Faculty Profile | Center for Families

March 13, 2025

From programs to practice, CFF Director Emerita reflects on creating lasting change for families

At just 13 years old, Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth organized her first conference with the intent of helping enhance processes in her church. Now a distinguished professor in the Purdue University Department of Human Development and Family Science, MacDermid Wadsworth has focused her career on making a greater impact.

At just 13 years old, Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth organized her first conference with the intent of helping enhance processes in her church. Now a distinguished professor in the Purdue University Department of Human Development and Family Science, MacDermid Wadsworth has...

January 12, 2025

Discrimination and racial socialization profiles: Associations with Asian American adolescent attachment, activism, and self-esteem

Annabelle Atkin

Theory and research suggest that racial discrimination is associated with attachment insecurity (Stern et al., 2022), whereas racial socialization is an integral aspect to fostering secure attachment with parents.

November 26, 2024

CFF welcomes Leigha MacNeill as a faculty partner!

Leigha MacNeill joins CFF as an Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science. Research interests include Social-emotional development in the family system and how such trajectories lead to mental health. She is actively aiming to translate developmental knowledge base...

November 14, 2024

CFF welcomes Mark Suchman as a faculty partner!

Mark Suchman joins CFF as a Professor of Sociology. Research interests include The impact of law and legal institutions on social and economic life, with a particular focus on how legal conditions create—or foreclose—opportunities for innovation, entrepreneurship, and technological change.

November 3, 2024

Parental involvement in Mexican-origin adolescents’ romantic relationships: An examination of parents’ cultural orientations and parent-youth relationships

Kim Updegraff

Romantic relationships are normative in adolescence, and parents can play a role in supporting or restricting adolescents' romantic experiences.

August 6, 2024

CFF welcomes Sooyeon Jeong as a faculty partner!

Sooyeon Jeong joins CFF as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science. Research interests include designing and deploying interactive AI agents that can improve people’s lives by providing personalized support based on each user’s needs, traits, and behaviors. Agents are deployed...

March 21, 2024

Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences launches participant registry to elevate research

As part of the College of Health and Human Sciences efforts to refresh its signature research areas, A.J. Schwichtenberg, associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science, and Arielle Borovsky, associate professor in the Department of Speech,...

February 8, 2024