Center for Families

Funding Recipients

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

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

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

2018-2019: Dr. Kristine Marceau, HDFS, supporting Savannah Hottle, BIO, 25 years of puberty research: a bibliometrics analysis
2017-2018: Dr. A.J. Schwichtenberg, HDFS, supporting Anne Nanninga, PSY, Growing up with Dup15q and Angelmann Syndromes
2016-2017: Dr. Sharon Christ, HDFS, supporting Anthony Adams, STAT, Child Maltreatment and Child Development in Context
2014-2015: Dr. Eliott Friedman supporting Alyssa Nowakowski
2013-2014: Dr. Amber Seidel supporting Ashley Kite, Kaitlyn Plewniak, and Amanda Welch
2008-2009: Dr. Carol Boushey supporting Leslie Cradler

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

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

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

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

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