Child and Family Development Department Faculty

`The Faculty of the Department of Child and Family Development`

Introduction

The faculty are a key factor in the overall success and growth of the Department of Child and Family Development. Many of the faculty epitomize the concept of the teacher/scholar. That is, they are actively engaged in applied scholarly research; they are providing valuable service to the professional community; and they are incorporating a synthesis of these activities in the classroom. Students profit greatly by the Department's professionally active faculty who are able to gear their instruction around relevant, up-to-date topics within a scholarly context and tradition.

Some faculty have recently published books; others have book contracts and/or books in press. Several faculty have achieved national and international attention for their published work, lectures, and grant activity. Many faculty have distinguished themselves for significant contributions to the community and the State. They provide valuable consultative services and assume positions of community leadership.

Profiles of Full-Time Faculty: Instructional Contributions

Carolyn K. Balkwell, Ph.D. Tenured, Full Professor and Undergraduate Advisor: Teaching areas include interaction in families, research methodology, adult development and aging, and parent-child relationships across the life-span. Courses include CFD 335, 370, 381, 578, 790.
Jacki Booth, Ph.D. Full-time Temporary Lecturer: Teaching areas include principles of family development, child/family/community needs and social institutions and agencies attemption to meet these needs, and multidisciplinary approach to the parent-child relationships across the life span. Courses include CFD135, 272, and 578.

Audrey Hokoda, Ph.D. Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor: Teaching areas include child abuse and family violence, programs for children and families, infant and toddler development, public policy and professional ethics, and research methods. Research areas involve the development and evaluation of a parenting intervention for children exposed to domestic violence, mental health of Mexican immigrant families, and the evaluation of programs for relationship violence and antisocial behaviors in adolescents. Courses include CFD 375, 376C, 537, 570, 575, 790

Bonnie Mello, M.A. Full-time Temporary Lecturer: Teaching areas include principles of child development, developmentally appropriate practices for children and families, child development programs with supervised laboratory experiences, and development of creative behavior in young children. Courses include CFD 270, 275, 375, 376L, 476.

Shulamit Ritblatt, Ph.D. Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor and Graduate Coordinator/Adviser.: Teaching areas include middle childhood and adolescent development, developmental dysfunctions, and family emphasizing theories, research, practices in different cultures, structure, development, crises, and dyadic communication. Courses include CFD 296-Relationship Skills, 371, 536, 590, 634.
Thomas Roberts, Ph.DTenured, Full Professor, Department Chair, and Graduate Advisor: Teaching areas include family interaction patterns throught the life cycle in a multicultural society, and special study course for graduates. Courses include CFD335 and 634.

Profiles of Regular Part-time Faculty: Instructional Contributions

Elinor (Nory) Behana, M.S. Part-time Temporary Lecturer.: Teaching areas include interface of individual, families, and social service agencies, violence in families, and child abuse. Courses include CFD 436, 437, 537.
Donald Myers, Ph.D. Part-time Temporary Lecturer.: Teaching areas include middle childhood and adolescent development. Courses include CFD 371.

GRADUATE FACULTY COMMITTEE FOR CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT
MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAM (OUTSIDE DEPARTMENTS)

Stuart Aitken, Professor of Geography (stuart.aitken@sdsu.edu) (594-6498)
Patricia Cegelka, Professor of Special Education (patricia.cegelka@sdsu.edu) (594-4994)
Shoshana Grossbard-Shechtman, Professor of Economics (shosh@mail.sdsu.edu) (594-5468)
Charles Hohm, Professor of Sociology (charles.hohm@sdsu.edu) (594-1316)
Melbourne Hovell, Professor of Public Health (hovell@mail.sdsu.edu)
Kenji Ima, Professor of Sociology (kima@mail.sdsu.edu) (594-5534)
Kathleen Jones, Professor of Women's Studies (kathleen.jones@sdsu.edu) (594-1564)
Eleanor Lynch, Professor of Special Education (elynch@mail.sdsu.edu) (594-6630)
Lou Rea, Professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies (louis.rea@sdsu.edu) (594-6083)
Judy Reilly, Professor of Psychology (judy.reilly@sdsu.edu) (594-2840)
E. Percil Stanford, Professor of Social Work (ep.stanford@sdsu.edu) (594-6765)
James Wood, Professor of Sociology (jwood@mail.sdsu.edu) (594-6502)
Maria Zuniga, Professor of Social Work (mzuniga@mail.sdsu.edu) (594-5144)
Shelly Chandler, Associate Professor of Sociology (shelly.chandler@sdsu.edu) (594-5459)
Joseph Price, Associate Professor of Psychology (jprice@sunstroke.sdsu.edu) (594-5241)
Adelaida Del Castillo, Assistant Professor of Mexican American Studies (delcast1@mail.sdsu.edu) (594-1257)
Vanessa Malcarne, Assistant Professor of Psychology (malcarne@psychology.sdsu.edu)

FACULTY VITAE

Carolyn Kiebler Balkwell, Ph.D.

Elinor (Nory) Behana, M.A.

Francine Deutsch, Ph.D

Dorothy W. Hewes, Ph.D.

Bonnie Lynn Mello, M.S.

Donald N. Myers, Ph.D.

Shulamit N. Ritblatt, Ph.D.

Thomas W. Roberts, Ph.D.

Helen Warren Ross, Ph.D.


	`The Faculty of the Department of Child and Family Development`