Area of Expertise: Family Studies
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
Bedell, John W.
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Areas of Knowledge
- Family studies and family issues
- Sociology of city life
- Social psychology
- Gender issues
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
Cervantes, Joseph M.
Professor of Counseling
Areas of Knowledge
- Child/Family psychology
- Psychiatric diagnosis
- Ethics in mental health
- Religion/Spirituality in counseling
- Short-term psychotherapy
Gradilla, Alexandro J.
Associate Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- Non-western thought
- Bioethics
- Cultural competency
- Male circumcision (medical)
- Mexican immigration
- Latino identity in the US
- White privilege
- First generation college students
- Mentorship
- Men's Studies
- Maleness and masculinity
- Marxist/Anarchist theory
Hogan, Mikel
Professor of Human Services
Areas of Knowledge
- Health, medicine and culture
- Organization culture change
- Cultural competence (training and assesment)
- Education and culture
- Family and culture
Israely, Hilla
Associate Professor of Sociology
Areas of Knowledge
- Sexual abuse in American society
- Theories of social behavior
- Statistical analysis of sociological data
- Family violence
- Rape
- Victimization of women in intimate relationships
Kanel, Kristi L.
Professor of Human Services
Department Chair
Areas of Knowledge
- Crisis intervention
- Mental health needs and treatment models for Latinos
- Secondary PTSD in crisis workers
- Child abuse
- Pedagogical models for training counselors
- Sexual assault/harassment
- Spousal abuse
Lystra, Karen A.
Professor of American Studies, Emeritus
Areas of Knowledge
- Courtship, marriage, love and sexuality in the 19th century
- Mark Twain and family
Schniter, Eric
Lecturer in Anthropology
Areas of Knowledge
- Human Behavioral Ecology
- Behavioral Economics
- Evolutionary Psychology
- Evolutionary Anthropology
