Faculty Research Interests
Core HDFS Graduate Faculty1
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Karen Caplovitz Barrett, Ph.D.
Professor Assistant Department Head University of Denver (1984) View Vita Karen.Barrett@ColoState.EDU |
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Emotion regulation and its influence on development; social emotions such as guilt and shame; family and cultural influences on emotions. |
Zeynep Biringen, Ph.D.
Director, FDS Program |
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Assessment of emotional availability (EA) and attachment: EA/secure attachment interventions for parents and non-parental caregivers, children's experiences with non-parental caregivers, military families and separation experiences, the effects of divorce. |
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Manfred Diehl, Ph.D.
Professor Director, Center on Aging Pennsylvania State University (1991) View Vita Manfred.Diehl@ColoState.EDU |
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Self-concept development in adulthood; experience and regulation of emotion in adulthood; awareness of age-related change and its role for successful aging; developmental research methods. |
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Robert J. Fetsch, Ph.D.
Professor Extension Specialist University of Wyoming (1979) View Vita Robert.Fetsch@ColoState.EDU |
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Stress, coping, risk and resiliency with farm/ranch families, educational program evaluation, suicide prevention, and anger management/child abuse prevention. |
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Debbie J. Fidler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor University of California at Los Angeles (2001) View Vita Deborah.Fidler@ColoState.EDU |
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Intellectual and developmental disabilities. |
| Christine A. Fruhauf, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2003) View Vita Christine.Fruhauf@ColoState.EDU |
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Grandparent-grandchild relationships; family care giving for older adults; quality of nursing home care; life satisfaction in later life; impact of service-learning projects on students' level of comfort working with older adults. |
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Shelley Haddock, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Director, Center for Family & Couples Therapy AAMFT Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor Colorado State University (2001) View Vita Shelley.Haddock@ColoState.EDU |
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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, MPH, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Affiliated Faculty, Psychology Department Affiliated Faculty, Colorado School of Public Health Affiliated Faculty, Colorado Injury Control Research Center University of California, Davis (2004) View Vita tle@cahs.colostate.edu |
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Immigrant youth delinquency; multiculturalism; role of culture in development; wisdom & self-transcendence. |
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Erika Lunkenheimer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor University of Michigan (2006) View Vita Erika.Lunkenheimer@ColoState.EDU Parent-Child Interaction Lab |
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Parent-child interaction patterns; Children's self-regulation, school readiness, and behavior problems; Dynamic systems theory and methods; Informing family intervention/prevention science through developmental research. |
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David MacPhee, Ph.D.
Director, ADS Program |
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Competent vs. abusive parenting; social development (self-esteem, behavior problems); early prevention & family support programs; assessment. |
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Jenn Matheson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2005) View Vita Jenn.Matheson@ColoState.EDU |
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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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Francisco Palermo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Arizona State University (2008) View Vita francisco.palermo@asu.edu |
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Peer relationships and their influence on Spanish-English bilingual children’s language development, school readiness, and early school success. |
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Raymond K. Yang, Ph.D.
Professor Cornell University (1971) View Vita Raymond.Yang@ColoState.EDU |
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Infant development; at-risk youth and resiliency. |
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Lise M. Youngblade, Ph.D.
Professor Department Head Pennsylvania State University (1990) View Vita Lise.Youngblade@ColoState.EDU |
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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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Toni S. Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Professor Director, Marriage & Family Therapy Program AAMFT Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1991) View Vita Toni.Zimmerman@ColoState.EDU |
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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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Joint, Affiliate, and Adjunct Faculty
| Patricia Aloise-Young, Ph.D. Associate Professor (Psychology) University of Florida, (1990) Patricia.Aloise-Young@ColoState.EDU |
Adolescent cigarette smoking; self-presentation. |
Speech and language development. |
| Ann Bruce, Ph.D. Extension Specialist-Child Development/Parenting University of Denver (2005) View Vita Ann.Bruce@ColoState.EDU |
Professional development of early childhood educators, best practices in on-line teaching. |
Silvia Sara Canetto, Ph.D. |
Gender, culture, and science; human diversity & aging; suicidal behaviors. |
Patricia Davies, Ph.D. |
Relation of brain activity to sensory and cognitive functional perfomance. |
| Ashley Harvey, Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor AAMFT Clinical Member Purdue University (2005) View Vita Ashley.Harvey@ColoState.EDU |
Gendered roles in dual-earner couples; work-family balance. |
George Morgan, Ph.D. |
Mastery motivation; evaluation of research; methods |
Methods; developmental disabilities. |
Cross-cultural substance use; quantitative methodology. |
1 Note: Core HDFS Graduate Faculty must serve as Advisor or co-advisor for all theses and dissertations.
Emeritus Faculty
Clifton E. Barber, Ph.D.
Jerry J. Bigner, Ph.D.
Alicia Skinner Cook, Ph.D.
Janet J. Fritz, Ph.D.
Brooke Jacobsen, Ph.D.
Jill Kreutzer, Ph.D.
Barbara McCornack, M.A.
George Morgan, Ph.D.
Joe Turner, Ph.D.
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