Cheri L. Philip, Ph.D.
Mother, Educator, Psychologist, Researcher, Author, Artist, LifeLong Learner
Brief Bio
Cheri L. Philip, Ph.D., was trained as a personality psychologist receiving her doctorate degree from the University of Michigan in 2005. Since this time she has held multiple roles as a researcher, science consultant and writer. Among the many titles she has held, the most impactful has been her role as mother and homeschooling parent to her son. She has worked with her husband to build their TEAM3S (a holistic variation of STEM) framework into a working model that can be shared with others in a non-formulaic way.
A major aim in her current work is to provide strong examples of teaching strategies and tools that have worked well and to create a community of “Citizen Scientists.” Citizen Scientists can be a major force in shifting the focus from educating children alone, to having parents educate themselves along with their children. Other major goals in addition to the upcoming YouTube Web Series, are to further develop the community of Citizen Scientists as a testbed, and create a suite of educational apps that are geared towards young learners and their parents, as well as the young at heart (lifelong learners).
Asian American Identities
In 2006, Dr. Philip was invited to by an academic press to submit her original dissertation research to be reviewed by a panel of experts to be included as a scholarly monograph to add to their Asian Studies collection. Her submission was accepted and was published by Cambria Press in 2007. It is currently available for purchase via Amazon, Kindle and Cambria Press.
Burgeoning Artist
Cheri recently discovered a love of drawing and has begun exploring various forms with her son and husband on their outings to the American Portrait Gallery, part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. She plans to share a few curated series of her drawings in blog form in the coming months. Stay Tuned.
International Research
Dr. Philip has presented and conducted research and traveled in a variety of countries to work on different projects in her areas of interest. Past work has included: travel to Mexico to present research at the International Society of Political Psychology’s annual conference, South Africa to evaluate an HIV/AIDS preventive intervention and India conducting independent research on one of the last matrilineal societies in Meghalaya, India (also the birthplace of her mother).
