Area of Expertise: Children's Issues
Alcala, Lucia
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Areas of Knowledge
- Cross-cultural Psychology
- Intercultural Education
- Mayan communities
Baker, Jason K.
Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Studies
Co-Director, Center for Autism
Areas of Knowledge
- Developmental Disabilities
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Parent-Child Interaction
- Parenting
- Co-parenting
- Emotion Regulation
- Psychophysiology
Bock, John A.
Professor of Anthropology
Areas of Knowledge
- Human evolution
- Southern Africa
- Botswana
- Child development
- Health anthropology
- Indigenous people and conservations
- HIV/AIDs epidemic
- Child and family demography
- Quantitative methods in anthropology
- Biocultural anthropology
- Hunter-gatherers
- Cross-cultural research
- Okavango Delta
Boutakidis, Ioakim P.
Professor of Child and Adolescent Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- Ethnic Minority Adolescent Development
- Mixed Methods- Quantitative + Quantitative Analysis
- Acculturation, Immigration processes
- Reducing ethnic minority disparities in college performance and graduation
Carrick, Nathalie
Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- Children's Cognitive Development
- Children's Imagination and Play
- Early Child Development
Garcia, Joe A.
Asssociate Professor of Human Services
Interim Director for Graduate Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- ADHD and ODD in children
- Mental Health Economics
- Treatment Delivery Evaluations
- Best Practices in Children's Mental Health
Greenberg, Cindy S.
Associate Dean, College of Health and Human Development
Professor of Nursing
Areas of Knowledge
- Children's health care issues
- Pain in children
Karge, Belinda
Professor of Special Education
Areas of Knowledge
- Learning disabilities
- Alternative certification (intern programs)
- Research based effective teaching
- Inclusion of children with special needs
- Curriculum adaptations
Keig, Patricia
Associate Professor Emeritus of Elementary and Bilingual Education
Areas of Knowledge
- science education in the elementary school
- learning theory
- gender issues in education
- dialog (as opposed to debate) in education; controversies
- sustainability in K-6 curriculum and instruction
Ketchum, Karyl E.
Professor of Women and Gender Studies
Chair of Women and Gender Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- LGBTQ
- Gender in K-12 Education
- Queer Studies
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Topics
- Arabella Huntington
- Women and Gender Studies
- transgender-related topics
- Diversity
Leger-Rodriguez, Tiffany N.
Lecturer
Areas of Knowledge
- Special Education Reading Instruction
- Special Education Teacher Leadership
- Special Education Paraeducators
- Special Education Collaboration
- Special Education IEP Development
Mechanic, Mindy B.
Professor of Psychology
Areas of Knowledge
- Violence (domestic and homicide)
- Children and domestic violence
- Stalking
- Sexual assault/abuse
- Victimization
- Trauma (criminal and non-crime trauma)
- Trauma and memory
- Forensic psychology/psychology and law/expert testimony
- Posttraumatic stress disorder
Pineda, Claudia G.
Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- Immigrant Youth Adaptation
- Positive Youth Develoment
- Mixed-Methods (Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis
- Acculturation & Ethnic Identity Development
- Intergroup Relations
- Heritage After-School Programs
Prinsky, Lorraine
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Areas of Knowledge
- Juvenile law
- Juvenile justice
- Service learning
- Law
- Deviant behavior
Rodriguez-Valls, Fernando
Professor of Secondary Education
Coordinator, Bilingual Authorization Program
Areas of Knowledge
- Biliteracy
- Migrant Education
- Equity in Education
Segal, Nancy L.
Professor of Psychology
Director, Twin Studies Center
Areas of Knowledge
- Twins
- Twin studies
- Adoption research
Seidman, Sharon
Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Studies
Academic Adviser, ECE Coordinator
Areas of Knowledge
- early care and education access and effects
- development of young children (ages 0 to 8)
- early childhood education
- preschool for all
- education and training for early childhood professionals
- universal preschool
- preschool needs
- preschool quality
Seung, HyeKyeung
Professor and Chair of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Areas of Knowledge
- language development
- language development of children with autism
- language development of chidlren with developmental disorders
- autism spectrum disorder
