Graduate Faculty
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Ph.D. From:
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Research Interests |
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Lise Youngblade
Professor and Department Head
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Pennsylvania State University |
Child and adolescent health; development in context; health-care access for
vulnerable youth and families; program evaluation; adolescent risk taking
behavior.
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Karen
Caplovitz Barrett
Professor and Assistant Department Head
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University of Denver
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Emotion regulation and its influence on
development; social emotions such as guilt and shame; family and cultural
influences on emotions.
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Zeynep Biringen
Associate Professor
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University of California, Berkley
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Assessment of emotional availability (EA)
and attachment; EA/secure attachment/bonding intervention, child care for
infants and toddlers, military families and separation experiences, the effects
of divorce. |
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Manfred Diehl
Professor, Director of the Center on Aging
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Pennsylvania State University |
Self-concept development throughout adulthood; experience and regulation of
emotion in adulthood; older adults' everyday problem solving in relation to
health, functional status, and well-being; developmental research methods.
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Robert J. Fetsch2
Professor, Extension Specialist
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University of Wyoming
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Stress, coping, risk and resiliency with
farm/ranch families, educational program evaluation, suicide prevention, and
strengthening families and marriages. |
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Debbie J. Fidler
Associate Professor
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Mental retardation and developmental
disabilities, early intervention. |
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Christine A. Fruhauf
Assistant Professor
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Grandparent-grandchild relationships; family caregiving for older adults;
quality of nursing home care; life satisfaction in later life.
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Shelley
Haddock2
Associate Professor
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Colorado State University
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Gender and power dynamics in couples and
families; LGBT individuals, couples, and families; internal family systems
theory and therapy.
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Thao N.
Le
Assistant Professor
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University of California, Davis
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Wisdom and self-transcendence; risks and resiliency in adolescent and adult
development; delinquency and evaluation of programs; immigrant populations;
cross-cultural development; longitudinal and dynamic analyses.
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David MacPhee
Professor
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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Competent vs. abusive parenting; social
development (self-esteem, behavior problems), early prevention & family
support programs; assessment. |
Jenn
Matheson
Assistant Professor
AAMFT1 Clinical Member
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University
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Substance abuse and addictions, gender,
power, grief and loss, use of metaphors in thinking and communication,
qualitative methods. |
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Raymond K. Yang
Professor
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Cornell University
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Infant development; at-risk youth and
resiliency. |
Toni
S. Zimmerman2
Professor
AAMFT1 Clinical Member & Approved Supervisor
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Virginia Polytechnical University
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Teaching youth to resist stereotypes of
gender, race, & class; balancing work & family; analysis of cultural
messages that promote or resist stereotypes.
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