Mary A. Steinhardt, Ed.D., L.P.C., C.H.E.S.

Professor, Health Education
Kinesiology & Health Education

Bellmont Hall 506
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
The University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712
Mail Code: D3700

Phone: 512-232-3535; Fax: 512-471-8914
E-mail: MSteinhardt@mail.utexas.edu
Website: www.edb.utexas.edu/steinhardt
               www.utexas.edu/education/resilience/viewings

Educational Background

• 1999 M.A., Southwest Texas State University, Professional Counseling
• 1986 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Georgia, Exercise Adherence
• 1985 Ed.D., University of Houston, Curriculum and Instruction
• 1980 M.S., Lamar University, Health and Physical Education
• 1978 B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Health and Physical Education

Courses I Teach

Undergraduate Courses
FS 301: Freshman Seminar: Personal and Interpersonal Leadership
HED 373: Evaluation and Research Design
HED 627L: Internship in Health Promotion

Graduate Courses
HED 395: Mind/Body Health
HED 395: Theories of Health Behavior

Selected Publications

• Dimiceli, E., Steinhardt, M.A., & Smith, S.S. (in press). Stressful experiences, coping strategies, and predictors of health-related outcomes among wives of deployed military servicemen. Armed Forces and Society.
• Steinhardt, M.A., & Dolbier, C.L. (2008). Evaluation of a resilience intervnetion to enhance coping strategies and protective factors and decrease symptomatology. Journal of American College Health, 56 (4), 445-453.
• Dolbier, C.L., Smith, S.E., & Steinhardt, M.A. (2007). Relationships of protective factors to stress and symptoms of illness. American Journal Health Behavior, 31 (4), 423-433.
• McCalister, K.T., Dolbier, C.L., Webster, C.L., Mallon, M.W., & Steinhardt, M.A. (2006). The relationship of work environment and individual protective factors to stress and illness. American Journal of Health Promotion, 20 (3), 183-191.
• Dolbier, C.L., Webster, C.L., McCalister, K.T., Mallon, M.W. and Steinhardt, M.A. (2005). Reliability and validity of a one-item measure of job satisfaction. American Journal of Health Promotion, 19, 194-198.
• Steinhardt, M.A., Dolbier, C.L., Gottlieb, N.H., McCalister, K.T. (2003). The relationship between hardiness, supervisor support, group cohesion, and job stress as predictors of job satisfaction. American Journal of Health Promotion, 17, 382-389.
• Steinhardt, M.A., Dolbier, C., Mallon, M, and Adams, T. (2003). The development and validation of a scale for measuring self-leadership.  Journal of Self-Leadership, 1, 20-31.
• Dolbier, C.L., Soderstrom, M., Steinhardt, M.A. (2001). The relationships between self-leadership and enhanced psychological, health, and work outcomes. Journal of Psychology, 135, 469-485.
• Dolbier, C.L., Cocke, R.R., Leiferman, J.A., Steinhardt, M.A., Nehete, P.N., Schapiro, S.J., Perlman, J.E., & Sastry, J.  (2001).  Differences in functional immune responses of high vs. low hardy healthy individuals. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 16, 219-229.
• Soderstrom, M., Dolbier, C., Leiferman, J., Steinhardt, M. (2000). The relationship of hardiness, coping strategies and perceived stress to symptoms of illness. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 23, 311-328.
• Dolbier, C.L., Cocke, R.R., & Steinhardt, MA. (2000). The effect of a psychosocial intervention on cortisol, secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA), and incidence of upper respiratory infection. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 14, 91-92.
• Dolbier, C.L., Steinhardt, M.A. (2000). The development and validation of the sense of support scale. Behavioral Medicine, 25, 169-179.

Selected Grants ($1,104,727)

• Development of a Resilience and Diabetes Education Participant Workbook, Journal, and Facilitator Manual for African American Adults with Type 2 Diabetes (Co-Investigators, Dr. Sharon Brown and Dr. Louis Harrison). Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations (NIH/NINR P30 NR005051, Stuifbergen, PI) at The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Austin, 2007-2008.
• 3M, Austin, Texas. “Building individual and organizational resilience,” 1999-2006.
• Motorola, Austin, Texas. “Building individual and organizational resilience,” 1999-2004.
• Selfhelpworks.com. “The resilient individual,” 2002-2004.
• Department of Human Services. Austin, Texas. “Building resilience and Learning to Thrive,” 2004.
• Home Depot, Atlanga, Georgia. "Beyond survival: building resilience and thriving," 2003.
• Department of Human Services. Austin/San Antonio, TX. “The resilient individual,” 2002.
• Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA. “The resilient individual: Strength in the midst of change,” 2001-2002.
• Hannaford Brothers Company, Portland, ME. "Mindbody health assessment", 1998-1999.
• Motorola, Corporate Headquarters, Chicago, IL. "The resilient individual: Discovering and creating essential experiences", 1997-1998.

Selected Gifts ($1,077,200)

• 3M Austin. Collaborative training/research relationship, 1992-2008.
• Motorola Austin. Collaborative training/research relationship, 1992-2004.
• Humana, "Building resilience and learning to thrive," 2004.

Honors and Awards

• Fellow in the Lee Hage Jamail Regents Chair in Education, The University of Texas, 2005-2008.
• Robert Murff Excellence Award in recognition of outstanding support of career services at The University of Texas, 2007.
• Dr. Dorothy J. Lovett Distinguished Alumni Award. This annual award was established by Dr. Mary Steinhardt in 2006 to recognize the excellence to recognize the excellence of graduates from the University of Texas at Austin Department of Kinesiology and Health Education. Each year the award honors an alumnus who has distinguished himself or herself professionally and has made outstanding contributions not only to the profession of Health Education, but to society as a whole. The award is accompanied by a check for $1,000.
• Bronze Award for Resource Development. "Transforming lives through resilience education," Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment, The University of Texas, 2006.
• Selected ot the Academy of Distinguished Teachers, The University of Texas, 2004.
• Texas Excellence Teaching Award, College of Education, 2003.
• Recipient of the First Annual Dean's Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Education, 2002.
• Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma Outstanding Professor, 2002.

Scholarship Fund

$30,000, The Mary A. Steinhardt Scholarship Fund, The University of Texas at Austin, Ex-Student Association.