Pat Tanner Nelson

Professor and Extension Specialist, University of Delaware
Pat Tanner Nelson
Ed. D., Columbia University
Specialty Areas: 
  • Just in Time Parenting
  • Balancing Work and Family
  • Stress
  • Childhood obesity prevention
Biography 

Dr. Pat Tanner Nelson focuses on parent education and support, childhood obesity prevention, family stress management, and work/family integration. Collaborating with federal, state, and community organizations, Pat strives to build research-based education into the broad continuum of resources needed by families today. Pat is co-PI for eXtension Just in Time Parenting, a national interactive Internet resource that strives to bring high quality, research-based information to families at the time it can be most useful and make the biggest difference in their lives. Follow-up evaluations show that Just in Time Parenting is useful to all parents; the greatest impact is with those who are youngest, poorest and least educated.