Faculty Research Interests

Core HDFS Graduate Faculty1

Karen Caplovitz Barrett, Ph.D.
Professor
Assistant Department Head
University of Denver (1984)
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Karen.Barrett@ColoState.EDU

Emotion regulation and its influence on development; social emotions such as guilt and shame; family and cultural influences on emotions.


Zeynep Biringen, Ph.D.
Professor

Director, FDS Program
University of California at Berkeley (1987)
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Zeynep.Biringen@ColoState.EDU

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.


Manfred Diehl, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Center on Aging
Pennsylvania State University (1991)
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Manfred.Diehl@ColoState.EDU

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.


Robert J. Fetsch, Ph.D.
Professor
Extension Specialist
University of Wyoming (1979)
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Robert.Fetsch@ColoState.EDU

Stress, coping, risk and resiliency with farm/ranch families, educational program evaluation, suicide prevention, and anger management/child abuse prevention.


Debbie J. Fidler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of California at Los Angeles (2001)
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Deborah.Fidler@ColoState.EDU

Intellectual and developmental disabilities.


Christine A. Fruhauf, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2003)
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Christine.Fruhauf@ColoState.EDU

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.


Shelley Haddock, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Center for Family & Couples Therapy
AAMFT Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor
Colorado State University (2001)
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Shelley.Haddock@ColoState.EDU

Gender and power dynamics in couples and families; LGBT individuals, couples, and families; internal family systems theory and therapy.


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)
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tle@cahs.colostate.edu

Immigrant youth delinquency; multiculturalism; role of culture in development; wisdom & self-transcendence.


Erika Lunkenheimer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan (2006)
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Erika.Lunkenheimer@ColoState.EDU
Parent-Child Interaction Lab

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.


David MacPhee, Ph.D.
Professor

Director, ADS Program
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill(1983)
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David.MacPhee@ColoState.EDU

Competent vs. abusive parenting; social development (self-esteem, behavior problems); early prevention & family support programs; assessment.


Jenn Matheson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2005)
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Jenn.Matheson@ColoState.EDU

Substance abuse and addictions, gender, power, grief and loss, use of metaphors in thinking and communication, qualitative methods.


Francisco Palermo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Arizona State University (2008)
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francisco.palermo@asu.edu

Peer relationships and their influence on Spanish-English bilingual children’s language development, school readiness, and early school success.


Raymond K. Yang, Ph.D.
Professor
Cornell University (1971)
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Raymond.Yang@ColoState.EDU

Infant development; at-risk youth and resiliency.


Lise M. Youngblade, Ph.D.
Professor
Department Head
Pennsylvania State University (1990)
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Lise.Youngblade@ColoState.EDU

Child and adolescent health; development in context; health-care access for vulnerable youth and families; program evaluation; adolescent risk taking behavior.


Toni S. Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Marriage & Family Therapy Program
AAMFT Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1991)
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Toni.Zimmerman@ColoState.EDU

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.


Donna Boudreau , Ph.D.
Affiliate Faculty (HDFS)

Speech and language development.


Ann Bruce, Ph.D.
Extension Specialist-Child Development/Parenting
University of Denver (2005)
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Ann.Bruce@ColoState.EDU

Professional development of early childhood educators, best practices in on-line teaching.


Silvia Sara Canetto, Ph.D.
Professor (Psychology)
University of Padua, Italy and Northwestern University Medical School

Gender, culture, and science; human diversity & aging; suicidal behaviors.


Patricia Davies, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Occupational Therapy)
University of Wyoming (1995)

Relation of brain activity to sensory and cognitive functional perfomance.


William J. Gavin , Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Occupational Therapy)
University of Miami (1979)

Speech and language development; electroencephalography (EEG) and event-related potentials (ERPs) measures of sensory processing & cognitive development.


Ashley Harvey, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
AAMFT Clinical Member
Purdue University (2005)
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Ashley.Harvey@ColoState.EDU

Gendered roles in dual-earner couples; work-family balance.


Kim Henry , Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Psychology)
The Pennsylvania State University (2002)

School disengagement; adolescent development; developmental psychopathology; longitudinal & multivariate methodology.


George Morgan, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus (Education and Human Development)

Mastery motivation; evaluation of research; methods


David Most, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Education)

Methods; developmental disabilities.


Randy Swaim, Ph.D.
(Psychology)

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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