Christine Barthold, Ph.D. (University of Maryland), Assistant Professor. Special education, autism, challenging behaviors, single-subject design. (cbarthol@udel.edu)
John B. Bishop, Ph.D. (Ohio University), Professor. College counseling, student development in higher education, mental health issues in college students. (jbbishop@udel.edu)
Martha Buell, Ph.D. (North Carolina-Greensboro), Professor. Early childhood classroom quality; early childhood teacher professional development; and emergent literacy. (mjbuell@udel.edu)
Steven M. Eidelman, MBA (Loyola), H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Human Services Policy and Leadership. Services for adults with disabilities, public policy, advocacy. (sme@udel.edu)
Michael Ferrari, Ph.D. (Rutgers), Professor. Families and neurodevelopmental disorders, brain injury, dementia research, lifespan neuropsychology. (mferrari@udel.edu)
Ruth E. Fleury-Steiner, Ph.D. (Michigan State), Associate Professor. Community responses to violence against women. (rfs@udel.edu)
Norma Gaines-Hanks, Ed.D. (Delaware), Associate Professor; Coordinator of Human Service Internship. Impact of service-learning in study abroad contexts. (ngaines@udel.edu)
Michael Gamel-McCormick, Ph.D. (Virginia Commonwealth), Dean and Professor. Early childhood development and education, intervention with special needs populations, program evaluation, qualitative analyses. (mgm@udel.edu)
Myae Han, Ph.D. (Arizona State), Assistant Professor. Early childhood education, reading education, early literacy. (myaehan@udel.edu)
Jessica Jablonski, Psy.D. (Chestnut Hill College), Assistant Professor. Parenting, Emerging Adulthood, Adolescent Aggression and Problem Behaviors, Child and Family Interventions, Lifespan Development. (JFJ@udel.edu) (Website)
Beth Mineo, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh), Associate Professor, Director, Center for Disabilities Studies. Assistive technology, Speech and Language therapy, early childhood education.
Christine Ohannessian, Ph.D. (Penn State), Associate Professor. Adolescent development, adolescent problem behaviors, developmental psychopathology, children of alcoholics. (ohanness@udel.edu) (Website)
Rob Palkovitz, Ph.D. (Rutgers), Professor. Father-child relations across the life span, parental development, life span development. (robp@udel.edu) (Website)
Cynthia Paris, Ph.D. (Penn), Associate Professor. Early childhood education, assessment, supervision, and mentoring. (cparis@udel.edu)
Barbara H. Settles, Ph.D. (Ohio State), Professor. Intergenerational relationships and care giving, family theory, family policy, and family life education and prevention programming and evaluation. (settlesb@udel.edu)
Mary Sonnenberg, M.Ed. (Texas Woman’s University) Assistant Professor. Concentrations: Special Education, Emotional Disturbance, Administration and Supervision of Special Education. (msonnenb@udel.edu)
Bahira Sherif Trask, Ph.D. (Penn), Professor. Culturally diverse families, gender issues, globalization and families, intergenerational relationships. (bstrask@udel.edu)
Donald G. Unger, Ph.D. (South Carolina), Chair and Professor. Social support and family coping, child and family intervention, teenage pregnancy, prevention and empowerment with families. (unger@udel.edu)
Jennifer Vu, Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles), Assistant Professor. Attachment, child care quality, early childhood, professional development, and social relationships. (jvu@udel.edu)
Julie Mapes Wilgen, Ph.D. (Texas Tech), Associate Professor. Human Sexuality, Families and their Communities, Aging and the Family, and Experiential Education. (jwilgen@udel.edu)
Lynn Worden, Ph.D. (University of Delaware), Undergraduate Coordinator and Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education. Student teaching supervision, social interactions of young children, and death education in early childhood. (worden@udel.edu)
Charles L. Beale, Ed.D. (College of William and Mary), Assistant Professor; Director, Center for Counseling and Student Development. (cbeale@udel.edu)
Akeana Nicole Boyd-Douglas, Ph.D. (Wright State University), Assistant Professor; Psychologist, Center for Counseling and Student Development. (ancboyd@udel.edu)
Peg Bradley, B.S. (University of Delaware), Assistant Professor; Director, University of Delaware Laboratory Preschool and Director, Early Learning Center. Early childhood education, K-8, education policy. (pbradley@udel.edu)
Timothy F. Brooks, Ed.D. (Oregon State University), Assistant Professor, Center for Disabilities Studies (Disabilities Specialist). (tbrooks@udel.edu)
Leslie Cooksy, Ph.D. (Cornell University), Associate Professor, School of Education. (ljcooksy@udel.edu)
Karen Curtis, Ph.D. (Temple University), Associate Professor, School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy. (kacurtis@udel.edu)
Nancy J. Edwards, M.Ed. (Temple), Clinical Faculty, University of Delaware Laboratory Preschool. Math and science education. (edwards@udel.edu)
James C. (Cole) Galloway, PhD (University of Arizona). Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Education, Department of Physical Therapy. Infant motor development and high risk children. jacgallo@udel.edu
Michael A. Gilbert, Ed.D. (University of Massachusetts), Associate Professor; Associate Provost, Office of Student Life.
Kathleen G. Kerr, Ed.D. (University of Delaware), Assistant Professor; Director, Office Residence Life.
Patricia Tanner Nelson, Ed.D. (Teachers College, Columbia University), Professor, Food and Resource Economics. (ptnelson@udel.edu)
Katrina Pollock, M.S. (Wilmington College), Clinical Faculty. University of Delaware Laboratory Preschool. Early childhood education, inclusion, early literacy. (kpollock@udel.edu)
Marilyn S. Prime, Ed.D. (University of Delaware), Assistant Professor; Director, Student Centers. (mprime@udel.edu)
Susan Rarick, Ph.D. (Lehigh University), Assistant Professor, Assistant Director, Career Development and Outreach
Richard S. Sharf, Ph.D. (University of Iowa), Emeritus Associate Professor, Senior Psychologist, Retired, Center for Counseling and Student Development. (rsharf@udel.edu)
Deborah Torbert, B.S. (University of Delaware), Clinical Faculty, University of Delaware Laboratory Preschool. Early childhood education, inclusion, early literacy. (dtorbert@udel.edu)
Karen Y. Tsukada, Ph.D. (Ohio State), Assistant Professor; Psychologist, Center for Counseling and Student Development. Women's issues, multiculturalism, body image, disordered eating. (ktsukada@udel.edu)
Nancy R. Weiss, MSW (Virginia Commonwealth University). Assistant Professor. Center for Disabilities Studies. Developmental disabilities, disability leadership. nweiss@udel.edu
Catherine V. Bieber, M.S., (Delaware), Associate Professor Emerita
Penny L. Deiner, Ph.D. (Penn State), Professor Emerita. Family resilience and violence, children with special needs and their families, overt and relational violence. (pennyd@udel.edu)
Mary Jane Stratner Gregory, Ph.D. (Cornell), Associate Professor Emerita
Dene G. Klinzing, Ph.D. (Penn State), Professor Emerita. Hospitalized children, child development, parenting, medical communication. (klinzing@udel.edu)
Mary Lou Liprie, Ph.D. (Ohio State), Associate Professor Emerita. Adolescent development, family life education.
Lila C. Murphy, Ph.D. (Ohio State), Professor Emerita. Women and leadership, child and family services.
Donald L. Peters, Ph.D. (Stanford), Professor Emeritus. Early childhood development and services, staff development, service program planning and evaluation. (dlpeters@udel.edu)
Stuart J. Sharkey, M.Ed. (St. Lawrence), Distinguished Faculty Fellow Emeritus. Higher education and student affairs practices, human services. (ssharkey@udel.edu)
Hester Stewart, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emerita. Teenage pregnancy, family life education.
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