Research Interest:
- Couple and Relationship Education for Youth and Adults
- Intimate and coparenting relationships
- Remarriage/stepfamilies
- Fatherhood and Prevention Program Evaluation
- Mindfulness-based Interventions
Research Projects:
- Alabama Community Healthy Marriage Initiative
- Evaluation Study of the Alabama Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Programs
- The impact of relationships/marriage education among ethnically-diverse low-resource youth: A short-term longitudinal study
- Understanding ethnic minority stepfamily development and dynamics
- Program Impact Study of the Alabama Children's Trust Fund Grantee Programs
- The Alabama Marriage and Family Project.
Her research interests focus on relational health among youth, couples, stepfamilies, and families under stress.
