Short Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) (1995), Technical University Aachen, Germany
• Diploma in Mathematics (5 year degree) (1990), Technical University Aachen, Germany

Teaching and Consultation Experience

• 2003-present: Statistics and Mathematics Instructor, Grant MacEwan University
• 2003-2005: Research collaboration with Martin Nowak (Harvard University, Boston, MA)
• 2000-2002: Member of Simons Center for Systems Biology, Institute for Advanced Study; Princeton, NJ
• 1990-1995: Research Assistant, Institute for Medical Statistics and Computer Science, Technical University of Aachen, Germany

Recent Papers and Talks

• Howell, A. J., Digdon, N. L. & Buro, K. (2010). Mindfulness predicts sleep-related self-regulation and well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 48, 419-424.
• Harrison Applin, Bev Williams, Rene Day, Karen Buro (2010), Competencies Between Problem-Based Learning and Non-Problem-Based Graduate Nurses Nurse Education Today, published online September 6, 2010
• Davar Rezania, Lyle Benson and Karen Buro (2010), Developing a Scale for Assessment of Managerial Competencies for Undergraduate Business Students, Western Academy of Management, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
• Richard Valenzano, Nathan Sturtevant, Jonathan Schaeffer, Karen Buro, Akihiro Kishimoto (2010), Simultaneously Searching with Multiple Settings: An Alternative to Parameter Tuning for Suboptimal Single-Agent Search Algorithms, ICAPS. Toronto
• Howell, AJ , Buro K. Implicit beliefs, achievement goals, and procrastination: A mediational analysis. Learning and Individual Differences 2009; 19: 151-154
• Howell, AJ, Didgeon N, Buro K. Relations among Mindfulness, Well-Being, and Sleep. Personality and Individual Differences 2008; 45: 773-777
• Buro, K. Does Attendance Matter? North-South Meeting (Calgary), 2008
• McFarlane, D, Buro, K. Online Student Ratings - How Do They Compare to Traditional Paper-Based Student Ratings? ISSOTL 2008 (Edmonton)
• Howell, AJ, Watson, DC, Powell, RA, and Buro, K. Academic procrastination: The pattern and correlates of behavioral postponement. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences 2006; 40: 1519-1530.