Dr. Héfer Bembenutty
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
Queens College, CUNY

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Educational Psychology, The City University of New York, 2005
M.A., Educational Psychology, The City University of New York, 2002
M.S., Eastern Michigan University, 1997
B.A., University of Michigan, Psychology, 1994

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Self-regulation of learning, homework, mathematics skills, methods of educational research, motivation, delay of gratification, self-efficacy, help seeking, test anxiety, learning strategies, teacher evaluation, and emotional control

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Bembenutty, H., & Chen, P. P.  (2005).  Self-efficacy and delay of gratification.  Academic  Exchange Quarterly, 9(4), 78-86.

Chen, P. P., & Bembenutty, H.  (2005).  Self-efficacy of urban preservice teachers.  Academic Exchange Quarterly, 9(4), 273-280.

Bembenutty, H., & Karabenick, S. A. (2004). Inherent association between academic delay of gratification, future time perspective, and self-regulated learning. Educational Psychology Review, 16(1), 35-57.
Bembenutty, H.  (1999). Sustaining motivation and academic goals: The role of academic delay of gratification. Learning and Individual Differences, 11(2), 233-257.
Bembenutty, H. & Karabenick, S. A. (1998). Academic delay of gratification.  Learning and Individual Differences, 10(4), 329-346.

PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Bembenutty, H.  (2006, August).Teachers' Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Self-Regulation of Learning, and Academic Performance.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association.  New Orleans, LA.

Bembenutty, H.  (2006, April).Preservice Teachers' Help-Seeking Tendencies and Self-Regulation of Learning.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.  San Francisco, CA.

Bembenutty, H.  (2005, April).  Academic Achievement in a National Sample: The Contribution of Self-Regulation Beyond Parental Involvement.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Bembenutty, H.  (2005, April).  Self-Regulatory Factors in Academic Learning: The Significance of Academic Delay of Gratification Among Korean Students.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Bembenutty, H.  (2004, April).  Perception of self-efficacy, academic delay of gratification, and use of learning strategies among Korean college Students.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Bembenutty, H., & Zimmerman, B. J. (2003, April). The relation of motivational beliefs and self-regulatory processes to homework completion and academic achievement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.