Shelley M. MacDermid, M.B.A., Ph.D.

Professor of Family Studies

Director, The Center for Families at Purdue University

Director, Military Family Research Institute

Phone: (765) 494-6026
FAX: (765) 496-1144
E-mail: shelley@purdue.edu

Biography

Dr. Shelley MacDermid is a professor of Child Development and Family Studies. She serves as director of the Center for Families at Purdue University, as well as director of the Military Family Research Institute.

The primary focus of Professor MacDermid's research is the connection between work conditions and family life. She is particularly interested in links among work-family tension, marriage, and parenting, and she has studied workplaces as contexts for adult development. Her research has been published in several journals, including Journal of Marriage and the Family; Journal of Family Issues; and, Family Relations. She has received research funds from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Cooperative Extension Service, and the State of Indiana.

In 1996, Professor MacDermid became the director of The Center for Families at Purdue University. Through the Center, she founded and now directs a membership organization focusing on family issues for employers in the Midwestern region. She has served as co-director of MFRI since 1999.

Professor MacDermid is the author of more than 90 invited or refereed research articles, chapters, books, and scientific presentations. Her research has won one national award, and she recently received the Award of Merit from the local chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta. Two of her articles have been rated among the 20 best work-family research articles published that year.

Professor MacDermid has been an associate editor of two scientific journals, a member of the editorial boards for two others, and a reviewer for three additional publications. She also has reviewed for the National Science Foundation, the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Royal Society of New Zealand Centres of Research Excellence Fund.

Selected Publications

MacDermid, S. M., Leslie, L., & Bissonnette, L. (2002). Walking the walk: Insights from research on helping clients navigate work and family. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 13, 21-40.

MacDermid, S. M., Seery, B. L., & Weiss, H. M. (2002). An emotional examination of the work-family interface. In R. Lord, R. Klimoski, & R. Kanfer (Eds.), Emotions in the workplace (pp. 402-427). Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass.

MacDermid, S. M., Hertzog, J., Kensinger, K., & Zipp, J. (2001). The role of organizational size and industry in job quality and work-family relationships. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 22, 191-216.

MacDermid, S. M., Lee, M. D., & Smith, S. C. (2001). Forward into yesterday: Work and family in the 21st century. In Daly, K. (Ed), Minding the time in family experiences Volume 3 (pp. 59-81). Nailsea, UK: Elsevier Science Ltd.

Marks, S. R., Huston, T. L., Johnson, E. M., & MacDermid, S. M. (2001). Role balance among white married couples. Journal of Marriage and Family, 63, 1083-1098.

Lee, M. D., MacDermid, S. M., & Buck, M. L. (2000). Organizational paradigms of reduced-load work: Accommodation, elaboration, transformation. Academy of Management Journal, 43, 1211-1226.

MacDermid, S. M., Litchfield, L. C., & Pitt-Catsouphes, M. (1999). Organizational size and work/family issues. In M. Pitt-Catsouphes & B. K. Googins (Eds.), The Evolving World of Work and Family: New Stakeholders, New Voices: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 562, 111-126.

MacDermid, S. M., Franz, C. E., & De Reus, L. (1998a). Generativity: At the crossroads of social roles and personality. Invited chapter for D. P. McAdams & E. de St. Aubin (Eds.), Generativity and adult development: How and why we care for the next generation (pp. 181-226). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

MacDermid, S. M., & Williams, M. L. (1997). A within-industry comparison of employed mothers' experiences in small and large workplaces. Journal of Family Issues, 18, 545-566.

MacDermid, S. M., & Targ, D. B. (1995). A call for greater attention to the role of employers in developing, transforming, and implementing family policies. Invited article, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 16(1), 145-170.