Cristina Wilson, Ph.D.
Professor and Interim Co-Director, PhD Program, School of Social Work · University of Connecticut
Dr. Wilson is a recognized Latina scholar and expert in health disparities and cultural humility working with Latino families.
Intervention and Prevention Programs for Substance Use Family Mechanisms and Factors that Play a Role in At Risk Behaviors Latino Families and Parenting in at Risk Environments Teen Pregnancy Prevention Fathers in the Latino Community
Susan Prentice
Professor · University of Manitoba
Professor Prentice's primary specialization is contemporary and historical childcare policy and advocacy
Social Inequality Social Change Systemic Discrimination Historical Sociology Childcare Policy
Elaine Power
Associate Professor · School of Kinesiology & Health Studies, Queen's University
Teaches social determinants of health. Researches food insecurity. Advocates for basic income. Dreams of the day when food banks can close.
food insecurity food banks feeding the family family food practices Social Determinants of Health
Professor Tina Miller
Professor of Sociology · Oxford Brookes University
Her research interests include family lives, intimate relationships, gender, parenthood, & reproductive health.
Gender Parenthood Families Transition into Stages of Family Life
Bree Akesson
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work · Wilfrid Laurier University
Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University who conducts research with children and families affected by war and global social work
Refugee and Human Rights Issues War and Violence Children and Families Social Work Social Work Education
D. Kelly Weisberg
Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: weisberg@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4678 / Office 348-200
Children and the Law Domestic Violence Juvenile Justice Family Law Wills and Trust
Claire Smrekar
Associate Professor of Leadership, Policy and Organizations · Vanderbilt University
An expert who studies K-12 school choice, charters, magnet schools, vouchers, private schools and segregation.
Education Policy Desegregation Charter School Education Demographic trends in schools School Choice
Charmaine Smith Wright, M.D., MSHP
Director of the Center for Special Health Care Needs · ChristianaCare
Dr. Charmaine Smith Wright is director of ChristianaCare's Center for Special Health Care Needs.
Disabilities and Health Care Internal Medicine Pediatrics
Naomi Ekas
Department Chair & Professor of Psychology · Texas Christian University
Naomi Ekas is an expert in autistic and non-autistic children's emotional development.
Marital Conflict Emerging Adulthood Parenting Emotion Regulation Caregiver Care for Families with Autism
Felipa Chavez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | School of Psychology · Florida Tech
Dr. Chavez pursues a program of research reflecting issues of family dysfunction as seen through parent-child interactions.
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Comorbid Parental Psychopathology Family Dysfunction Psychology Child Psychopathology
Elissa Madden
Associate Professor · Baylor University
Research: child welfare, foster care, adoption (public & private), child & family mental health, service learning in social work education
Service Learning Adoption Research Child and Family Services Foster Care and Adoptions Child Welfare
Mical Raz
Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Policy and Health · University of Rochester
Author of "What's Wrong with the Poor? Psychiatry, Race and the War on Poverty."
Foster Care and Adoptions Child Welfare Psychiatry Education Policy Race Culture and Ethnicity
Michelle Zabel, MSS
Executive Director of Innovations Institute · University of Connecticut
Michelle Zabel and her team advance research-based, culturally responsive solutions for child, youth, and family-serving public systems.
Care Coordination Crisis Response Systems Implementation Science Sustainable Financing Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Judith Smetana
Professor of Psychology · University of Rochester
Smetana is an expert on adolescent-parent relationships, moral reasoning, and development in cultural contexts.
Teens and Self-Esteem Cultural Contexts Children's Moral and Social Reasoning Adolescent-Parent Relationships Parenting Beliefs
Frederick W. Gooding, Jr.
Dr. Ronald E. Moore Professor in Humanities · Texas Christian University
Race, Racism and Discrimination in Pop Culture and/or Mainstream Media (e.g., movies, music and sports).
Sports Movies Discrimination Representations of Race Mainstream Media
Elisabeth Gugl
Associate Professor · University of Victoria
Dr. Gugl's main research is in family economics, an area that investigates issues such as family formation and dissolution
Family Economics Microeconomic Theory Public Finance Labour Economics Family Formation and Dissolution
Kaylee Hackney, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management · Baylor University
Dr. Hackney is an expert in Employee Work and Family Management as well as Workplace and Pregnancy Discrimination
pregnancy descrimination Work-Life Balance Work-family balance pregnancy at work working during pregnancy
Karen Melton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Child and Family Studies · Baylor University
Her research focuses on positive family leisure experiences that enhance child development and family relations.
Program Effectiveness Intentional Family Family Finances Decison-making Family Time
Lisa Philipps
Professor · Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Professor of Law, specializing in taxation law and fiscal policy
Budget Laws Fiscal Policy Gender and Economic Equality Tax Policy Income Splitting
Terese C. Aceves
Professor and Program Co-Director · Loyola Marymount University
Department of Specialized Programs in Professional Psychology
Supporting Low-Income, Diverse Families in Special Education Using Evidence-Based Practices with Culturally and Liguistically Diverse Students Investigating Early Home Literacy Practices with Latino Families Providing Assessment and Intervention of Early Reading Skills with English Language Learners