Directory
Faculty
Charles Calahan
Assistant Clinical Professor, Family Studies
Teaching, university education, and service learning
FWLR 208
496-2106
calahanc@purdue.edu
Karen Diamond
Professor, Developmental Studies
Early childhood intervention programs, early childhood professional development, inclusive education, young children at-risk or with disabilities
CDFS 204
494-0942
kdiamond@purdue.edu
Jennifer Dobbs-Oates
Assistant Professor, Developmental Studies
Emergent literacy, emergent numeracy, preschool social-emotional development, preschool learning and behavior, school and home-based interventions
FWLR 227
494-2931
jendo@purdue.edu
Aryn M. Dotterer
Assistant Professor, Family Studies
Academic achievement, school engagement, school readiness, child and adolescent development, parent-child relationships, low income and/or ethnic minority families
FWLR 203
496-1762
adottere@purdue.edu
James G. Elicker
Associate Professor, Developmental Studies
Director of Early Childhood Programs
Social-emotional development, child care quality, early childhood program evaluation, caregiver-child relationships, birth-to-three professional development
FWLR 206
494-2938
elickerj@purdue.edu
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
Karen Fingerman
Berner-Hanley Professor in Gerontology
Developmental and Family Studies
Adult development and aging, lifespan development, multigenerational family ties, family support exchanges, socioemotional development in adulthood
FWLR 223
496-6378
karenf@purdue.edu
Adult Family Research Web site
Melissa M. Franks
Assistant Professor, Family Studies
Aging families, marriage and health, health behaviors and chronic illness management
FWLR 202
494-2942
mmfranks@purdue.edu
Doran French
Department Head and Professor
Child and adolescent social development, friendship, conflict cultural psychology, and religion
CDFS 102
494-9511
dcfrench@purdue.edu
Leah Hibel
Assistant Professor, Family Studies
Mother-child relationships, family stress, maternal and child physiology, maternal and child mental and physical health, lactation
CDFS 108
494-2949
hibel@purdue.edu
Shelley M. MacDermid Wadsworth
Professor of Family Studies
Director, Center for Families
Director, Military Family Research Institute
Work and family, military families, family stress, job flexibility, and marital quality
CDFS 105
494-6026
shelley@purdue.edu
Gail Melson
Professor Emerita, Developmental Studies
Social development of young children, parent-child relations, public policy, development of nurturance, human-animal bond, and children's relationships with animals
CDFS 104
494-8573
melsong@purdue.edu
Daniel K. Mroczek
Professor, Developmental Studies
Lifespan health, personality development, lifespan development, longitudinal statistics, and multilevel modeling
FWLR 207
494-2937
dmroczek@purdue.edu
Judith A. Myers-Walls
Associate Professor, Developmental Studies
Extension Specialist and Certified Family Life Educator
Parenting education, parenthood, family life education, the cultural context of children and families, peace education, and the impact of war and peace on children and families
FWLR 219
494-2959
jmyerswa@purdue.edu
Provider-Parent Partnerships
Lynn Okagaki
Professor Emerita, Developmental Studies
Parenting and children's school achievement in minority families, parental socialization of beliefs and values, development of ethnic identity among minority children and adolescents
okagaki@purdue.edu
Germán Posada
Associate Professor, Developmental Studies
Child-parent attachment relationships, secure base phenomenon, attachment relationships and context, quality of care, development of attachment relationships
CDFS 210
494-1029
gposada@purdue.edu
Douglas R. Powell
Distinguished Professor, Developmental Studies
Early childhood intervention programs, early childhood professional development, parenting interventions, relations between families and early childhood programs
CDFS 201
494-2941
powelld@purdue.edu
Cleveland Shields
Associate Professor, Marriage and Family Therapy
Families and health, healthcare, family interventions in health, patient-centered care, couples and cancer
FWLR 101
496-8372
cgshields@purdue.edu
Seung-Hee Son
Assistant Professor, Developmental Studies
Development of early literacy, language and social skills, early intervention, home and preschool learning, low-income children, research methods, and cross-cultural study
CDFS 214
496-1687
seunghee@purdue.edu
Douglas H. Sprenkle
Professor, Marriage and Family Therapy
Director, Marriage and Family Therapy Program
Director, Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy Clinic
Common factors in psychotherapeutic change, common change mechanisms in marriage and family therapy (MFT), the process of supervision in MFT, outcome research in MFT, and progress research in MFT
FWLR 201
494-2952
sprenkled@purdue.edu
Volker Thomas
Associate Professor, Marriage and Family Therapy
Family therapy with children, intervention research for childhood and adolescent disorders, gender and multicultural perspectives in couple and family therapy, supervision of couple and family therapy, family assessment, interventions with economically disadvantaged families
FWLR 225
494-7859
thomasv@purdue.edu
Shawn Whiteman
Assistant Professor, Family Studies
Sibling relationships, family relationship processes, child effects on family dynamics, family gender dynamics, family methods, middle childhood, adolescence, and emerging adulthood
CDFS 205
494-3312
sdwhitem@purdue.edu
Staff
Sabrina Barker
Head Teacher
Child Development Laboratory School
CDFS 126
494-2954
barkers@purdue.edu
Kathy Broniarczyk
Director of Outreach
Military Family Research Institute
B-004, PWF 135
(Purdue West Down Under)
496-6013
kbroniar@purdue.edu
Dena Brunton
Child Care Aide
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 153
404-0240
bbrunton@purdue.edu
Debra Burrow
Business Manager
CDFS 215
494-2710
dburrow@purdue.edu
Cathy Childers
Child Care Aide
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 183
494-0240
cjchilde@purdue.edu
Isaac Deere
Child Care Aide
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 190
494-0240
ideere@purdue.edu
Sheri Dunn-Ramsay
Training Specialist
Military Family Research Institute
B-004, PWF 135
(Purdue West Down Under)
496-6045
sheridr@purdue.edu
Cathy Dyer
CDFS Receptionist and
Secretary for the Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 190
494-2932, 494-0240
cldyer@purdue.edu
Judith Gilbert
Associate Teacher
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 153
494-0240
jgilbert@purdue.edu
Janice Harlan
Secretary, Child Development Laboratory School
CDFS 115
494-2945
jlharlan@purdue.edu
Melissa Husk
Event/Development Coordinator
Military Family Research Institute
B-004, PWF 135
(Purdue West Down Under)
496-6122
mhusk@purdue.edu
Ruthie Jackson
Account Clerk
Military Family Research Institute
B-004, PWF 135
(Purdue West Down Under)
496-6141
rajackso@purdue.edu
Peggy Klim
Child Care Aide
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 191
494-0240
Carolyn Langill
Research Associate,
Indiana Quality Rating System Evaluation
clangill@purdue.edu
Dreama (Dee) Love
Extension Specialist and Certified Family Life Educator
FWLR 231
494-2933
loved@purdue.edu
Samantha Lucy
Director of Communications
Military Family Research Institute
B-004, PWF 135
(Purdue West Down Under)
496-6027
slucy@purdue.edu
Tami Lynch
Associate Director
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 186
494-4112
tlynch@purdue.edu
Sally Maroska
Child Care Aide
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 191
494-0240
smaroska@purdue.edu
Laura Martin
Associate Teacher
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 181
494-0240
martinla@purdue.edu
Ashley McKinnon
Assistant Teacher
Child Development Laboratory School
CDFS 126
494-2954
aeguyer@purdue.edu
Shari Mooney
Associate Teacher
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 168
496-3414
sjmooney@purdue.edu
Sarah Moore
Head Teacher
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 143
496-3414
mooresl@purdue.edu
Kim Nelson-Blackburn
Internship Placement and University Supervisor
FWLR 125B
494-2944
kimnb@purdue.edu
Kelli Parnell
Associate Teacher
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 183
494-0240
kwitt3@purdue.edu
Wanda Pelton
Associate Teacher
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 190
494-0240
wpelton@purdue.edu
Amy Schulze
Child Care Aide
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 168
494-0240
alschulz@purdue.edu
Anne Sexton
Associate Director
Child Development Laboratory Preschool
CDFS 109
494-0890
alsexton@purdue.edu
Phyllis Shireman
Head Teacher
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 159
494-5580
shiremanp@purdue.edu
Linda Shute
Child Care Aide
Child Development Laboratory School
CDFS 145
494-2945
Mary Simon
Technology Support and
Database Administrator
MFRI/CDFS
B-004, PWF 135
(Purdue West Down Under)
496-6081
mesimon@purdue.edu
Lisa Stein
Communications and Proposal Coordinator
CDFS 104
494-0372
steinl@purdue.edu
Martina Sternberg
Assistant Director
Military Family Research Institute
B-004, PWF 135
(Purdue West Down Under)
496-3469
msternbe@purdue.edu
Debbie Sterrett
Secretary
Military Family Research Institute
B-004, PWF 135
(Purdue West Down Under)
496-3403
dcsterre@purdue.edu
Joyce (Jo) Vaughan
Outreach Specialist, Adults and Families
Military Family Research Institute
B-004, PWF 135
(Purdue West Down Under)
496-6036
jivaugha@purdue.edu
Janet Wagner
Data Management Coordinator,
Early Literacy
CDFS 209
494-2943
jwagrpc@purdue.edu
Kelly White
Head Teacher
Ben & Maxine Miller Child Learning Center
FWLR 145
494-4227
vanderkl@purdue.edu