Center for Families

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March 29, 2021

Work-home boundary role transitions: Telework before, during and after COVID-19

2021 Kanter Lecture: Dr. Joni Delanoeije, 2020 Kanter Award Nominee

March 10, 2021

Mobile technology helps give voice to nonverbal autistic children during pandemic

Mobile technology helps give voice to nonverbal autistic children during pandemic Purdue University technology to assist nonverbal children on the autism spectrum is helping families around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced schools and clinics to rely

February 28, 2021

WINNER: Reconceptualizing what and how women negotiate for career advancement

2020 Kanter Award Winner Announced: The Center for Families at Purdue University and the Boston College Center for Work & Family are delighted to announce the winner of the 2020 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. Hannah...

February 28, 2021

The Digital Divide: How Does it Divide Hoosiers

Indiana’s 23rd Family Impact Seminar - The issue overview report for the 23rd Indiana Family Impact Seminar, The Digital Divide: How Does it Divide Hoosiers, is now available. This report provides an overview of the issues covered in the seminar,...

June 29, 2020

CFF recognizes funding recipients for 2020-2021

Faculty Awards Burkhart Faculty Fellowship – Trenton D. Mize, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts. Attenuating the Commitment Penalty: How Organizational Policies and Workplace Culture Affect Perceptions of Workers Who Take Parental Leave Research Enhancement Grant –...

April 29, 2020

Strength in Single Mother Families Newsletter

The Resilient Families Lab at Purdue University released their April 2020 newsletter on the Strength in Single Mother Families project. The project, led by Zoe Taylor, Associate Professor in the Human Development and Families Studies Department at Purdue, studies the risks...

April 16, 2020

Families Tackling Tough Times Together – an online support community during COVID-19 pandemic

“Families are facing stress from numerous actions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, “Every family has strengths, but at times like this they can benefit from being encouraged and reminded of that. We are providing resources to...

May 29, 2019

‘Let’s move’ wins Pittu Laungani best paper prize

A paper stemming from the work completed during the 2018 Hancock fellowship, lead by Libby Richards, PhD, assistant professor of nursing, has received the Pittu Laungani prize from the International Journal of Health Promotion and Education.The paper is titled, ‘Let’s...

May 29, 2019

Scientists study how service dogs help veterans cope with PTSD

“I think there are people out there who question whether or not service dogs actually help and they are looking for numbers and science,” Dr. Maggie O’Haire told CBS News. O’Haire leads the Organization for Human-Animal Interaction Research and Education,

May 29, 2019

What caregivers need most – MFRI, Tom Hanks, Savannah Guthrie and Andrew Luck join Indiana military veterans, caregivers

A new study released by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation and Purdue University’s Military Family Research Institute indicates that in Indiana, most military caregivers are spouses. With the number of veterans in need increasing, more than three-quarters of caregivers are under