Research Interests: Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
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Anderman, Eric
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Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- School-based interventions aimed at preventing engagement in risky behaviors
- Child Development
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Cognitive Development
- Cognitive Development as it relates to learning
- Cognitive Psychology
- Educational Achievement
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Educational Psychology
- Academic Motivation
- Development
- Instructional Strategies
- Educational Statistics and Research Methods
- Health Teacher Education
- Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
- Teacher Education
- Teacher Education Policy and Leadership
Bartle-Haring, Suzanne
- Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Behavioral Aspects of Health
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Family Systems
- Couple and family therapy, Bowen Family Systems Theory, Family processes
- Human Development and Family Studies
Buettner, Cynthia
- Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Child Care and Support Services Management
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Child Development
- Early childhood development
- Social-emotional development
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Early Childhood Education and Teaching
- Early childhood social emotional-development
- ECE teacher's social-emotional wellbeing
- Quality in early care and education
- Human Development and Family Studies
- Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
- Maternal and Child Health
Gavazzi, Stephen
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Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Alcohol and drug use
- Delinquency
- Educational gains
- Exposure to trauma
- Gang affiliation
- Mental health issues
- Assessment
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Civic Education
- Civitas
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Community/Youth Development and Organizations
- Positive youth development
- Primary prevention programming
- Family and Community Human Services
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Family Systems
- Marriage and family therapy
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Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA)
- Campus-community relationships
- Town-gown relationships
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Human Development and Family Studies
- Families with adolescents
Gonzales, Shelby
- Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Cognitive Development
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Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Mental Health
- School Counseling
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Maternal and Child Health
- Perinatal Mental Health
- Postpartum Mental Health
Hatsu, Irene
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Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Nutrition and wellbeing of vulnerable youth
- Dietetics and Nutrition
- Family and Consumer Sciences
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Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
- Food and Nutrition Security
- Food Environment
- Nutrition and Mental Health
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Human Nutrition
- Nutritional Science
- Pediatric Nutrition
- Nutritional Science
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Public Health Education and Promotion
- Public Health/Community Nutrition
Heidelburg, Kamontá
- Achievement
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Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Black Prek-12 grade Students
- Educational Assessment, Testing, and Measurement
- Equity
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School Psychology
- Academic Interventions and Instructional Supports
- Consultation and Collaboration
- Data-Based Decision Making
- Mental and Behavioral Health Services and Interventions
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Social Justice
- Culturally Responsive Practices
- Multitiered System of Support (MTSS)
- Strength-based Interventions
- Urban Education
Hessler, Terri
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Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Effective reading instruction
- Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
- Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
- Literacy
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Reading Teacher Education
- Certified Master Trainer-Institutional Level (CMT-IL) in Yoshimoto Approach to Reading Instruction
- Multi-sensory, structure-of-language, systematic, explicit instruction approach (Orton-Gillingham)
- Secondary Education and Teaching
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Special Education
- Applied behavior analysis
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Teacher Education
- Clinical field supervision
- Special education and inclusion coursework for regular education teachers
- Urban Education
Hodge, Samuel R.
- Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Cultural Studies
- Equity
- Health and Physical Education/Fitness
- Kinesiology and Exercise Science
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Physical Education, Sport Teaching and Coaching
- Black and Hispanic student-athletes and intercollegiate athletics
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Social Justice
- Strategies to increase social inclusion of students with disabilities in educational settings
- Teacher Education
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Urban Education
- Culturally relevant pedagogy in teaching students in urban schools
Ilic, Sanja
- Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Adult Development and Aging
- Family and Consumer Sciences
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Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
- Microbial food safety
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Nutritional Science
- Safety of foods including fresh produce, milk dairy, and meat
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Public Health Education and Promotion
- Food safety education
- Restaurant/Food Services Management
Joseph, Laurice
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Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Academic achievement
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Child Development
- Academic learning
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Literacy
- Effectiveness of instructional approaches to help students improve their reading skills
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School Psychology
- Train school psychologists to evaluate effects of academic interventions
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Special Education
- Improve educational outcomes got those identified with disabilities
Julian, David
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Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Risk and protective factors
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Behavioral Aspects of Health
- Interventions that promote health and wellness
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Community/Youth Development and Organizations
- Community planning for health and social services
- Policy development
- Program evaluation
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Family and Community Human Services
- Planning and evaluation to promote effective health and wellness services
Li, Weidong
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Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Obesity bias and coping
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Behavioral Aspects of Health
- Physical activity interventions
- Health and Physical Education/Fitness
- Kinesiology and Exercise Science
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Physical Education, Sport Teaching and Coaching
- Physical education curriculum
- Student motivation and cognition
Mallory, Allen
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Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Intersectionality
- LGBTQ+ youth
- Human Development and Family Studies
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Intimacy/Sexuality
- Couples' sexual communication
- Romantic relationships
- Sex education
- Sexual health
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LGBTQ+ Studies
- Health disparities
- Intersectionality
- Risk and protective factors
- Youth
Middleton, Tanya
- Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Behavioral Aspects of Health
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Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
- Addictions Counseling
- Clinical Counseling
- Counselor Education & Supervision
- Family Systems
- Human Development and Family Studies
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Multicultural Education
- Equity & Access
- Higher Education
- Retention
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Social Justice
- African American & Minority studies
- Diversity
Neef, Nancy
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Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Positive behavior support
- Assessment
- Behavioral Aspects of Health
- Child Care and Support Services Management
- Educational Psychology
- Educational/Instructional Technology
- Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA)
- Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
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Learning Technologies
- Higher education
- School Psychology
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Special Education
- ADHD
- Applied behavior analysis
- Assessment-guided intervention
- Autism
- Teacher training
- Teacher Education
- Technology Integration
Porfeli, Erik
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Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Community engagement to support youth from underserved and marginalized communities to advance community health and pursue degrees in the health professions
- Child Development
- Educational Achievement
- Educational Statistics and Research Methods
- Equity
- Human Development and Family Studies
- Pre-medicine
- Social Justice
- Work and Family Studies
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Workforce Development and Education
- Career Assessment
- Lifespan career development with a focus on childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood
Pratt, Keeley
- Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
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Behavioral Aspects of Health
- Pediatric obesity family-based treatment and intervention
- Training in behavioral therapy and clinical approaches to obesity
- Child Development
- Dietetics and Nutrition
- Endocrinology
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Family Systems
- Family dynamics that lead to positive health outcomes (i.e., weight loss, dietary and physical activity changes)
- Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
- Human Development and Family Studies
- Intimacy/Sexuality
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Maternal and Child Health
- Parenting behaviors and styles and obesity prevention and/or treatment
- Weight status congruence in families
- Public Health Education and Promotion
Richardson, Elaine
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Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Empowering afterschool enrichment
- Stereotype threat
- Vulnerability
- Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
- Community/Youth Development and Organizations
- Cultural Studies
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Developmental/Remedial English
- Education Policy
- Educational Achievement
- English Language and Literature
- English/Language Arts Teacher Education
- Equity
- Linguistics
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Literacy
- African American language and literacy studies
- Multicultural Education
- Second Language Learning
- Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education (Philosophy of Education)
- Social Justice
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Sociolinguistics
- Critical discourse studies
- Teacher Education
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Urban Education
- Educational empowerment for disenfranchised
- First generation
- Women's Studies
- Work and Family Studies
Ross, Melissa
- Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Community/Youth Development and Organizations
- Equity
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Family and Community Human Services
- Community planning for health and social services
- Policy development
- Program evaluation
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Social Justice
- Policy development
- Program evaluation
- Translation tools and procedures (including community-centered planning)
Sabey, Allen
- Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Adult Development and Aging
- Child Development
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Family Systems
- Couple/marital/romantic relationships
- Parent-child relationships
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Human Development and Family Studies
- Fatherhood and masculinity
- Intimacy/Sexuality
Slesnick, Natasha
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Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Children of homeless mothers
- Children of substance using mothers
- intervention for unaccompanied homeless youth
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Behavioral Aspects of Health
- HIV risk and mental health (e.g., suicide prevention) intervention development and evaluation
- Substance use
- Family and Community Human Services
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Family Systems
- Family system
- Therapy development and evaluation for vulnerable/substance using populations, both homeless and non-homeless
- Housing and Human Environments
Wilkinson, Deanna
- Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
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Community/Youth Development and Organizations
- Healing From Trauma
- Positive Youth Development
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Family and Community Human Services
- Exposure to Community Violence
- Firearms Use
- Positive Youth Development
- Violent Victimization
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Human Development and Family Studies
- Developing and Assessing Positive Youth Development Program Efficacy
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Public Health Education and Promotion
- Career Readiness Competencies
- HDFS Professional Identity
- The Impact of Violence on HDFS
- Social Justice
- Work and Family Studies
Wolters, Christopher
- Achievement
- Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Cognitive Development
- Cognitive Psychology
- Educational Achievement
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Educational Psychology
- College students
- Learning
- Motivation
- Self-regulation
- Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA)
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Human Development and Family Studies
- Adolescence
- Cognitive development