Center for Families announces 2023 Funding Recipients

Lorene Burkhart Award for Excellence in Research about Families

Annabelle Atkin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science, College of Health and Human Sciences

A qualitative examination of familial racial-ethnic socialization experiences among multiracial American emerging adults.

Atkin, A. L., Jackson, K. F., White, R. M. B., & Tran, A. G. T. T. (2022). A qualitative examination of familial racial-ethnic socialization experiences among multiracial American emerging adults. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(2), 179–190. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000918

2023 Faculty Awards

Center for Families Faculty Fellowship

Amanda Veile, PhD, Anthropology to support: Nutritional assessment of Yucatec Maya children in the aftermath of global disruption.

Bob L. and Joyce Beery Miles Research Enhancement Grant

Kristine Marceau, PhD, Human Development and Family Science, to support the work of Bio Sciences undergraduate, Gina Canino-Quiñones: The hormonal milieu and family relationships across childhood and adolescence.

2023 Graduate Student Awards

Family Research Grant

Mehreen Hassan, Human Development and Family Science: The South Asian families’ perspective on coaching. (Advisor: Carolyn McCormick, PhD, HDFS)

Studorschka Interdisciplinary Grant

Nathan Lieng, Human Development and Family Science: Healing from intergenerational cultural conflict through cultivating intergenerational cultural humility in Asian American families. (Advisors: Annabelle Atkin, PhD, HDFS, and Xiang Zhou, PhD, Educational Studies)

Studorschka Interdisciplinary Grant

Claire Rosenberger, Human Development and Family Science: Examining effectiveness of Families Tackling Tough Times Together program to promote family communication and child well-being among at-risk families. (Advisors: Carolyn McCormick, PhD, HDFS and Austin Tombs, PhD, Computer Graphics Technology)

Levien Family Policy Scholarship

Elizabeth Kielb, Human Development and Family Studies (Advisor: Kameron Moding, PhD, Human Development and Family Science)