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Sherry C. Betts
Extension Specialist
Ph.D. The University of Arizona
Dr. Betts' scholarly interests include applied research and program evaluation focused on adolescent issues. Individual, family and community factors which support positive youth development and the adolescent wellness are primary interests.
sbetts@ag.arizona.edu
Emily Butler
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University
Dr. Butler studies emotion, relationships, and health. One current focus is on emotion regulation, eating, and relationship processes in couples struggling with obesity. Other topics of interest include the social and physiological consequences of emotion regulation, the links between emotional physiology and experience, and cultural differences in emotion regulation. Dr. Butler uses a range of methodologies - including psychophysiology experiments, daily diaries, open-ended interviews, and longitudinal assessments - to study these, and other, interpersonal emotional processes that influence well-being.
Lynne M. Borden
Extension Specialist
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois
Dr. Borden's scholarly interest focus on the contribution and the relationship between multiple contexts such as structured-out-of-school programs, schools, families and communities on positive development of young people.
bordenl@ag.arizona.edu ( top )
Noel Card
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. St. John's University
Dr. Card's interests are in both social development and quantitative methods, and especially at the interface of these two disciplines. His substantive research is in social development, especially peer relations and aggressive behavior during childhood and adolescence. He is conducting research that considers the various forms and functions of aggressive behavior, the risk factors and consequences of childhood peer victimization, and the dyadic relationships that exist between aggressors and victims. His quantitative interests involve several interrelated analytic approaches. The first of these is structural equation modeling, and he is conducting research on alternative latent variable scaling methods and their uses, methods of evaluating measurement invariance across groups and/or time, and practices of modeling latent means.
Melissa Curran
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Curran's work is grounded in attachment, family systems, interdependence, and commitment theories. Dr. Curran uses these theories to study questions about adult romantic relationships and families. Dr. Curran is interested in expanding her research to investigate how illness in one romantic partner impacts the romantic relationship and the overall family system.
Bruce Ellis
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Dr. Ellis's primary area of specialization is adolescent social development. He seeks to understand the developmental causes and function of variations affecting human sexual development and behavior, utilizing a variety of research methodologies, including longitudinal observation, laboratory assessment, and experimental manipulations and self-reports.
bjellis@email.arizona.edu
Wendy Gamble
Associate Professor
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Gamble's research focuses on social and emotional development in childhood and adolescence. Recent topics of interest include the socialization of emotion regulation in preschool children and lying among school-aged children.
wgamble@u.arizona.edu ( top )
Maureen Kelly
Associate Profeesor
Ph.D., The Ohio State Univesity
Dr. Kelly's primary research interests are in teacher acquisition of information and skills via staff development programs.
mekelly@ag.arizona.edu ( top )
Susan Silverberg Koerner
Fitch Nesbitt Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Koerner's scholarly interests include emotional and physical stress reactivity among adults caring for elderly family members, the post-divorce parent-adolescent relationship, and adolescent development and adjustment.
ssilver@ag.arizona.edu ( top )
Carl A. Ridley
Professor
Ph.D., Florida State University
Dr. Ridley holds a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology and an adjunct appointment in the Department of Communication. His scholarly interests include domestic violence, conflict in close relationships, and sexual desire in the context of close relationships.
ridley@u.arizona.edu ( top )
Michael J. Rohrbaugh
Professor
Ph.D., Kent State University
Dr. Rohrbaugh is a clinical psychologist whose current research focuses on family dynamics and change processes relevant to health and behavior problems ranging from heart disease to adolescent drug abuse.
michaelr@u.arizona.edu ( top )
Stephen T. Russell
Professor
Fitch Nesbitt Endowed Chair in Family and Consumer Sciences,
Graduate Program Coordinator
Ph.D., Duke University
Dr. Russell is a recipient of a Faculty Scholar Award from the William T. Grant Foundation, which supports his research on adolescent sexual orientation, health and competence. Other projects include a study focusing on parenting practices and adolescent well-being (funded by NICHD) and Building Partnerships for Youth (funded by CDC).
strussell@arizona.edu
Angela Taylor
Associate Professor and Chair
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Taylor's scholarly interests include children's interpersonal relationships and the development of social competence, early school adjustment of low-income and minority children, and sociocultural influences on child development.
artaylor@u.arizona.edu ( top )
Mari Wilhelm
Associate Professor and Director for the Institute for Children, Youth and Families
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Dr. Wilhelm's program of research examines the relationships among stressors, relational quality, and emotional and physical health outcomes. She holds a joint appointment in the College of Public Health. Dr. Wilhelm also serves as co-chair of the research core for the University of Arizona National Center of Excellence in Women's Health.
wilhelmm@ag.arizona.edu (top)
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