COLLEGE
OF HUMAN SCIENCES
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
FACULTY RESEARCH INTERESTS
Family and Consumer Sciences
Education
Karen
Alexander, Ph.D.,
The Ohio State University
Research
Interests: Prosocial
behavior in adolescents, family consumer
sciences teacher education, and adolescent development issues.
Sue Couch, Ed.D., University of Kentucky,
Research
Interests: Evaluation
of teaching, assessment of student performance, instructional effectiveness of
online courses, FCS teacher supply and demand issues.
Ginny Felstehausen, Ph.D., University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Research
Interests: Assessment
of FCS food and nutrition national standards, managing multiple roles, distance
education.
Marriage
and Family Therapy
Roy Bean, Ph.D., Brigham Young University, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Parental support, behavioral control, and psychological control among ethnically diverse youth.
Maria Bermudez, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Latino couples and families, culturally sensitive measures and instruments, feminist methodologies, and social constructionist theories in MFT.
Steven M. Harris, Ph.D., Syracuse
University
Research
Interests: Family therapy ethics and
professional development, and family violence.
David
C. Ivey, Ph.D., The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Research Interests: Clinical
judgment, assessment, training, gender and ethnicity in
marital and family therapy, treatment acceptability.
Karen
S. Wampler, Ph.D., Purdue University
Research Interests: Emotional processes in couple therapy, marriage and family
assessment, post-traumatic stress.
Richard
S. Wampler, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests: Delinquent adolescents and their
families, community-based interventions
for adolescents, identity development, program evaluation
Personal Financial Planning
Dorothy
Bagwell, Ph.D., Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Research
Interests: Financial
counseling, student credit use, workplace financial education.
David
Cordell, Ph.D., University
of Texas at Austin,
Research
Interests: Personal financial
planning, consumer economics, retirement and pension planning.
William
Gustafson, Ph.D., University
of Illinois,
Research
Interests:
Financial
planning process, income/expenditure patterns of teachers, portfolio
diversification of 457 plan participants.
Vickie
Hampton, Ph.D., University
of Illinois,
Research
Interests:
Financial
planning guidelines and benchmarks for measuring financial well-being of
families, decision making regarding employee benefits, determinants of success
on the CFP® Comprehensive Exam.
So-hyun
Joo, Ph.D., Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Research
Interests: Measuring
personal financial wellness, effectiveness of financial education, financial
literacy, financial help-seeking behavior.
Sterling
Shumway, Ph.D., Texas Tech University,
Research
Interests: Retirement planning, motivational interviewing in financial
planning.
Joseph
Tombs, J.D., Texas
Tech University,
Research
Interests: Application
of insurance products in retirement and advanced estate planning, financial
planning for the injured.
Substance Abuse Studies
Kitty
Harris, Ph.D., Texas Tech University,
Research Interests: Addiction, effects of substance abuse on adolescents, prevention of high risk behaviors during adolescence, mentoring models for adolescent program development, developing resiliency in adolescents and young adults.
Thomas
G. Kimball, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, Associate
Professor
Research
Interests:
Group interventions for addictive disorders, treatment efficacy.
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