Center for Families

Funding Recipients

Lorene Burkhart Faculty Fellowship

• 2020-2021: Trenton D. Mize, Sociology, Attenuating the Commitment Penalty: How Organizational Policies and Workplace Culture Affect Perceptions of Workers Who Take Parental Leave
• 2019-2020: Jessica Lougheed, HDFS, Associations between Mothers’ and Adolescents’ Emotional Functioning and Internalizing Symptoms

Ann Hancook Faculty Fellowship

• 2018-2019: Elizabeth Richards, Nursing, Stepping Out: A Pilot Study of Older Couples’ Paired Walking
• 2015-2016: Aryn Dotterer, HDFS, Engaging Parents in STEM
• 2013-2014: Steve Wilson, COMM, Complex Conversations: How Do Military Families Talk About Mental Health Concerns
• 2011-2012: Elizabeth Hoffman, SOC, Workplace Lactation Support and Working Mothers’ Breastfeeding Success
• 2010-2011: Heather Servaty-Sieb, Educational Studies, BRIDGe
• 2008-2009: Carol Boushey, NUTR, Correspondence in Daily Diet Quality of Patients with Diabetes and Their Spouses
• 2008-2009: Melissa Franks, HDFS, Correspondence in Daily Diet Quality of Patients with Diabetes and Their Spouses
• 2005-2006: Ximena Arriaga, PSY, Psychological Consequences of Partner Violence: What Happens When Victims Deny or Justify Their Partner’s Violent Behavior
• 2005-2006: Xinran Lehto, HTM, The Right Vacation for the Overworked: Examining the Buffering effect of Vacation Activities on Work Stress
• 2004-2005: Barbara Mayfield, NUTR, Promoting Family Meals
• 2004-2005: Connie Weaver, NUTR, Promoting Family Meals
• 1998-1999: Fred Piercy, Qualitative Human Service Program Evaluation: Developing and Field Testing a Manual with Indina HIV Prevention Programs

Susan Kontos Faculty Fellowship

• 2021-2022: Xiang Zhou, Counseling PSY/EDU, Burmese Refugee Adolescents’ Psychosocial Development: A Longitudinal Follow-up Study
• 2017-2018: Zoe Taylor, HDFS, Does self-regulation buffer Midwestern Latino youth from mental health inequities resulting from stress exposure?
• 2016-2017: Frank Snyder, H&K, Children’s first exposure to alcohol use: Sipping in family and community contexts
• 2014-2015: Sharon Christ, HDFS, Child maltreatment in child development in context
• 2012-2013: Oliver Wendt, SLHS,  Effects of a parent-implemented augmentative and alternative communication program for children with severe autism
• 2009-2010: Jakob Jensen, COMM, Bi-lingual children as translators: How low income, Spanish-speaking families negotiate health literacy barriers
• 2007-2008: Jennifer Dobbs, HDFS, Evaluation of Ready to Read program
• 2005-2006: German Posada, HDFS
• 2004-2005: Volker Thomas
• 2002-2003: Volker Thomas, Web-based workshop in Family Systems Theory and Application for Head Start Workers

Edward V. and Mary E. McAllister Fellowship

• 2021-2022: Christine McCall, Relationship Dynamics Across Multiple Time Scales and Multiple Transitions
• 2013-2014: Jill Trumbell, Attachment Behavior and Representation across Early Childhood: Links to Maternal Behavior
• 2009-2010: Elizabeth Munz, Communication as Preparation: Linking How Caregivers and Children Talk about the Transition to Kindergarten with Attachment Security
• 2006-2007: Belinda Richardson
• 2003-2004: Jackie Kelly Wheeler
• 2001-2002: Stephanie Thurman
• 2000-2001: Natashia Robbins
• 1996-1997: Philip Mamalakis
• 1995-1996: Fiona Innes
• 1994-1995: Anne Prouty

Research Enhancement Grant

• 2021-2022: AJ Schwichtenberg, HDFS, supporting Amy Janis, Sleep and Gross Motor Development within the Context of Elevated Autism Risk
• 2020-2021: Kristine Marceau, HDFS, supporting Alishia Elliott, Biobehavioral Development Lab undergraduate research
• 2019-2020: David Purpura, HDFS, supporting Meg Becker, Parent Math Anxiety and Mathematical Performance of Pre-K Children
• 2018-2019: Kristine Marceau, HDFS, supporting Savannah Hottle, BIO, 25 Years of Puberty Research: A Bibliometrics Analysis
• 2017-2018: A.J. Schwichtenberg, HDFS, supporting Anne Nanninga, PSY, Growing up with Dup15q and Angelmann Syndromes
• 2016-2017: Sharon Christ, HDFS, supporting Anthony Adams, STAT, Child Maltreatment and Child Development in Context 
• 2014-2015: Eliott Friedman supporting Alyssa Nowakowski
• 2013-2014: Amber Seidel supporting Ashley Kite, Kaitlyn Plewniak, and Amanda Welch
• 2008-2009: Carol Boushey supporting Leslie Cradler

Interdisciplinary Research Grant

• 2022-2022: Alyssa Obradovich, COMM, Managing Privacy and Uncertainty in End-of-Life Communication
• 2020-2021: Lindsay Bryant, HDFS, Physical Activity and School Readiness in Preschoolers
• 2019-2020: Kaylin Hill, PSY, Identifying the Pathophysiology of Depression and its Permeability Across the Lifespan
• 2018-2019: Kerri Rodriguez, Vet Med,
• 2017-2018: Matthew Perrigino, OBHR, Family supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB) in organizations
• 2016-2017: Emily Abel, HDFS/EDST, Sleep and Daytime Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
• 2015-2016: Elizabeth Wehrspann, HDFS/POL, Bridging the Gap: Examining Indiana Legislators’ Uses of Research and the Family Impact Lens in Policymaking
• 2014-2015: Zachary Gold, HDFS/Engineering, Preschoolers’ Physical, Social, and Engineering Play Behaviors: Differences in Gender and Play Environment

Justice Family Nutrition Grant

• 2021-2022: Elizabeth Kielb, HK, Parental Food Choice for their Preschool Aged Child: A Means-End Investigation
• 2019-2020: Kassidy Sharpe, NUTR, Reducing Added Sugars in Adolescents and Families using Sparkling Water
• 2018-2019: Breanne Wright, NUTR, Evaluating the effect of a community targeted intervention on the nutritional quality of the food pantry environment, and the diet quality and food security of food pantry clients, in a multistate sample of 24 rural, Midwestern food pantries
• 2017-2018: Breanne Wright, NUTR, Food security, dietary quality, and use of resources are low among rural U.S. Veteran food pantry users in a Reaching Rural Veterans pilot intervention
• 2016-2017: Rebecca Rivera, NUTR, Evaluating the effect of SNAP-Ed on household food security status and nutrient intake of SNAP eligible participants in Indiana
• 2015-2016: Rebecca Rivera, NUTR, Evaluating the effect of SNAP-Ed on household food security status and nutrient intake of SNAP eligible participants in Indiana

Levien Family Policy Scholarship

• 2020-2021: Christine McCall, HDFS
• 2019-2020: Nayantara Nair, HDFS
• 2018-2019: Elizabeth Coppola, HDFS
• 2018-2019: Brittany Mihalec-Adkins, HDFS
• 2017-2018: Keisha Bailey, HDFS
• 2017-2018: Aura Ankita Mishra, HDFS
• 2016-2017: Meghan Loeser, HDFS
• 2015-2016: Elizabeth Wehrspann, HDFS

Family Policy Internship

• 2014-2015 Elizabeth Wehrspann, HDFS
• 2011-2013 Chanele Robinson
• 2009-2011 Susan Laing
• 2004-2005 Nina Philipsen Hetzner
• 2004-2005 Karen Ruprecht
• 2002-2003 Rebecca Sero-Lynn

Family Research Grant

• 2021-2022: Rachel Hahn Arkenberg, SLHS, Family and Child Influences on Complementary Feeding and Communication Development
• 2020-2021: Reilly Kincaid, SOC, Work-Family Conflict and Marital Quality Crossover: The Role of Partner-Child Relationship
• 2019-2020: Ashleigh Kellerman, HDFS, Family Access to Social Communication Intervention Services: A Family-Routines Based Approach
• 2018-2019: Irem Korucu, HDFS, Pathways to early school success: Exploring the individual and collective contributions of contextual factors and school readiness skills
• 2018-2019: Amy Napoli, HDFS, Does parent-child math engagement add up? A home numeracy environment intervention for parents of preschool children
• 2017-2018: Zachary Gold, HDFS, Engineering play: Exploring associations with executive function, mathematical ability, and spatial ability in preschool
• 2017-2018: Aura Ankita Mishra, HDFS, The impact of neglect and co-occurring maltreatment types on adolescents’ problem behaviors: A prospective longitudinal study
• 2016-2017: Mary Marshall, HDFS, Walking for our health: A Couple-Focused approach to promote physical activity
• 2015-2016: Elizabeth Wehrspann, Bridging the Gap: Examining Indiana Legislators’ Uses of Research and the Family Impact Lens in Policymaking
• 2014-2015: Madisson Whitman, Gender Variant Children and Their Families

Marthellan Ratcliff Van Scoyoc Memorial Fellowship (Now awarded by the College of Health and Human Sciences)

• 2012-2013: Lisa Guntzviller, Interaction Goals, Parenting, and Language Brokering
• 2012-2013: Katie Lowe, Parental Involvement in the College Transition
• 2011-2012: Travis E. Dorsch, Parents’ Early Socialization through Organized Youth Sport
• 2011-2012: Joellen Lewsader, Church-Sponsored Child Care: Association of Regulatory Level with Quality for Young Children
• 2011-2012: Ting Lu, Mother-Child Conversations about Peers, Mother-Child Interaction, Children’s Social Knowledge, and Peer Competence
• 2011-2012: Elizabeth Slaughterbeck, Intimate Partners’ Perception of OIF Veterans’ Combat Exposure and Satisfaction: Does Knowledge of Combat Act as a Buffer Longitudinally?
• 2011-2012: Minghua Tan, The relationship between emergent literacy and early social emotional development in preschool children
• 2010-2011: Michelle Finley
• 2009-2010: Julie Newcamp, A Real-Time Sociological Study of How Organizations Apply New Laws
• 2008-2009: Neelu Chawla, Couple and Family Responses to Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• 2007-2008: Kyong-Ah Kwon, Coparenting, Parenting, and Socio-Emotional Development in Toddlers
• 2007-2008: Gwen Parks, When pink ribbons bind: The effect of breast cancer on mother-daughter relationships
• 2006-2007: Jordana Hoegh
• 2006-2007: Nilufer Kafescioglu
• 2005-2006: Kamala Ramadoss
• 2004-2005: Eric Brey
• 2004-2005: Carrie Mathers
• 2003-2004: Andrew Behnke
• 2003-2004: Nithyakala Karuppaswamy
• 2002-2003: Rajeswari Natrajan
• 2001-2002: Megan Dolbin