Faculty and staff experts list
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
College of Health and Human Performance
Areas of expertise: Childhood sexual abuse with an emphasis on males with histories of sexual abuse, children and adults with learning disabilities, adopted children with special needs, issues related to children and their families
Associate Professor
Department of Human Development and Family Science
College of Health and Human Performance
Areas of expertise: children’s use of transitional objects, human-animal interactions
Associate Professor
Early Childhood Education
Department of Human Development & Family Science
College of Health and Human Performance
Areas of expertise: Early childhood care and education (international and national perspectives), issues related to quality child care, teacher professional development and early childhood mental health
Associate Professor, Child Life
Department of Human Development and Family Science
College of Health and Human Performance
Areas of expertise: psychological needs of hospitalized children, international perspectives in psychosocial care for children in health care settings, medical specialty camps for children with heart defects, academic and clinical child life experiences, diversity education.
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Assessment
Teaching Instructor and DE Coordinator, Birth through Kindergarten Teacher Education
Department of Human Development and Family Science
College of Health and Human Performance
Area of expertise: early childhood education
