Faculty

Rebecca White

Professor
Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2001
Specialty Areas: 
  • Child-Care/Development Programs

Carolyn White

Chair
Ph.D., University of New Orleans
Specialty Areas: 
  • Gerontological Counseling
  • Group Counseling
  • Sexual Trauma
  • Supervision

Rebecca White

Assistant Professor
Specialty Areas: 
  • Cultural and contextual influences on behavioral health
  • Risk processes among families and adolescents

Shawn D. Whiteman

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Penn State University, 2004
Specialty Areas: 

Sibling Relationships; Family Relationships; Family Processes

Jason B. Whiting

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2001
Specialty Areas: 
  • Foster Care
  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • Marriage Enrichment & Education
  • Qualitative Methodology
  • Therapy

Crystal Whittington

Ph.D., Iowa State University
Specialty Areas: 
  • Child Life
  • Child Development
  • Parenting
  • Early Childhood Administration
  • Expressive Play
  • Infant and Toddler
  • Infant Massage

K.A.S. Wickrama

Professor
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1992
Specialty Areas: 
  • Immigrant Families
  • Research Methodology
  • Social Development

Thulitha Wickrama

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2007
Specialty Areas: 
  • Health & Families
  • Interpersonal Relationships
  • Quantitative Methodology
  • Racial & Ethnic Issues
  • Stress & Coping

Kandauda Wickrama

Professor
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1992
Specialty Areas: 
  • Social Determinants of Health across the Life Course
  • Racial/Ethnical Inequalities in Mental and Physical Health of Children and Adults
  • International Development and Health
  • Application of Advanced Statistical Methods to Social Epidemiology

Elizabeth Wieling

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1997
Specialty Areas: 
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison
  • Hispanic/Latino Individuals & Families
  • Interracial/Intercultural Relationships
  • Couple & Family Therapy
  • Trauma