Elizabeth Wroten

Elizabeth Wroten is a third-year doctoral student in the Human Development and Family Sciences program. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree with Distinction in Human Services, with a concentration in Administration and Family Policy, as well as a Master of Science degree in Human Development and Family Sciences, also from the University of Delaware. Elizabeth is a life-span developmentalist with widely ranging interests centered around major transitions across the lifespan, death and dying across the life span, and emerging adulthood.

Professional Experience

• Course Instructor (2023 – Present): HDFS422 – Capstone in Family Relationships. University of Delaware, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences.
• Graduate Research Assistant (2022 – Present)
•  Instructional Coaching and State Early Care and Education Policies (January 2023 – present), assisting Dr. Anamarie Whitaker
• Collaborative for Data-Driven Action (June – December 2022) – Maternity Care Coalition Virtual Home Visiting project, assisting Dr. Laura Wallace
• Graduate Student Collaborator (2022 – Present): The Launching Adolescents, UNderstanding College Health (LAUNCH) project will be the first mixed-method, longitudinal study examining the role of parents and other important social agents in the lives of emerging adults as they transition to college.
• Project Liaison, Center for Research in Education and Social Policy (2023)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant (2021 – 2022): HDFS 202 – Diversity and Families
• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (2019 – 2020): HDFS202.
• Undergraduate Research Assistant (2019 – 2020): Autism in Context Research Lab, assisting Dr. Sara Curtiss.
• Laboratory and Studio Fellow (2018 – 2020): University of Delaware Physics Department, SCEN101.

Honors and Awards

• Catherine Bieber Scholarship for Academic Achievement and Leadership, 2021-2023
• Catherine Burke Flickinger Scholarship, 2017-2020
• Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society, 2019-present
• The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2020-present
• Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society, 2017-present

Professional Memberships

• Southern Sociological Society, 2023 – present
• National Council on Family Relations, 2023 – present
• Groves Conference on Marriage and the Family, 2023 – present
• Family Science Association, 2021 – present
• Interagency Coordinating Council, State of Delaware, 2023 – 2026

Past Education

• M.S. Human Development and Family Sciences, completing in Spring 2023, University of Delaware
• B.S. Human Services, Degree with Distinction, 2020, University of Delaware