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Ann Berghout Austin

Professor
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1981
Specialty Areas: 
  • Child Development
  • Infants & Toddlers

Joan Avis

Professor
Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley
Specialty Areas: 
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Adult Development
  • Life Transitions Counseling
  • Life Planning and Consultation
  • Personality
  • Psychology of Women

Michael Axelman

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Specialty Areas: 
  • Adolescents
  • Adult Child-Parent Relationships
  • Early Childhood Development
  • Family Processes
  • Schools & Families

Sara Axtell

Community-Campus Liason
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1994
Specialty Areas: 
  • Community Engagemen
  • Cross-Cultural Interfacing
  • Community Health
  • Systems Change
  • Faculty Development

Isabel Ayala

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2007
Specialty Areas: 
  • Intersection of Social Demographic Process and Social Inequality
  • Impact of Race, Gender and Migration Status on Social Mobility
  • Fertility Behavior of Latinas

Kristine M. Baber

Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 1983
Specialty Areas: 
  • Adolescent Development
  • At-Risk Individuals & Families
  • Ethical Issues
  • Identity Development
  • Sexuality

Judith B Bachay

Professor
Ph.D., Barry University, 1996
Specialty Areas: 

Cultural Issues, Resiliency, Communities & Families, Multicultural Counseling

Gonzalo Bacigalupe

Associate Professor
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, 1995
Specialty Areas: 
  • Family Health
  • Immigrant Families
  • Emerging Technology and Families
  • E-health

Jeffrey Baerwald

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Fordham University, 1998
Specialty Areas: 
  • Assessment
  • Drugs & Alcohol
  • Measurement
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Spirituality

Margaret Baier

Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Specialty Areas: 
  • Methods in Teaching FCS
  • Curriculum Development in FCS
  • Student Teaching in FCS
  • Occupations in FCS