Faculty & Staff
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Education — Ph.D., Michigan State University; M.A., Eastern Michigan University; B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) | ||||
| Research/Interests — Examining the social issues that influence families and community life, particularly latino families and children, family diversity and the role of family and child studies in the teacher preparation | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4145 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-4077 | |||||
| Email — goldfarbk@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
Shannon Bellum Department Administrator | |||||
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Education — M.F.A., M.A,. Montclair State University; B.S. SUNY-Oneonta | ||||
| Research/Interests — Career counseling for higher education, group processes, student life processes and development | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4153 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-6854 | |||||
| Email — bellums@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
Christopher Cottle Department Advisor | |||||
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| Office — University Hall 4151 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-3387 | |||||
| Email — cottlec@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
Jen Wilenta Program Assistant | |||||
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| Office — University Hall 4149 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-4077 | |||||
| Email — wilentaj@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
Faculty
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Education — Ph.D., Syracuse University; M.A., B.A., Binghamton University | ||||
| Research/Interests — African american families, cultural influences on parenting and family relationships, gender and intimate relationships | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4209 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-6842 | |||||
| Email — brownti@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
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Education — Ph.D., University at Albany, S.U.N.Y.; M.S.W., Hunter College School of Social Work, C.U.N.Y.; B.A., New York University | ||||
| Research/Interests — Sibling relationships, sibling abuse, clinical and educational supervision in social work | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4182 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-6905 | |||||
| Email — caspij@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
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Education — Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; M.S.W., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University; B.A., Appalachian State University | ||||
| Research/Interests — Factors related to relationship quality and stability, Contextual effects (i.e., discrimination, policy) on family relationships, Remarriage and stepfamilies, LGBT-headed families, Program development and evaluation, Qualitative and quantitative Internet methodology | |||||
| Office — University Hall | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-4171 | |||||
| Email — vaneedenmobr@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
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Education — Ph.D., M.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., University of Vermont; B.A., Clark University (Massachusetts) | ||||
| Research/Interests — Predictors of relationship quality and divorce; the division of household labor, adolescent time use | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4030 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-7494 | |||||
| Email — gagerc@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
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Education — Ph.D., Fordham University; M.S.W., B.A., Rutgers University | ||||
| Research/Interests — Culturally-grounded social work practice, latino/a emphasis, educational outcomes, youth substance use & violence prevention | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4186 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-6846 | |||||
| Email — garciareidp@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
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Education — Ph.D., Bowling Green State University; M.A, Bowling Green State University-Ohio; B.A., College of New Jersey | ||||
| Research/Interests — Social and cognitive development, focusing on the development of peer relationships and peer behavior during childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. Specifically, how peer relationships and cognitions about peer relationships influence the development of aggression and other forms of problem behavior | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4032 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-3359 | |||||
| Email — goldsteins@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
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Education — Ph.D., M.S., B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | ||||
| Research/Interests — Intimate partner violence, the process of leaving abusive partners, changes in family relationships, family stress and dynamics, qualitative methods | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4184 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-3006 | |||||
| Email — khawl@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
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Education — Ph.D., University of Minnesota; M.S., Auburn University; B.A., National Taiwan University | ||||
| Research/Interests — Emerging adulthood, cross-cultural research on family dynamics, depression and suicide prevention, substance use and abuse, relationships among family financial stress, parenting, and child development, and prevention intervention program implementation | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4180 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-4371 | |||||
| Email — leech@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
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Education — Ph.D. Virginia Tech, M.S., B.S. Seoul National University | ||||
| Research/Interests — Community capacity, reciprocal influences between diverse families and communities, immigrant families, family life education, family program development and evaluation, decision making among young females | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4038 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-3452 | |||||
| Email — leeso@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
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Education — Ph.D., M.S., University of Arizona; B.A., Brandeis University | ||||
| Research/Interests — Family processes through which income affects children and youth, transition to young adulthood; child and adolescent time use | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4211 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-6841 | |||||
| Email — linverm@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
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Education — Ph.D., Louisiana State University; M.S, Louisiana State University; B.S., National Agricultural University of Ukraine | ||||
| Research/Interests — Immigrant families and their adaptation to a new socio-cultural environment, family stress and coping, qualitative research | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4036 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-7984 | |||||
| Email — nesteruko@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
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Education — Ph.D., University of Georgia; M.S., University of Georgia; B.A., University of California, Irvine | ||||
| Research/Interests — Women and retirement, aging family relationships and intergenerational dynamics, gender issues in later life, qualitative methods | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4028 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-3358 | |||||
| Email — pricech@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
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Education — Ph.D., Columbia University; MSW, Rutgers; B.A., Rutgers | ||||
| Research/Interests — Community based participatory research, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention among urban minority youth, structural and environmental interventions to prevent alcohol and tobacco use | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4040 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-7862 | |||||
| Email — reidr@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
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Education — Ph.D., University of Delaware; MSSA, Case Western Reserve University; B.S., University of Delaware | ||||
| Research/Interests — African-american extended families, family diversity, cultural connections between african american and west african families | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4188 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-6840 | |||||
| Email — stewartp@mail.montclair.edu | |||||
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Education — Ph.D., Cornell University; MA, Cornell University; BA, Tufts University | ||||
| Research/Interests — Applied developmental science; Positive youth development; Developmental Systems Theories and Systems Science; Out-of-school activity involvement and the impact on positive and negative indicators of development; Ecological and neighborhood factors as context for development; Effective means of integrating research, practice, and policy; Evaluation and program planning particularly for youth development programs, STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) programs, and public health programs | |||||
| Office — University Hall 4205 | |||||
| Phone — (973) 655-6884 | |||||
| Email — urbanj@mail.montclair.edu | |||||