Division 20 News: STUDENTS: Graduate Training in Human Development and Family Studies, Oregon State University

Dear Colleagues,

I write to ask your assistance in identifying and recruiting applicants for the Ph.D. program in Human Development and Family Studies at Oregon State University. Additional information can be found on our website: http://www.hhs.oregonstate.edu/hdfs/index.html .

PROGRAM: The Doctoral Graduate Program in Human Development and Family Studies at Oregon State University focuses on optimal development across the life span for individuals and families in a changing sociohistorical context. Our research is interdisciplinary with signature themes in (a) transitions across the life course, (b) risk and resilience across the life span, and (c) developmental and family research methods. We have research emphases in child development, adult development and aging, families, rural communities, and cross-national comparison. Our program prepares students for careers in which research and teaching will be their primary focus.

RESEARCH: Our program offers training in theory, empirical research, and methods for studying individuals, families, and communities. Most students are funded through graduate research and teaching assistantships, which typically include a stipend and tuition remission. Our faculty and graduate students work together to identify common areas of interest and pursue shared intellectual goals in the signature areas noted above.

Oregon State University is a comprehensive public research university and a member of the Oregon University System. A land, sea, space, and sun grant institution, we have programs and faculty located in every county of the state. OSU was recently given the designation of Very High Research Activity by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. It was the only Oregon institution to receive the top designation, and one of only 63 public institutions nationwide. OSU views the state of Oregon as its campus, and works in partnership with Oregon community colleges and other state system institutions to provide access to educational programs.

TEACHING: Graduate students have the opportunity to receive supervised, hands-on teaching experience through graduate teaching assistantships or by teaching a course once students have completed the master’s degree. Students receive training in variety of teaching technologies and methods by faculty and master teachers in the College of Health and Human Sciences.

LOCATION: Oregon State University is home to approximately 19,300 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, representing about 90 countries, every state in the nation and every county in the state of Oregon. OSU is located in Corvallis, Oregon, a community of just over 50,000 people situated in the Willamette Valley between Portland and Eugene. Ocean beaches, pristine mountain lakes, rushing rivers, old-growth forests, the sunny high desert, the rugged Cascade and Coast Ranges, and the urban amenities of the Portland metropolitan area are all within a 100-mile drive of Corvallis.

FACULTY RESEARCH INTERESTS

Alan C. Acock, Professor: Intergenerational relations, family structure, fathering, at risk families, quantitative methods.

Carolyn M. Aldwin, Professor and Department Chair: Psychosocial factors on health, stress and coping, the long-term effects of trauma, the interface between physical and mental health, and optimal aging.

Sally Bowman, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist: Families in later life, rural families in poverty, program evaluation.

Marc Braverman, Associate Dean and Extension FCD Program Leader: Applied research methods and program evaluation, community programming, health promotion for youth.

Deborah Coehlo, Assistant Professor: Caregiving across the lifespan, care of children with special needs and their families, mental health across the life span, and multimedia strategies for enhancing education.

Lizbeth Ann Gray, Associate Professor and Assistant Dean: Family, sexuality, social change, women’s issues, human services, and international context.

Scott M. Hofer, Professor: Lifespan development and aging-related change, integrative analysis of longitudinal studies on aging, cognitive aging, developmental research methodology.

Karen Hooker, Professor and Director, Center for Healthy Aging Research: Personality and health, family caregiving in later life, goals, affect, and cognitive representations of self, developmental methodology.

Michael R. Levenson, Associate Professor: Exceptional adult development with a special emphasis on transformational change, developmental theory, psychological assessment, personality disorders, and consciousness studies.

Katherine A. MacTavish, Assistant Professor: Rural families and communities, family management strategies and child/youth development in risky rural contexts, rural poverty and community development.

Megan McClelland, Associate Professor: Early social and cognitive development, and school readiness, links between self-regulation and school success, risk and resilience in young children

Patricia Moran, Associate Professor: End of life issues, family policy, and at-risk youth.

Leslie Richards, Assistant Professor: Rural poverty, relationships, family literacy, program evaluation

Sharon Rosenkoetter, Associate Professor: Early childhood leadership, early childhood transitions, policy development, development of literacy skills in typically and atypically developing young children.

Richard A. Settersten, Jr., Professor: The life course, social policy, transition to adulthood, age and aging.

Samuel Vuchinich, Associate Professor: Family interaction and social development, adolescence, quantitative methods, family conflict and problem solving.

Alexis J. Walker, Professor and Joanne L. Petersen Chair in Gerontology and Family Studies: Gender and family relationships, inter- and intra-generational relationships, families in middle and later life.

CONTACT INFORMATION

To learn more about our doctoral program please visit our website at: http://www.hhs.oregonstate.edu/hdfs/graduate/index.html

To receive full consideration for funding, applications for our Doctoral Graduate Program should be submitted by January 15, 2007. Applicants who apply in time for the second deadline of April 1, 2007, may be considered for funding as well, but earlier applicants are given higher priority.

For additional information or if you have questions, contact us at:

Graduate Program in Human Development and Family Sciences

Oregon State University

322 Milam Hall

Corvallis OR 97331-5102

Phone: 541.737.4765

Fax: 541.737.1076

Email: maya.burton@oregonstate.edu

Scott M. Hofer, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Psychosocial Core, Center for Healthy Aging Research

Dept. of Human Development and Family Sciences

College of Health and Human Sciences

322 Milam Hall