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Jack O. Balswick

Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1967
Specialty Areas: 
  • Gender Roles
  • Family Relationships
  • Family Development
  • Sexuality
  • Sociology of Families

Judith K. Balswick

Professor Emeritus
Ed.D., University of Georgia, 1977
Specialty Areas: 
  • Clinical Training & Supervision
  • Family Interaction
  • Marriage & Family Therapy
  • Religion & Families
  • Sexuality

Alina Baltazar

Adjunct Instructor
L.S.W., C.F.L.E.
Specialty Areas: 
  • Family Dysfunctions
  • Addiction and Co-dependence in the Family
  • Race, Gender & Poverty Effect on the Family
  • Interpersonal Relationships

Mayra Bamaca-Colbert

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2008
Specialty Areas: 
  • Adolescent Development and Adjustment Amoung Ethnic Minority Youth - Emphasis on Latino Adolescents Living in the U.S.

Alyssa Banford

Assistant Professor

Heather Von Bank

Assistant Professor
Ph.D.
Specialty Areas: 
  • Parent-Child Relations during the Stage of Adolescence
  • Family Life Issues

Jamie Banker

Assistant Director
Ph.D., Virginia Polytech Institute and State University, 2010
Specialty Areas: 
  • Systems Theory
  • Systemic Therapy
  • Medical Family Therapy
  • Integrated Care
  • Prenatal and Postnatal Depression
  • Pregnancy Counseling
  • Training Mental Health Clinicians and Medical Resident

Joyce Baptist

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Virginia Tech University, 2002
Specialty Areas: 
  • AIDS/HIV
  • Cultural Issues
  • Immigrant Families
  • Military Individuals & Families
  • Trauma

Clifton E. Barber

Professor
Ph.D., Penn State University, 1978
Specialty Areas: 
  • Aging Issues
  • Caregiving
  • Gerontology
  • Intergenerational Relationships
  • Later Life Individuals & Families

Brian K. Barber

Professor
Ph.D.
Specialty Areas: 
  • Role of Family, Peer, School, Community, and Religious Influences in Adolescent Development