to Psychology, and her previous courses include Developmental Psychology, Honors Motivation and Identity, Honors Tweens and Teens, and Equity and Access in Higher Education.
Amanda earned her B.S. in Psychology and M.S. in Social Psychology from Saint Joseph’s University, and her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Temple. Her research focuses on the motivation and identity of high-achieving students, with emphasis on how students make meaning of being “smart” and subsequent emotions and behaviors. She is the former Chair of the NACADA High-Achieving Students Advising Community, has presented at NACADA, NCHC, AERA, ACPA, and the World Giftedness Center.
Amanda was awarded the Temple University Outstanding New Advisor Award in 2008, won the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) award for Outstanding New Advisor in 2009, and was the recipient of the Temple University College of Education Adjunct Instructor Award in 2018. In 2023, Amanda won a Fulbright International Education Administrators award and traveled to Grenoble and Paris, France.
In addition to her work with and for Honors students, Amanda champions the effective training of professional academic advisors.
Born and raised in South Jersey, Amanda now lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two daughters. In her spare time, Amanda is an avid photographer and has more recently become an accidental sunflower farmer. Feel free to ask more!
Talk to Amanda about:
- Time management and self-regulation techniques
- Photography + Cameras
- Her ridiculously adorable children
- How much she loves "lists"
- The fact that animal print is a neutral
- Being a First-gen student
Recent Publications and Research
- Neuber, A., Fong, R., Hapes, R. (2022) Theoretical Foundations of Training and Development. In Archambault, K. & Hapes, R. Comprehensive Advisor Training and Development: Practices That Deliver (pp. 101-116). Stylus.
- Kaplan, A., Neuber, A., Garner, J. (2020) An identity systems perspective on high ability in self-regulated learning. High Ability Studies DOI: 10.1080/13598139.2020.1568830
- Neuber, A. (2019) The Meaning of Being Smart: An Identity Study of First-Year Honors College Students. Temple University. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
- Kaplan, A., Neuber, A. (December, 2018) A Teacher Identity Perspective on Beliefs that Hinder Explicit Instruction of Self-Regulated Learning Strategies. AERA SSRL SIG Times Magazine, 1(8), p. 8.