Degrees Granted
Sally Adam, M.A., 1989William Allen, M.A., 1992, Ph.D., 1996, Dissertation Title: Marital Bonds in Red, Black, and Green: Developing a Typology of African-American Marriages
Sayali S. Amarapurkar, Ph.D., 2004, Dissertation Title: Childcare Experiences of African Immigrant Parents in Minneapolis-Saint Paul: An Inductive Thematic Analysis of Seven Families
Jared Russell Anderson, Ph.D., 2007, Dissertation Title: Developmental Trajectories in Lower-Quality Marriages: Predictors and Outcomes
Roxanne Anderson, M.A., 1979, Ph.D., 1982 Dissertation Title: Mothers and Daughters: Their Adult Relationship
R. Marie Anderson, Ph.D., 1982
Martha Andrisevic, M.A., 1978
Shuji Asai, Ph.D., 2003, Dissertation Title: Premarital Relations Among Japanese Couples Based on PREPARE
Ramona Marotz-Baden, Ph.D., 1970, Dissertation Title: The Effects of Mobility Motivations Upon the Adjustment of Working Class Couples
John Bailey, Ph.D., 1989, Dissertation Title: Analysis of Family Therapy Ethics
Timothy Ten Broeke Balke, Ph.D., 1996, Dissertation Title: Adoptive Family Members’ and Grandparents Perceptions of the Role of Birthfathers in Adoption: A New Zealand Perspective
Howard Barnes, Ph.D., 1985, Dissertation Title: Assessing Discrepant Perceptions in Family Relationships: Substantive and Methodological Issues
Dianne Bartels, Ph.D., 2001, Dissertation Title: Genetics in Health Care: Ethical Challenges in Interactions of Family Systems and Health Systems
John Beaton, Ph.D., 2001, Dissertation Title: Expectant Fathers’ Family of Origin Processes and Their Association with Attitudes About Father Involvement
Richard Bell, Ph.D., 1982 Dissertation Title: Parent/adolescent Relationships in Families with a Runaway: Interaction Types and the Circumplex Model
Phyllis Bengtson, M.A., 1988
Jane Bennett, Ph.D., 2003, Dissertation Title: “Old” and “Lesbian”: An Exploratory Study of Identities in Relational Contexts
Walter Bera, Jr., Ph.D., 1995, Dissertation Title: Clergy Sexual Abuse and Male Survivors: A Study of Stress and Coping Among Twenty-five Men Abused by the Same Minister During Their Adolescence
Amy Michelle Berg, Ph.D., 2000, Dissertation Title: Qualitative Evaluation of the Passionate Marriage Couple Enrichment Weekend
Jerica Mohlman Berge, Ph.D., 2004, Dissertation Title: Marital Satisfaction and Mental Health of Couples with Children with Chronic Health Conditions. Co-advisors: Martha A. Rueter and Joan Patterson
Carolyn L. Bird, M.A. 2004., Ph.D., 2006, Dissertation Title: Life Quality: Assessing the Influence of Parenting Performance or Confidence and Economic Strain Among Rural, Low-Income Women. Co-advisors: Jean Bauer and Virginia Solis Zuiker
Sherry Boyce, M.A., 1986
David Bredehoft, Ph.D., 1983, Dissertation Title: Application of Systems Theory in the Evaluation of Parent Education, Self Esteem: A Family Affair
Karin Lindstrom Bremer, Ph.D., 2007, Dissertation Title: Partners in Caregiving: Effects of a Psychoeducational Intervention on Alzheimer’s Caregiving Daughters
Katherine E. Brewton, M.A., 2008, Thesis Title: A Qualitative Analysis of the Stress and Coping Experience of Low-Income Rental Mothers Raising a Child with a Disability
Michael Brodie, M.A., 1974
Christy A. Bulbolz, M.S., 1982
Linda Stevenson Budd, M.A., 1973, Ph.D., 1976, Dissertation Title: Problems, Disclosure, and Commitment of Cohabitating and Married Couples
Cheryl Buehler, M.A., 1980, Ph.D., 1982, Dissertation Title: The Divorce Transition: Family Functioning
Linda Burkett, M.A., 1980, Ph.D., 1985, Dissertation Title: Parenting Behaviors of Women Who Were Sexually Abused as Children in Their Family–of-Origin
Linda Hammer Burns, Ph.D., 1988, Dissertation Title: Perceptions of Parenting After Infertility: A Study of Outcomes and Impacts
Holly Carmichael, M.A., 2007, M.A. Thesis Title: The Timeliness of a Couple's First Pregnancy: Impacts of Personal Perception and Spousal Projection on Marital Satisfaction
Wayne Caron, M.A., 1987, Ph.D., 1991, Dissertation Title: Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type: Influence of Caregiver and Family Outpatient Behavior
Jason S. Carroll, Ph.D., 2001, Dissertation Title: The Ability to Negotiate or the Ability to Love: An Investigation of Interpersonal Competence in Marriage
Faye Caskey, M.A., 1977
Elizabeth Cauble, Ph.D., 1988 Dissertation Title: Parental Coping in Families of Children with Cerebral Palsy
Gael Cheek, Ph.D., 1987, Dissertation Title: Power and Ideology in Marriage: A Reexamination of Resource and Normative Theory Using Multiple Measures of Power
Alice Chen, M.A., 1973
Mary Chesney, M.A., 1983
Donna Hendrickson Christenson, M.A., 1988, Ph.D., 1990, Dissertation Title: The Use of Self-Report in Understanding Perception During Transition to Parenthood: A Multi-Method Approach
John Paul Clarke, Ph.D., 1984, Dissertation Title: The Family Types of Schizophrenics, Neurotics, and Normals
Martha Cleveland, M.A., 1974, Ph.D., 1976, Dissertation Title: Family Adaptation and the Permanent Disablement of a Son or Daughter
Joan K. Comeau, Ph.D., 1985, Dissertation Title: Resources and Perceptions: Impact on the Health Status of the Chronically Ill Child
Jennifer J. Connor, Ph.D., 2005, Dissertation Title: Living with Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome: The Couple Experience
Barbara A. Couden Hernandez, Ph.D., 2003, Dissertation Title: Marriage and Family Therapist Practice Patterns with Clients Using Psychotropic Medications
Joanne Harkins-Craven, Ph.D., 1986, Dissertation Title: Adult Children of Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Families: Emotional Distress and Intergenerational Transmission of Distance
Carla Dahl, Ph.D., 1994, Dissertation Title: A Phenomological Exploration of the Definition and Expression of Spirituality Within Families
Manijeh Daneshpour, Ph.D., 1996, Dissertation Title: Stress and Adaptation Among Iranian Families: A Multisystem Model of Personal, Couple, Family, and Work System
Kathrine Carlson Daniels, Ph.D., 2004, Dissertation Title: Alternative Strategies of Dissolving the Economic Partnership of Marriage
Fern DeRubeis, M.A., 1988
Althea A. Dixon, M.A., 1999, M.A. Thesis Title: "I Don't Know." Qualitative Interviews with White Mothers of Biracial Children
Celvia S. Dixon, Ph.D. 1992, Dissertation Title: Predictors of Life Satisfaction for Elderly African-Americans
Kevin C. Doll, Ph.D., 2004, Dissertation Title: Measuring Functional Differentiation: The Creation and Initial Validation of the Functional Differentiation Q-Sort
David Dollahite, Ph.D., 1988, Dissertation Title: Familial Support Resources and Individual Coping Efforts in Economically Stressed Farm Men and Women
Patrick M. Doyle, Ph.D., 1984, Dissertation Title: Child Custody and Mediation: A Two Year Follow-Up
Rosemary Dummer, M.A., 1971
Nora Dunbar, Ph.D., 2003, Dissertation Title: Understanding Adolescent Adoptive Identity
Joan Druckman, Ph.D., 1979, Dissertation Title: Premarital Relationships: Interaction Types and Processes
Mary E. Einspahr, M.A., 1987
Carol Elde, M.A., 1987
Brenda Christanson-Eller, M.A., 1983, Dissertation Title: Husbands and Wives Reports on Economic Helping Behavior: A Study Response Behavior
Bernadine L. Enevoldsen, Ph.D., 1993, Dissertation Title: Factors That Influence A Rural Financial Manager’s Satisfaction with Current Economic Well-Being and Ability to Achieve Success and Get Ahead
Cynthia Englund, Ph.D., 1980, Dissertation Title: Importance of Children to Life Satisfaction During Retirement
Steven Erickson, Ph.D., 1991, Dissertation Title: Families of Children with Well-Managed Asthma: A Family Interaction Study Based Upon the Circumplex Model of Family Systems
Amy Lash Esau, Ph.D., 2000, Dissertation Title: Family Context of Birth Mother Identity and Intimacy Development
Leslie Faricy, Ph.D., 1990, Dissertation Title: The Role of Obesity in Marital Relationships
Juanita Fehlafer, M.A., 1975
Margot Fehrenbacher, M.A., 1973
Bruce Fischer, Ph.D., 1989, Dissertation Title: Effects of Family Losses and Transitions on Adolescent Substance Use
David Fournier, Ph.D., 1979, Dissertation Title: Validation of PREPARE: A Premarital Counseling Inventory
Deborah Fravel, Ph.D., 1995, Dissertation Title: Boundary Ambiguity Perceptions of Adoptive Parents Experiencing Various Levels of Openness in Adoption
Ann Williams Garwick, Ph.D., 1991, Dissertation Title: Shared Family Perceptions of Life Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type
Raksha Gates, Ph.D., 2000, Dissertation Title: The Meanings of Migration for First and Second Generation Asian Indian Immigrants: Generation, Intergeneration, and Gender
Steven Geiger, Ph.D., 1983, Dissertation Title: Perceived Stressor Events and Life Changes of Spouses of Licensed Peace Officers
Darryl Goetz, Ph.D., 1992, Dissertation Title: The Impact of Childhood Chronic Illness on Marital Quality
Lois Golie, M.A., 1988
Dean Gorall, Ph.D., 2002, Dissertation Title: FACES IV (Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale): A Self-Report Scale for the Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems
Kevin McLeod Green, Ph.D., 2007, Dissertation Title: Understanding College Students' and Parents' Perceptions of Cell Phone Communication in Family Relationships: A Grounded Theory Approach
Jan Greenberg, Ph.D., 1987, Dissertation Title: Aging Fathers’ and Aging Mothers Perceptions of Their Relationships With Their Adult Children
Loretta Greenleaf, Ph.D., 1977, Dissertation Title: Factors Affecting Marital Interaction
Memory Grems, M.A., 2007, Thesis Title: Important Topics Regarding Financial Education Voiced by Minnesota Spanish Speakers.
Edna Guttmann, M.A., 1985
Derek A. Gwinn, M.A., 1999, M.A. Thesis Title: An Analysis of Social Program Participation and Employment Characteristics Among Food Stamp Eligible Parents
Heather R Haberman, M.A., 2003, M.A. Thesis Title: Analytic Induction Using the Family FIRO Model: A Comparative Case Study of Two Farm Family Business Systems; Ph.D., 2008, Dissertation Title: Online Research Methods Among Family Scientists: The Diffusion of an Innovation
Gerald Hadd, M.A., 1982, Ph.D., 1984, Dissertation Title: A Study of Agreement and Convergence in Spouses’ Responses to Survey Items in Family Research
Annelies Hagemeister, M.A., 1994, Ph.D., 2002, Dissertation Title: Battered Mothers’ Social Networks: A Qualitative Analysis
Janet Halvorson, M.A., 1970
Dorothy Hammer, M.A., 1971
Meredith Killmer Hanson, M..A., 1985, Ph.D., 1990, Dissertation Title: Gender Roles in Parenting: A Longitudinal Study of Role Preference, Perception of Resources, and Child Care
Jo Anne Harkins, M.A., 1979
Susan Hartman, M.A., 1974
Karen Hasse, M.A., 1980, Ph.D., 1986, Dissertation Title: Therapist Factors, Employment Conditions and Employment Setting Associated with Therapist Resistance in Response to Perceived Family Resistance
Dale Hawley, Ph.D., 1991 Dissertation Title: Enriching the Transition: An Evaluation of Three Marital Enrichment Programs
Lynn Heitritter, M.A., 1995, Ph.D., 1999, Dissertation Title: Meanings of Family Strength Voiced by Somali Immigrants: Reaching an Inductive Reasoning
June Henton, Ph.D., 1970 Dissertation Title: Problem Solving Through Conflict in Marriage
Robert Herron, Ph.D., 1975, Dissertation Title: A Study of Couple Congruency in Religiosity and Its Relationship to Marital Satisfaction
Emma Hill, M.A., 1974
Carol Hoffman, Ph.D., 1992, Dissertation Title: Care giving Among Older Couples: Context, Roles, and Adjustment
Kristen E. Holm, Ph.D., 2004, Dissertation Title: The Impact of Childhood Health Conditions on Mothers’ and Fathers’ Health
Elizabeth Anne Hope, Ph.D., 2007, Dissertation Title: Exploring the Family Lives of People in Prostitution: A Contextual Approach Using a Human Ecological Systems Model
Joan Horbal, M.A., 1993
Deborah Hovander, M.A., 1986
Diane Hovey, Ph.D., 1998, Dissertation Title: Meanings of Children’s Severe Ongoing Health Conditions: Understanding the Impact on Families
Catherine Huddleston-Casas, Ph.D., 2002, Dissertation Title: Who are the Working-Poor? A Profile of Working-Poor Families with Children
Alletta Hudgens, Ph.D., 1982 Dissertation Title: Toward a Theory of Human Energy in Couples
Eun Min Hyun, M.A., 1987, Ph.D., 1992, Dissertation Title: Resource Adequacy Perception and Marital Satisfaction of Rural Couples: A Nonrecursive Model
Karen Irvin, M.A., 1975, Ph.D., 1995, Dissertation Title: Power, Control and Gender: Balance in Divorce Mediation
Susan Jack, Ph.D., 1999, Dissertation Title: The Social Construction of Chronic Anorexia Nervosa: A Qualitative Investigation of Patients, Parents, Therapists, and Psychiatrists
Douglas Jackson, M.A., 1973
Jenet Irene Jacob, Ph.D., 2007, Dissertation Title: Factors Associated with Congruence between Adolescent Work and Family Expectations and Adult Work and Family Experiences
Ruth Hathaway Jewson, Ph.D., 1978, Dissertation Title: After Retirement: An Exploratory Study of the Professional Woman
Colleen Jolly, M.A., 1975
Michelle Johnson, M.A., 1999, Thesis Title: Voices of Interracially Adopted Adults: African American Identity and Community Affiliation
Patricia Johnson, Ph.D., 1982, Dissertation Title: Examining the long Distance Non-Marital Relationship
Tamara Kaiser, Ph.D., 1992, Dissertation Title: The Supervisory Relationship: The Study of the Relationship Between Supervisor and Supervisee in the Clinical Supervision of Marriage and Family Therapy
Lori Kaplan, Ph.D., 1994, Dissertation Title: Predictors of Depression Among Community-Dwelling Spouses of Institutionalized Alzheimer’s Mates
Terri Karis, M.A., 1989, Ph.D., 2000, Dissertation Title: Racial Identity Constructions of White Women in Heterosexual Black-White Interracial Relationships
Mary Jo Katras, Ph.D., 2003, Dissertation Title: The Private Safety Net: How Rural Low-Income Families Access and Use Resources to Make Ends Meet in the Era of Welfare Reform
Michael S. Kearney, Ph.D., 1984, Dissertation Title: A Comparative Study of Multiple Family Group Therapy and Individual Conjoint Family Therapy Within a Community Outpatient Chemical Dependency Treatment Program
Gina M. Kelly, Ph.D., 2007, Dissertation Title: Quality of Life Family Congruence in Nursing Homes
Diane Kieren, M.A., 1966, Ph.D., 1969, Dissertation Title: Adaptability: A Measure of Spousal Problem Solving and Its Relation to Child Rearing Practices
Elinor Killorin, M.A., 1979
Wendy Klohs, M.A., 1975
Julie Kohler, M.A., 1999, Ph.D., 2000, Dissertation Title: The Anticipated Consequences of Covenant Marriage Laws for Women: Understanding Women’s Perspectives
Edward Kouneski, Ph.D., 2002, Dissertation Title: Five Types of Marriage Based on ENRICH: Linking Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Characteristics
James Koza, M.A., 1986
Kerry Kriener-Althen, Ph.D., 2002, Dissertation Title: The Relationship Among the Foster Care Situation, Foster Parent’ Perceptions of Satisfactions, Available Resources, and Stress in Caucasian Foster Families
Susan Street Kwiecien, M.A., 1983, Ph.D., 1994, Dissertation Title: Binuclear Stepfamily Lived Experience: An Interpretive Case Study
HeeKyung Kwon, Ph.D., 2003, Dissertation Title: Protecting Adolescents From the Long-Term Effects of Economic Pressure: The Moderating Role of Parenting
Catherine Lally, M.A., 1990, Ph.D., 1993, Dissertation Title: Dyadic Sexual Meaning Systems: An Analysis of Change in Couples’ Sexual Meaning Systems From Engagement to Marriage
Carol Lange, M.A., 1982
Andrea Larsen, Ph.D., 1986, Dissertation Title: Problem Solving Through Conflict in Marriage
Pamela Larson, M.A., 1988, Ph.D., 1996, Dissertation Title: A Process Evaluation of A Mobile Crisis Team Program for Youth and Families
Herbert Laube, Ph.D., 1979, Dissertation Title: Types of Marital Relationships and Sexual Functioning
Sara L. Lassig, M.A., 2006, Thesis Title: Where Dementia and Love Collide: Husbands' Lived Experiences of Caring for a Wife with Dementia; Ph.D., 2008, Dissertation Title: Saying Goodbye During a Terminal Illness
Yoav Lavee, Ph.D., 1985, Dissertation Title: Family Types and Family Adaptation to Stress: Integrating the Circumplex Model of Family Systems and the Family Adjustment and Adaptation Response Model
Margaret Leach, M.A., 1987
Susan Leach, Ph.D., 1990, Dissertation Title: Comparison of Families with High and Low Drug Using Adolescents: A Family Interaction Study
ChihYuan (Steven) Lee, Ph.D., 2004, Dissertation Title: Marital Satisfaction and Father Involvement During the Transition to Parenthood
Ronit D. Leichtentritt, Ph.D., 1998, Dissertation Title: Attitudes, Meanings, and Values Toward Euthanasia Among Israeli Family Members
Cheryl Levitt, M.A., 1993
Roger Light, M.A., 1991
Jane Lillestol, M.A., 1991
Susan Lindstrom, M.A., 1980
Karin Bremer Lindstrom, Ph.D., 2007, Dissertation Title: Partners in Caregiving: Effects of a Psychoeducational Intervention on Alzheimer's Caregiving Daughters
Ellen Logacz, M.A., 1988, Ph.D., 1998, Dissertation Title: Family Circumplex Model in Four Non-Clinical Groups from Hawaii
Anne Lomax, M.A., 1975
Barbara Lonsdorf, Ph.D., 1991, Dissertation Title: The Effect of Expressed Emotion, Role Strain, and Parenting Mastery on the Behavior of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Sherry Machen, M.A., 1984, Ph.D., 1992, Dissertation Title: Family Structure and Family Resources: Their Influence on Children’s Academic and Social Competence
Beth Maddock-Magistad, M.A., 1994, Ph.D., 2000, Dissertation Title: Work/Family Plans of Expectant and New Parents: An Inductive Analysis
Sally Maison, M.A., 1975, Ph.D., 1980, Dissertation Title: Factors Affecting the Relationship Between Sexual and Marital Systems
Kathleen Mangum, M.A., 1984, Ph.D., 1994, Dissertation Title: Conflict and Financial Decision Making: A Study of Financial Satisfaction for Husbands and Wives
Jill Margolis, Ph.D., 1985, Dissertation Title: Mid Life Jewish Families in Minneapolis: An Empirically Derived Profile
Roxanne Markoff, M.A., 1984
Marilyn Mason, Ph.D., 1980, Dissertation Title: Relationship Enrichment: Evaluating the Effects of a Couples Wilderness Program
Debra Pearce McCall, Ph.D., 1988, Dissertation Title: Daughters’ and Parent’ Perceptions of Their Post Divorce/ReMarried Family Boundaries, and the Ritual of the Daughters’ Weddings
Judy McCleery, M.A., 1976
Marilyn McCubbin, Ph.D., 1986, Dissertation Title: Family Stress and Family Types: Chronic Illness in Children
Margaret McCullough, Ph.D., 1980, Dissertation Title: Parent and Sibling Definition of Situation Regarding Transgenerational Shift in Care of a Handicapped Child
Christine R. McGeorge, Ph.D., 2005, Dissertation Title: Caregivers' Definitions of Successful Caregiving: A Phenomenological Study of Primary Family Dementia Caregivers
Ana Memedovich, M.A., 2004, Thesis Title: The life Experience of Ethnically Mixed Former Yugoslavians Living in the U.S.
Tai Mendenhall, Ph.D., 2003, Dissertation Title: Partners in Diabetes: The Process and Evolution of a Democratic Citizenship Initiative in a Medical Context
Cynthia Meyer, M.A., 1984, Ph.D., 1988, Dissertation Title: Social Support and Couple Closeness Among Lesbians
Cheryl Meyers, M.A., 1983
Leni de Mik, Ph.D., 1984, Dissertation Title: Cultural Information Exchange and Adaptability of Third Generation Dutch-Canadian Immigrant Families
Daniel Moga, Ph.D., 1976, Dissertation Title: Newlywed Marriages of Former Priests
Michael Morris, M.A., 1980
Stephanie L. Mosher, M.A., 2009
Marla Muxen, Ph.D., 1990, Dissertation Title: Making Sense of Sibling Loss in Adulthood: An Experiential Analysis
Janice Winchester Nadeau, Ph.D., 1993 Dissertation Title: Meaning-Making in Family Bereavement
Mindy Nakamoto, M.A., 1999
Lili Naveh, M.A., 1984, Thesis Title: Holocaust Survivors’ Families: Post Liberation Coping and Adaptation-A Family Stress and Coping Perspective
James Nelson, Jr. Ph.D., 1994, Dissertation Title: Family Therapy and The City: A Model Examining the Community’s Role in Healing
Jane E. Newell, M.A., 2008, Thesis Title: Openness to Experience: Links to Communicative and Structural Openness in Adoptive Kinship Networks
Joseph Niesen, M.A., 1985, Ph.D., 1992, Dissertation Title: Family History, High Risk Behaviors and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection Status in Adult Gay Men with Chemical Dependency Problems
Annie Nevaldine, M.A., 1975, Ph.D., 1978, Dissertation Title: Divorce: The Leaver and The Left
Busisiwe C. Nkosi, Ph.D., 2005, Dissertation Title: Household Food Security and Health Behaviors in Rural Communities of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Rosalie Norem, Ph.D., 1979, Dissertation Title: Typologies of Premarital Relationships
Kathleen Novak, M.A., 1970
Melissa Lynn-Schultz Odenbach, M.A., 2006, Plan B Project Title: Modern Motherhood, Guilt, and Society: An Evolving Relationship
Kathleen O’Donnell, M.A., 1993
Paul Okeyo Orieny, Ph.D., 2008, Dissertation Title: African Immigrants Stressful Marital and Family Experiences
Ramona Oswald, M.A., 1994, Ph.D., 1998, Dissertation Title: Lesbian and Gay Men’s Experiences at Family Weddings: An Exploration of Heterosexism
Ella Margaret Plumbo Packingham, M.A., 2008, Thesis Title: Money and Marriage: Financial Organization and Decision-Making in Newly Married Couples
Martha Kay Parker, Ph.D., 1996, Dissertation Title: Loss in the Lives of Southeast Asian Elders
Joan Patterson, M.A., 1980, Ph.D., 1983, Dissertation Title: Family Adaptation to Chronic Illness: The Case of Cystic Fibrosis
David Pearson, M.A., 1991
Elaine Pederson, Ph.D., 1983
Elizabeth G.Pelletier, M.A., 2002, Plan B Project Title: A Reflective Journey at The Bridge for Runaway Youth
Yvette Perry, Ph.D., 2006, Dissertation Title: "Comparing": A Grounded Theory of Adoptive Mother's Lay Beliefs about Genetics
Gail Peterson, M.A., 1974, Ph.D., 1989, Dissertation Title: Adolescent Moral Development As Related to Family Power, Family Support and Parental Moral Development
Robert Phillips, Ph.D., 1977, Dissertation Title: Assertion Training for Men: Impact on Selected Inter-Personal Behaviors, Self-Description, and Concepts of Gender Roles
Kristine N. Piescher, M.A., 2004, Ph.D., 2007 Dissertation Title: The Transmission of Maternal Depression: Personality and Sibling Relationship Influences in Adolescence
Joyce Piper, Ph.D., 1995, Dissertation Title: Work Stress Among Lutheran Clergy Women in the USA and Norway
Elizabeth J. Plowman, M.A., 2008, Thesis Title: Home for the Holidays? The Association Between Parental Dementia and Intergenerational Ambivalence in the Context of Family Holidays
Joyce Portner, M.A., 1975, Ph.D., 1980, Dissertation Title: Parent/Adolescent Relationships: Interaction Types and the Circumplex Model
Sharon E. Powell, Ph.D., 2004, Dissertation Title: Examining the Resource Use of Rural, Low-income Families Caring for Children with Disabilities
Mary Pribyl, M.A., 1970
Dawn C. Reckinger, Ph.D., 2005, Dissertation Title: Influence of Family Perceptions of Burden on Adolescent Mental Health Service Utilization
Joseph Reid, Ph.D., 2000, Dissertation Title: Effectiveness of a Family Asthma Education Program
Robert Reimer, Ph.D., 1979, Dissertation Title: Effects of Children on the Developmental Tasks of Middle Age
Pang Foua Yang Rhodes, Ph.D., 2008, Dissertation Title: Intimate Partner Violence Among Hmong American Men and Women
Robert Reineck, Ph.D., 1987, Dissertation Title: A Longitudinal Study of the Relationships Between Family Cohesion and Adolescent Strain, Resources, and Substance Using Behaviors
Diana L. Rickert, M.A., 2004, Thesis Title: Child Support Ecomaps: Human, Social, and Financial Resources
Cara Roberson, M.A., 1986
Elisabeth Robbins, Ph.D., 1998, Dissertation Title: Factors Influencing Couple Satisfaction in the Presence of Clinical Depression
Christina Robert, Ph.D., 2009, Dissertation Title: Parenting Practices and Child Behavior in Mexico: A Validation Study of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire
Bean Robinson, Ph.D., 1982, Dissertation Title: Former Spouse Conflict: During Marriage, Divorce, and Post-Divorce
Nicola Dominque Rodrigues, Ph.D., 2007, Dissertation Title: Meanings Underlying Parent Narratives of Living with and Caring for their Preadolescent Child with Cerebral Palsy
Judy Rommel, Ph.D., 1989, Dissertation Title: Wives and Husbands Resource Adequacy Perception, Conflict Resolution and Contextual Variables: A Longitudinal Study
Nicole Ross, M.A., 1995, Ph.D., 1999, Dissertation Title: Construct Validity of the Global Assessment of Relationship Functioning (GARF): A Health Services Research Approach with a Sample of Community Based Clinicians
Wilma Ruffin, Ph.D., 1991, Dissertation Title: Paternal Involvement of Divorced Fathers Related to Marital Status, Custody Arrangements, and Perceptions of Adequacy
Candyce Russell, Ph.D., 1975, Dissertation Title: Adaptability in Family Triads
Martha Russell, M.A., 1976
Daoungkamol (Noy) Sakulnamarka, Ph.D., 1992, Dissertation Title: Life Satisfaction of Middle Generation Hmong Husbands and Wives
Diana R. Samek, M.A., 2009, Thesis Title: The Association Between Observed Family Communication Patterns, Sibling Closeness Perceptions, and Adoptive Status
Annie Ly Toeung Sandvig, M.A., 2008, Thesis Title: Job-seeking Experiences of Refugees in the Context of the Welfare Policy: Employment Counselor Perspectives on Stressors, Resources, and Adaptation
Janet Sarver, M.A., 1993
Patricia L. Schaber, Ph.D., 2004, Dissertation Title: Family Decision Making: Examining the Decision Context, Process, and Outcome when Employees are Offered Long Term Care Insurance
Mark Schaefer, M.A., 1977, Ph.D., 1979, Dissertation Title: Linking Premarital and Marital Interaction Types and Dynamics: A Longitudinal Study of the Transition to Marriage
Marjorie Schaffer, Ph.D., 1993, Dissertation Title: The Influence of Partner Relationship and Social Supports of the Prenatal Behaviors of Low Income Women
Karen Schmid, Ph.D., 1994, Dissertation Title: Intergenerational Relations in Adoptive Families: Adoptive Parents
Gretchen Stein-Schmidt, Ph.D., 1985, Dissertation Title: Congruence of Perception in the Sexual Experience
Kathleen Schmitz, Ph.D., 1995, Dissertation Title: Nuclear Family and Family of Origin Influences on Prenatal Psychosocial Risk and Newborn and Maternal Well-Being
Kristin Schneider, M.A., 2006, Thesis Title: Mother and Child Perceptions of Social Capital after an Incident of Domestic Violence
Joyce Schultenover, M.A., 1987
Nancy Schwartz, M.A., 1988
Mary Seabloom, M.A., 1991, Ph.D., 1998, Dissertation Title: Crossing Boundaries: Family Contextual Events, Family Cohesion, Intimate Communication, and Internalized Sex Role Attributes in Families of Males who have engaged in non-societally sanctioned behaviors with a minor
Richard Sellers, Ph.D., 1988, Dissertation Title: Pastoral Care and Health Care Decision Making
Aysem Ruchan Senyurekli, Ph.D., 2007, Dissertation Title: Caring from a Distance: How Turkish Transnational Families Maintain Intergenerational Relationships
Mary Sheedy, M.A., 1977
Carey Wexler Sherman, Ph.D., 2005, Dissertation Title: Alzheimer's Spouse Caregiving in Late-Life Remarriage
Lindiwe Busisiwe Sibisi, M.A., 2008
Deborah Simmons, Ph.D., 1996, Dissertation Title: The Relationship Between Academic Training and The Clinical Practices of Marriage and Family Therapists
Scott Simpson, M.A., 1987
Denise Skinner, Ph.D., 1983, Dissertation Title: Dual Employed Families: Coping and Adaptation
Brooke Skinner-Drawz, Ph.D., 2009, Dissertation Title: Adoptee Information Seeking: Changes Between Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood and the Impact of Adoption Communicative Openness
Catherine Solheim, M.A., 1987, Ph.D., 1990, Dissertation Title: Preference for Change in Family Work Roles, Family Work Role Conflict, and Conflict Resolution Style
Patricia Spaulding, Ph.D., 1988, Dissertation Title: Perception of Family Work Roles: Couple Preference Patterns, Contextual Variables and Resource Adequacy
Susan Spaulding, M.A., 1974
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D., 1985, Dissertation Title: The Psycho-Social Aspects of Stress Following Abortion
Robert Spector, M.A., 1979 Pat Spoentgen Ph.D., 1992, Dissertation Title: Goal-Setting in Family Therapy with Intrafamilian Sexual Abuse Families
Douglas Sprenkle, M.A., 1973, Ph.D., 1975, Dissertation Title: A Behavioral Assessment of Creativity, Support and Power in Clinic and Non-clinic Married Couples
Joel Springer, Ph.D., 1983, Dissertation Title: Transition to Marriage: A Longitudinal Study of Cognitive and Behavioral Change
Robert Staples, Ph.D., 1971, Dissertation Title: The Influence of the Social Context on Premarital Sexual Standards and Behavior: A Cross-Racial Analysis
Ciloue Cheng Stewart, Ph.D., 2000, Dissertation Title: Chinese-American Families From Taiwan: A Transnational Study of Filial Connection
Kenneth Stewart, Ph.D., 1988, Dissertation Title: Stress and Adaptation: A Multi-system Model of Individual, Couple, Family and Work Systems
Joyce Stockton, Ph.D., 1991, Dissertation Title: Circumplex Model and Families With An Emotionally Disturbed Child: A Multi-Method Evaluation
Kristen Swan, M.A., 1986
Vicky Chiu Wan Tam, Ph.D., 1995, Dissertation Title: Mothers Decision Making on Alternative Child Care Arrangements in Hong Kong
Sheena Thao, M.A., 2009
Gail Thoen, Ph.D., 1977, Dissertation Title: Commitment Among Voluntary Childfree Couples to a Variant Lifestyle
Volker Thomas, Ph.D., 1990, Dissertation Title: Family Types and Observational Assessment: The Circumplex Model of Marital and Family System
Judy Watson Tiesel, M.A., 1991, Ph.D., 1994, Dissertation Title: Capturing Family Dynamics: The Reliability and Validity of FACES IV
Sandra Titus, Ph.D., 1978, Dissertation Title: Friends, Comparison Marriage Reality
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Maria Turnblum, M.A.,
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Barbara Wollan, M.A., 1987
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