Category: Faculty

Center for Families announces the 2025 Funding Recipients – Congratulations faculty and students focused on research about families!

Lorene Burkhart Award for Excellence in Research about Families Zoe Taylor, PhD, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Science, College of Health and Human Sciences Structural Risks and Family Adjustment in Midwestern Latine Immigrant Families: Extending the Family Stress...

Throughout the 30th anniversary year, the Center for Families has been working with our faculty partners and council members to explore ideas and partnerships that will last beyond a celebration and continue to strengthen research about families throughout Purdue University.

Throughout the 30th anniversary year, the Center for Families has been working with our faculty partners and council members to explore ideas and partnerships that will last beyond a celebration and continue to strengthen research about families throughout Purdue University....

Ellen Ernst Kossek has been named to the 2025-26 fellows class for the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University

Ellen Ernst Kossek has been named to the 2025-26 fellows class for the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University. An award-winning social scientist and thought leader on work-family and employment issues, Kossek is one...

Xinran Lehto – Despite the increasing popularity of solo travel, little attention has been given to the social experiences of solo international travelers.

Despite the increasing popularity of solo travel, little attention has been given to the social experiences of solo international travelers. This study examines how fellow diners’ emotional expressions influence solo travelers’ affect and rapport in communal dining settings.

Maria Marshall – Natural disasters pose significant challenges to small businesses, as they are more vulnerable to shocks. Their recovery is crucial to the resilience of communities. This literature review explores the topic of US small business disaster recovery by examining research in economics, management, and disaster studies.

Natural disasters pose significant challenges to small businesses, as they are more vulnerable to shocks. Their recovery is crucial to the resilience of communities. This literature review explores the topic of US small business disaster recovery by examining research in...

Laura Schwab Reese – Many victims, particularly adolescents, must disclose abuse or neglect to have their experiences identified by people able to provide support and resources. Social media may be part of how young people seek support.

Many victims, particularly adolescents, must disclose abuse or neglect to have their experiences identified by people able to provide support and resources. Social media may be part of how young people seek support.

Nasreen Lalani – Rural caregivers experience significant financial stressors while caring for their older family members with chronic illnesses. Limited access to care, support, and resources in rural areas poses significant financial threats and insecurity for some caregivers.

Rural caregivers experience significant financial stressors while caring for their older family members with chronic illnesses. Limited access to care, support, and resources in rural areas poses significant financial threats and insecurity for some caregivers.

Zoe Taylor – Personal relationships research is increasingly addressing the impact of both mothers’ and fathers’ parenting behaviors on youth’s development.

Personal relationships research is increasingly addressing the impact of both mothers’ and fathers’ parenting behaviors on youth’s development. This study addresses the relative dearth of research on the effects of fathers versus mothers on youth behavioral adjustment within U.S. Latine...

Kimberly Updegraff – Drawing from the integrative model and emotional spillover framework, the current study examined whether parents’ experiences of ethnic–racial discrimination informed Latino adolescents’ educational adjustment via features of their adaptive culture and youth’s ethnic–racial identity.

Drawing from the integrative model and emotional spillover framework, the current study examined whether parents' experiences of ethnic–racial discrimination informed Latino adolescents' educational adjustment via features of their adaptive culture and youth's ethnic–racial identity.

Sarah Eason, Arielle Borovsky, David Purpura – This study, involving 120 children and their parents, examined parent talk constructs and their relation to children’s early academic skills in 2021.

This study, involving 120 children and their parents, examined parent talk constructs and their relation to children's early academic skills in 2021. Parents' talk was best represented as a three-factor structure, suggesting that mathematical language use is distinct from general...