CDFS Faculty and Staff
Name Title, Specialty & Research Interests
Office Phone E-mail
Calahan, Charles
Assistant Clinical Professor
Family Studies
Teaching, university education, and service learning.
FWLR 208 496-2106 calahanc@purdue.edu
Diamond, Karen 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
Dobbs, Jennifer Assistant Professor
Developmental Studies
Ready To Read
Emergent Literacy, emergent numeracy, preschool social-emotional development, preschool learning and behavior, school and home-based interventions.
FWLR 227 494-2931 jdobbs@purdue.edu
Elicker, James G. Associate Professor, Director, MCLC
Developmental Studies
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
Fingerman, Karen Associate Professor
Developmental and Family Studies
Adult Development Research
Relationships between adults and parents, families in adulthood, ambivalent relationships, emotional development, adult development and aging.
FWLR 223 496-6378 karenf@purdue.edu
Franks, Melissa Assistant Professor
Family Studies
Aging families, marriage and health, health behaviors and chronic illness management.
FWLR 202
494-2942
mmfranks@purdue.edu
MacDermid, Shelley M. CDFS 105 494-6026 shelley@purdue.edu
Melson, Gail F. Professor Emeritas
Developmental Studies
gmelson@purdue.edu
Mroczek, Daniel K. Associate Professor
Developmental Studies
Lifespan health, personality development, lifespan development, longitudinal statistics, and multilevel modeling.
FWLR
494-2937 dmroczek@purdue.edu
Myers-Walls, Judith A. Associate Professor, Extension Specialist
Certified Family Life Educator
Developmental Studies
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
Okagaki, Lynn
(Leave of Absence)
Professor
Developmental Studies
CDFS 108 494-0372 okagaki@purdue.edu
Posada, Germán 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
Powell, Douglas R. 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
Shields, Cleveland Associate Professor
Marriage and Family Therapy
Families and health, healthcare, family interventions in health, patient-centered care, couples and cancer.
FWLR 101 496-8372 cgshield@purdue.edu
Son, Seung-Hee 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
Sprenkle, Douglas
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 sprenkle@purdue.edu
Thomas, Volker 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 202 494-7859 thomasv@purdue.edu
Whiteman, Shawn 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
Name Title Office Phone E-mail
Barker, Sabrina Assistant Teacher of
Child Development Lab
CDFS 126 494-2954 bbpianoman@insightbb.com
sabrinabarkerit@yahoo.com
Brunton, Dena Child Care Aide of MCLC
FWLR 153 494-0240 bbrunton@purdue.edu
Burch, Kali Assistant Teacher of Child Development Lab
CDFS 126 494-2956 kburch@purdue.edu
Burrow, Deb Business Manager for CDFS/CSR CDFS 214 494-2710 dburrow@purdue.edu
Childers, Cathy Child Care Aide of MCLC FWLR 183 494-0240 cjchilde@purdue.edu
Cornell, Patricia Secretary of Undergraduate Office FWLR 125 494-2426 cornellp@purdue.edu
Cuttell, Amanda Associate Director and
Head Teacher of Child Development Lab
CDFS 109
CDFS 126
494-0890
494-2954
agilner@purdue.edu
Czaja,
Carol
Site Coordinator of
NICHD
CDFS
207
494-0904 czaja@purdue.edu
Deere, Isaac Child Care Aide of MCLC FWLR 190
494-2932 ideere@purdue.edu
Dyer, Cathy
Receptionist & Secretary for MCLC
FWLR 190
494-2932
cldyer@purdue.edu
Egan, Justine Head Teacher of MCLC
FWLR 147 494-4526 jegan@purdue.edu
Ford, Polly Head Teacher of
MCLC
FWLR 157 494-0240
494-5501
psford@purdue.edu
Gibson, Nancy CDFS Secretary, MFT Program FWLR 119 494-2939 gibsonn@purdue.edu
Gilbert, Judith Associate Teacher of
MCLC
FWLR 153 494-0240 jgilbert@purdue.edu
Graves, Cathryn Secretary, Child Development and Family Studies and Center for Families
CDFS 104 494-8573 cmgraves@purdue.edu
Harlan, Janice Secretary of Child Development Lab School CDFS
494-2945 jlharlan@purdue.edu
Harshman, Rebecca Secretary of Graduate Programs
FWLR 215 494-2965 harshman@purdue.edu
Harvey, Jane Supervisor of Field Experiences Child Development and Family Studies FWLR 125A 494-9442 harveyj@purdue.edu
Hickman, Karen Academic Advisor of
Child Development and Family Studies
FWLR 125C 494-9861 hickman@purdue.edu
Hill, Courtney Account Clerk CDFS 216
496-6712 hillcl@purdue.edu
Hillman, Becky Secretary of Child Development and Family Studies CDFS 104 494-2649 beckyhillman@purdue.edu
Hipps, Rita Administrative Assistant CDFS 101 494-9511 hipps@purdue.edu
Knott, Annette Account Clerk CDFS 216 494 - 2934 annette@purdue.edu
Langill, Carolyn
Research Associate, IN Quality Rating System Evaluation
clangill@purdue.edu
Love, Dreama (Dee) Extension Specialist FWLR 231 494-2933 loved@purdue.edu
Lynch, Tami Associate Director of MCLC FWLR 186 494-4112 tlynch@purdue.edu
Maroska, Sally Child Care Aide of MCLC FWLR 191 494-0240 smaroska@purdue.edu
Martin, Lara Assistant Teacher of MCLC FWLR 181 494-0240 martinla@purdue.edu
Mehringer, Alan Coordinator of User Services FWLR 229 494-2916 pager 423-8536 alanm@purdue.edu
Mooney, Shari
Associate Teacher, MCLC
FWLR 168
496-3414
sjmooney@purdue.edu
Moore, Sarah
Head Teacher, MCLC
FWLR 143
496-3414
mooresl@purdue.edu
Nelson-Blackburn, Kim
Internship Placement & University Supervisor
FWLR 125B
494-2944
kimnb@purdue.edu
Newell, Sharon Head Teacher of CDL CDFS 145 494-2953 newellss@purdue.edu
Parnell, Kelli Associate Teacher of MCLC FWLR 183 494-0240 kwitt3@purdue.edu
Paxson, Ashley Child Care Aide of MCLC FWLR 190 494-2932 acardina@purdue.edu
Poulsen, Shruti S. Visiting Assistant Professor FWLR 203 496-1762 poulsen@purdue.edu
Schulze, Amy
Child Care Aide, MCLC
FWLR 168
494-0240
alschulz@purdue.edu
Schwarz, Rona Senior Research Associate of CFF FWLR 238A 494-9878 ronaschw@purdue.edu
Shireman, Phyllis Head Teacher of MCLC FWLR 159 494-5580 shiremanp@purdue.edu
Smith, Gerri Food Service Worker of MCLC FWLR 494-0240
Stein, Lisa Secretary of Extension FWLR 215 494-2936 steinl@purdue.edu
Tia, Leslie Child Care Aide of MCLC FWLR 181 494-0240 mtia@purdue.edu
Vanderwal, Kelly Head Teacher of MCLC FWLR 145 494-4227 vanderkl@purdue.edu
Wagner, Janet Data Management Coordinator of Early Literacy CDFS 209 494-2943 jwagrpc@purdue.edu
