Department of Human & Community Development | Illinois

Graduate Student Accomplishments 2009-2010

Our approach to graduate education is to involve students in professional activities as a core part of their education. These professional activities include research, teaching, program development and program evaluation. We seek to match the interests of student with the opportunities available. Most students are involved in multiple activities over the course of their graduate career.

The result is that our students are very actively engaged in writing scientific articles, presenting at professional meetings, engaged in professional societies and working with professionals in various applied settings. In order to get a better idea about the accomplishments of these students you can see the results of their work over the past couple of years. Belows is a list of recent graduate student accomplishments that include their publications, conference presentations, teaching accomplishments, leadership roles, awards and other activities. Graduate student's names are in bold.

Bowers, J.R., Mitchell, E.T., Hardesty, J.L., & Hughes, R. (under review). A review of online divorce education programs. Family Court Review.

Eheart, B., Hopping, D., Power, M.B., Mitchell, E.T. & Racine D. (2009). Generations of Hope Communities: An intergenerational neighborhood model of support and service.  Children and Youth Services Review.

Engle, J.M., & McElwain, N.L. (in press). Parental reactions to toddlers’ negative emotions and child negative emotionally as correlates of problem behavior at the age of three. Social Development.

Gasteyer, S. & Araj, T. (2009). Empowering Palestinian Community Water Management Capacity: Understanding the Intersection of Community Cultural, Political, Social and Natural Capitals.  Community Development Journal.

Hardesty, J.L., Raffaelli, M.,  Khaw, L., Mitchell, E.T., Haselschwerdt, M.L. & Crossman, K.A. (under review). A conceptual model of coparenting after separation from an abusive partner.  Journal of Family Theory and Review.

Hardesty, J.L., Oswald R.F., Khaw, L., & Fonseca, CA (2009). Lesbian/bisexual mothers and intimate partner
Violence: Help-seeking in the context of social and legal vulnerability.  Violence Against Women.

Haselschwerdt, M.L., Hardesty, J.L., & Hans, J.D. (In print August 2011). Custody evaluators’ beliefs about domestic violence allegations during divorce: Feminist and family violence perspectives. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Kang, H., Okazaki, S., & Abelman, N., Kim-Prieto, C., & Lin, S (in press). Redeeming immigrant parents: How Korean American young adults reinterpret their childhood.  Journal of Adolescent Research.

Khaw, L., & Hardesty, J.L. (2009).  Leaving an abusive partner: Exploring boundary ambiguity using the Stages of Change Model.  Journal of Family Theory and Review.

Larson, R.W., Rickman, A.N., Gibbons, C.M., & Walker, K.C. (2009).  Practitioner expertise: Creating quality within the daily tumble of events in youth settings.  New Directions in Youth Development.

Larson, R., Wilson, S., & Rickman, A. (2009). Adolescence across place and time: Globalization and the changing pathways to adulthood. In R. Lerner & L. Steinberg (Eds.), Handbook of Adolescent Psychology. (2nd edition).

Lazarevic, V., Pleck, J. & Wiley, A (under review).  Association between acculturation and adjustment in Serbian
Refugee young adults.  Journal of Comparative Family Studies.

Oswald, R.F., Cutherson, C., Lazarevic, V., & Goldberg A. (2010) Measuring community climate. Journal of
GLBT Family Studies.

Raffaelli, M. & Kang, H. (in press). Exploring the immigrant paradox in sexuality and sexual behavior.  To appear in C. Garcia Coll & A. Marks, Is becoming an American a developmental risk? Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Araj, T (2009).  From services to ideological formation: Building community agency in Palestine. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Social Science, June 2009.

Araj, T (2009). From services to ideological formation: Building community agency in Palestine. Joint workshop Between Birzeit University – Institute of Women’s Studies and University of Bergen – UNIFOB Global, Ramallah, October 2009.

Bowers, J.R., & Ebata, A. (2009). Evaluating the use and impact of an  online resource for parents. Annual conference of the National Council on Family Relations, San Francisco, CA.

Gibbons, C (2009). Parents’ support in the development of youth’s engagement with challenge. Poster presented at the National Council on Family Relations annual conference.

Haselschwerdt, M.L., Hardesty, J.L., & Hans, J.D. (2009). Custody evaluators beliefs about domestic violence allegations during divorce.  Presentation at the National Council on Family Relations, Burlingame, CA.

Galarez-Heras, Maria (2009). Problems faced by migrant families in Mexico: Support systems created to help Migrant families succeed. TINK.ER Workshop, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, UIUC.

Galarez-Heras, Maria (2010).  A comparative study of the lives of Mexican internal migrants in the north of Mexico and Mexican migrants in the United States.  Change of Color Conference organized by the University of Missouri Cambio Center, Columbia, MO. 

Hardesty, J.L., Raffaelli, M., Khaw, L., & Mitchell, E.T. (2009).  A conceptual model of coparenting after separation from an abusive partner.  Poster presented at the annual conference of the National Council on Family Relations, San Francisco, CA.

Hodza, F (2009). Social entrepreneurship: Developing youth leadership in a rural community in Zimbabwe. Paper presented at the 2009 Fulbright enrichment seminar, Chicago, IL.

Hodza, F. (2010). Reflecting on the 2008-2009 cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe. Imperatives for sustainable Community health. Presented at the Frontiers International Health Society seminar, UIUC.

Hodza, F (2010). Population, family structures, kinship systems and HIV/AIDS in Africa.  The case of Zimbabwe. Guest lecture for the Economics Systems in Africa (ACE 254)

Keating, K.H., Outcomes of community Leadership Development Programs in Rural Communities. Research findings presented at the Annual Conference of National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP).  Bloomington, MN.

Khaw, L., Hardesty, J.L., Montgomery, C., & Peuvion, C. (2009). From “not wanting to die” to “wanting to live”: Mothers’ changing perceptions of boundaries in the process of leaving an abusive partner.  Poster presented at the annual conference of the National Council on Family Relations, San Francisco, CA.

Mitchell, E.T., Bowers, J., Hardesty, J.L., & Hughes, R. (2009). Online divorce education: An effective alternative to traditional programs. Presentation given at the annual conference of the National Council on Family Relations, San Francisco, CA.

Mitchell, E.T., & Guest, D. (2009).  Practicing the Principles of Grading.   Presentation at the Center for Teaching  Excellence Graduate Symposium, Champaign, IL.

Oswald, R.F., Lazarevic, V., Cuthbertson, C., & Goldberg, A. (2009). Living in Place: The Importance of Community Climate for GLBT Family Members.  Poster presentation at the National Council of Family Relations,  San Francisco, CA.

Poppe, E. (2010).  Depression Shows Differential Associations with Health Behaviors by Gender Among College Applicants in Central Mexico. Poster preseatation at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual meeting.

Poppe, E (2010).  Stress and Depression in Mexican Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Social Support by Age and Gender.  College of Medicine Annual Research Symposium.

Rickman, A.N. (2010). Affirming (Virtual) Lines on Campus: Technosocial spaces and the development of racial Expectations.  Poster presented at The International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, IL.

Rickman, A.N.  (2010). Virtually resisting: Anti-racist student activities in technosocial spaces.  Roundtable presentation at The Conference on Diversity and Democracy, Urbana, IL.

Rickman, A.N. (2009). Learning to draw virtual lines on campus: Technosocial spaces and university students’ development of racial expectations.  Paper presented at Ubiquitous Learning International Conference, Boston, MA.

Pognon, M., Rickman, A.N. & Umoja Noble, S. (2009). Engagement as university-community partnerships.  Presentation at the Eleventh Annual Illinois Leadership Conference, Champaign, IL.

Taylor, K.A., Summerfield, G., Gasteyer, S.P. (2009). Opportunities and challenges of biofuel production in non-metro communities in the midwest. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Madison, WI.

Taylor, K.A. (2010).  Contemporary mutualism in community development: Revisiting Michael Taylor.  Presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-America American Studies Association, Lawrence, KS.

Tahreer Araj
Susan Kahl Bates Leadership Development Award
            ACES – Summer 2009
Palestinian American Research Center Travel Award
            Summer 2009
Middle East Research Center Travel Award
            Summer 2009
Dissertation Travel Award
            Graduate College – UIUC (2009)
Marshall Scott Fellowship -
            HCD – Spring 2010

Kiera Schell Berry
Alpha Delta Mu Social Work Honor Society

Jill Bowers
Clareta Walker Graduate Research Fellowship
            HCD 2009-2010
Emily Schroeder Graduate Fellowship
            HCD 2009-2010
Illinois Council on Family Relations
            President Elect

Melissa Grahn Box
American Reads/America Counts
            Graduate Coordinator

Jonathan Chiao
Graduate Teacher Certificate
            UIUC Center for Teaching Excellence

Kimberly Crossman
Graduate College Fellowship 2009-2010
Illinois Student Council on Family Relations
            Treasurer

Maria Galarza-Heras
CONACYT Fellowship
            The National Council for Science and Technology of Mexico

Colleen Gibbons
McKinley Health Center Student Advisory Board Co-chair
HCD Graduate Student Organization
            President

Aisha Griffith
Black Graduate Student Association
            Treasurer
Illinois Student Council on Family Relations
            Secretary
Research Apprentice Program (RAPP)
            Mentor
Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting
            Mentor

Megan Haselschwerdt
Janice M. Smith Memorial Fellowship
            HCD 2009-2010
The Ernest Anderson Memorial Fellowship
            HCD 2009-2010
Conference Travel Award
            Graduate College
Illinois Student Senate
            Chair, Grad & Professional Affairs Committee
University of Illinois Provost Search Committee
            Graduate Representative
HCD Graduate Student Organization
            Secretary
National Council on Family Relations: Feminism and Family Studies Section
            New Professional Representative

Fay Hodza
Fulbright Fellowship
Conference Travel Award
            Graduate College
Sigma Delta Graduate Award, Illinois Chapter
Graduate Student Engagement Committee Member

 

Elizabeth Holman
Graduate Social Work Association (GSWA)
            Chair, HCD-GSO

Kari Keating
Jonathan Baldwin Turner Graduate Fellowship
            College of ACES
Susan Kahl Bates Leadership Development Award
            College of ACES
Graduate College Conference Travel Award
            Spring 2010
Illinois Leadership Center Coach
Illinois Leadership Center – Facilitator for i-programs
Learning in Community (LINC)
            College of Engineering- taught 2 sections of pilot course

Lyndal Khaw
Graduate Student Research Award
            ACES
Cindy Winter Scholar Award for Outstanding Leadership & Service
            NCFR
National Council on Family Relations
            Treasurer, Feminism & Family Studies Section

Daniel Laxman
Conference Travel Award
            Graduate College

Vanja Lazarevic
Pampered Chef Dissertation Enhancement Award                        
            HCD 2009-2010
Professional Society Leadership Member of Provost Student Advisory Board
Jewell L. Taylor National Graduate Fellowship
            American Assoc of Family & Consumer Sciences

Elissa Thomann Mitchell
Illinois Student Council on Family Relations, President
Conference Travel Award
            Graduate College
Susan Kahl Bates Leadership Development Award
            ACES

Melissa Pognon
Susan Kahl Bates Leadership Development Award
            Summer 2009
Organize the Hope Fellow 2009-2010
            American Friends Service Committee
David Putter Scholarship
            2009-2010
Minority Graduate Leadership Scholarship
            2009-2010

Emilia Poppe
AYRE International Research & Learning Fellowship
            ACES – Summer 2010           
Susan Kahl Bates Leadership Development Award
            Summer 2009

Aimee Rickman
City of Urbana Arts Grant Recipient
            2010
Susan Kahl Bates Leadership Award
            ACES – Fall 2009
Chancellors Committee on Diversity
InfoStructure Lecture Series Co-organizer
            Grad College Focal Point Grant
Proyecto C.H.E. - Volunteer Trainer

Rachel Smith
Jonathan Baldwin Turner Graduate Fellowship
            College of ACES

Gwedolyn Soult
Funk Graduate Teaching Award
            College of ACES Teaching Course
Professional Society Leadership: Student Representative
            Rural Sociological Society 2008-2010

Rebecca Swartz
IL Association for the Education of Young Children
            Public relations committee                       

Keith Taylor
Jonathan Baldwin Turner Graduate Fellowship
            College of ACES
Ralph K. Morris Foundation Cooperative Scholarship
            Spring 2010

Steve Tran
The Pampered Chef Family Resiliency Program Fellowship
            HCD 2009-2010

LaTesha Washington
Graduate College Fellowship
            Graduate College 2009--2010

Tamekia Wilkins
Graduate College Fellowship 2009-2010
Fellowship – Awarded by the Program for Research on Black Americans
Illinois Student Council on Family Relations
            Vice President
Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources and Related Sciences
            Graduate Vice President

Ashley Wittenauer
Jonathan Baldwin Turner Graduate Fellowship
            College of ACES

Joanna Wu
Graduate College Fellowship
            Graduate College 2009-2010
Summer Pre-Doctoral Institute Fellow

Teaching Assistants Ranked as Excellent by Their Students

         Spring 2009
* Jonathan Chiao  - HDFs 405
* Kimberly Crossman – HDFS 290
   Megan Hasleschwerdt – HDFS 120
   Elizabeth Holman – HDFS 105
   Lyndal Khaw – HDFS 450
   Timothy Koons – HDFS 105
   Vanja Lazarevic – HDFS 220
   Elissa T Mitchell – HDFS 220
   Aimee Rickman – HDFS 405
* Kiera Schell – HDFS 105

         Fall 2009
   Melissa Grahn Box  - HDFS 401
* Jonathan Chiao – HDFS 401
   Jordan Levey – HDFS 105

* Instructor ratings were outstanding

PhD - Human and Community Development

William Justin Dyer                                                                          October 2009
            Committee – Dr. Joseph Pleck, Director of Research; Dr. Brent McBride, Chair; Dr. Nancy McElwain; Dr. Angela Wiley; Dr. Catherine Kenney
            Dissertation Title:  Investigating The Various Ways Parental Incarceration Affects Children: An Application of Mixture Regression

Hyeyoung Kang                                                                                         May 2010
            Committee – Dr. Reed Larson, Chair; Dr. Robin L. Jarrett; Dr. Marcela Raffaelli; Dr. Aaron Ebata; Dr. Sumi Okazaki
            Dissertation Title:  Exploring Sense of Indebtedness Toward Parents Among Korean American Youth

Jenell N. Kelly                                                                                              May 2010
            Committee – Dr. Robin L. Jarrett, Chair; Dr. Brent McBride; Dr. Angela Wiley; Dr. Jennifer F. Hamer
            Dissertation Title:  The First Day of Kindergarten: Examining School Readiness Advantages And Disadvantages Across Multiple Development Contexts

Lyndal Bee Lian Khaw                                                                            May 2010
            Committee – Dr. Jennifer L. Hardesty, Chair; Dr. Ramona Faith Oswald; Dr. Robin L. Jarrett; Dr. Jessica Griffin Burke
            Dissertation Title:  Leaving An Abusive Partner: Exploring Mothers’ Perceptions Of Boundry Ambiguity Using The Stages of Change Model

 

MS/MSW (Joint Degrees: HCD & Social Work)

Timothy Koons                                                                               December 2009

Master's Degree - HCD

Megan Lynne Haselschwerdt                                                         August 2009
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer L. Hardesty; Second Reader: Dr. Jason D. Hans
            Thesis Title:  Custody Evaluators’ Beliefs About  Domestic Violence Allegations During Divorce

Tamekia R. Wilkins                                                                             August 2009
Advisor: Dr. Christy Lleras; Second Reader: Dr. Brent McBride
            Thesis Title:  Does Getting Involved Make A Difference? Understanding The Role of Parental Involvement in Explaining Race And Class Differences in Student Behavior During Elementary School