Faculty Expertise
Core Faculty
Shonda Craft, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
- Infectious and chronic illness - particularly focused on HIV and STI
- Sexual health - sexual authenticity (congruence among identity, attraction, orientation, behaviors, and exploration/fantasies); sexual victimization; early initiation of sexual activity among adolescents
- Women's health - pregnancy decisions; postpartum depression; intimate partner violence
- Nutrition and weight management - sedentary behaviors and disordered eating
Steven Harris, Ph.D.
Professor & MFT Director
- Marriage and Relationship Education Effectiveness
- Divorce Prevention
- Couples and Intimacy
- Family Therapy Ethics and Professional Development
Liz Wieling, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- Mass Trauma – Developing multi-component systemic EBTs for trauma affected populations across national and international contexts
- Parenting – Cultural and contextual adaptation of Parenting Through Change Oregon Model for trauma
- Multiculturalism in clinical practice and research
- Cultural/population mental health disparities and social justice
Supporting Faculty
William Doherty, Ph.D.
Professor
- Democratic Community Building with Families
- Citizen Health Care
- Marriage
- Fatherhood
- Community Engaged Parent Education
- Families Dealing With Chronic Illnesses
- Ethics
William Goodman, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer & Associate Professor
- Undergraduate Career Planning
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People in Families
- Helping Skills of Human Service Workers
- Intellectual & Emotional Impact of Families of Origin
- Marriage and Family Therapy
- Family Origin
- Diversity Issues
Brier Miller
Minor, M.S.
Teaching Specialist
- Training Marriage and Family Therapists/Healers
- Person of the Therapist
- Cultural Competence/Families at the Margin
- Community Collaboration and Strength Based Services
- Clinical Supervision
Sara Wright, Ph.D.
Teaching Specialist
Staff
Roberta Daigle
Student Support Services Assistant