Expertise

Finally, in my method-focused research program I have developed new methods for analyzing longitudinal data and have illustrated how to conduct such analyses.


  • Developmental Psychopathology
  • Attachment and Affect Regulation
  • Research Methodology
  • Couple, Multiple Family Group, and Individual Therapy
Past Affiliations

Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Human Sciences, Auburn University

Director, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Human Sciences, Auburn University

Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Human Sciences, Auburn University

Associate and Assistant Professor, Family Therapy Program, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University (past)

Part-time Faculty, University of Massachusetts Boston

Part-time Faculty, Simmons College

Postdoctoral Fellow, Developmental Psychopathology Research, Vanderbilt University (past)

John Willett & Judy Singer, Spencer Mentor Fellow, Harvard University

Judy Singer, Harvard University

Judy Singer, Harvard University

Communities
Human Development
Degrees
EdD, Harvard University, Psychology and Human Development , 1996
EdM, Harvard University, Counseling and Consulting Psychology, 1989
MEd, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Family Therapy, 1988
BS, Denison University, Mathematics and Philosophy, 1964
Keywords
social sciences family children & youth child abuse & neglect addictions child psychology violent behavior family or marriage counseling penology juvenile delinquency cognitive development or processes adolescent psychology emotions family services behavioral problems or disorders family therapy growth factors juvenile law survival probability
Honors

Walter S. Rosenberry Award for Contributions to Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital (Children's Hospital, Denver, CO), 2007

Associations
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
American Educational Research Association
American Psychological Association
International Family Therapy Association
National Council on Family Relations
Society for Research on Adolescence
Society for Research on Child Development