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1. Awards &
Proposals
2. Focus on
Research
3. Events Calendar
4. News Bits
5.
Publications &
Presentations
6. Focus on
Students |
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TAM
Senior Adrianne
Perry
(pictured
above). The College of Human Environmental Sciences
congratulates Textile and Apparel Management senior,
Adrianne Perry, on her outstanding record in women's
gymnastics, not only at MU but also
nationally.
Mizzou
gymnastics has made great strides in national
prominence in the past few years, writes Dr. Kitty
Dickerson, Chair of Textile and Apparel Management. The
team is ranked No. 14 and Adrianne is ranked 15th
in the nation in the all-around.
In
addition, Adrianne was chosen for the 2009 Academic
All-Big 12 Gymnastics Team (First Team)!! For
more information about Perry click
here.
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PFP Senior Michael Chandler
Chair Robert
Weagley and HES
take pride in wrestler
Michael
Chandler for his dedication
and accomplishments on the MU
wrestling team.
Chandler
was featured in a
Columbia
Daily Tribune article
on March
18, 2009.
Calendar of Events
April 22, Personal
Financial Planning Symposium,
10:00-5:00,keynote speaker Susan
Keating, chief executive officer, National
Foundations for Credit Counseling, Reynolds Alumni
&
Visitor Center.
April 23, Spring Forum,
1:00-5:00, " Financial Social Work." Stony Creek Inn,
Columbia
Mo. Registration contact
Simmonsd@missouri.edu.
Featured speaker:
Reeta Wolfsohn, CMSW, founder
of the
Financial Social Work discipline and the Money-wise
University.
May 7,
Senior Pancake Breakfast, 9:00-11:00,
Great Room,
Reynolds Alumni & Visitor
Center.
May 17,
HES Graduation, 3:30 in Mizzou
Arena.
August
18, New Faculty Orientation, 9:00-12:00,
210
Gwynn Hall
August 19, HES Fall
Faculty Meeting, 8:00-12:00, Stotler
Lounge
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Grant Awards and
Proposals
In the period
between November 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009, HES and HES Extension
faculty and staff were principal investigators or
project directors on a total of 29 grant proposals
submitted to external funding agencies, totaling
$4,737,689. During this same period, HES and HES
Extension received grant awards totaling $523,418.
These are only the proposals for which HES
or HES Extension faculty and staff members are principal
investigators or project directors. There are
additional proposals submitted by other divisions where
our faculty and staff members are acting as
co-investigators or co-project directors.
Grant awards and proposals continued (click
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Focus on Research
 David
Schramm, assistant professor, (pictured left) and Kim
Allen, Extension State Specialist, both in
human development and family studies, are
Co-PIs, and Kim Anderson, associate
professor in the School of Social Work, is
a co-investigator on the
Healthy Relationships and Marriage
Education Training Project (HRMET) awarded by the Administration for Children
and Families. The award amount
is $1,240,070, which will run from 2009 through
2013. Featured in the Fall 2008 issue of MU's
research publication, Illumination,
Schramm's research interests focus on remarriages and
stepfamilies; relationship
and marriage education; transition to
marriage and newlywed
years; and economic consequences of divorce.
Anderson's research areas include assessment
of risk and resiliency factors in trauma populations; enhancing
strengths-based mental health practice; and
adverse consequences of domestic violence, rape, and poverty
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News Bits 
Professor Mark A.
Fine, Co-chair and Professor, Larry Ganong,
both of the Human Development and Family
Studies Department, and
former MU HDFS faculty member, David Demo
(now at the University of
North Carolina-Greensboro), recently
revised their chapter, "Divorce: A
Risk and Resilience Perspective." This
chapter will appear in the third
edition of Families and Change, a
book edited by Sharon Price of the
Univeristy of Georgia and published by
Sage.
Steve
Ball's research appeared in the February 2009 issue
of O,
The Oprah Magazine, published by Oprah
Winfrey, which compared Weight WatchersTM to
joining a gym for changes in body weight and body
composition.
 Steve
Ball, Associate Professor, Nutrition and
Exercise Physiology Extension and
Robin Gammon, Extension Associate,
recently released the new Adult
Physical Activity Pyramid. Read more about the
Activity Pyramid in the February
MU News Bureau article.
Candance Gabel, Human Environmental
Sciences Extension assistant
director, was elected for a two-year
term as co-chair of the Association of State Nutrition
Network Administrators.
Dr. Melissa Herzog, research specialist
for tthe Thompson Center for Autism and
Neurodevelopmental Disorders and adjunct assistant
professor in Human Development and Family Studies, is a
chapter contributor for the fourth edition of the book,
Families and Change. Her chapter is
"Families, Stress, and Intervention." Herzog
originally co-authored in the 3rd edition with her
dissertation advisor at ASU, but she is sole author
on this edition.
An
article will be published in the forthcoming issue of
the Journal of Strength and Conditioning
Research titled "Lean body mass and weight-bearing
activity in the prediction of bone mineral density in
physically active men." First author is Dr. Scott
Rector, Gastroenterology. Co-authors are
Bob Rogers, Matt Widzer and Meghan
Ruebel, students who worked on the
project. Senior author is Pam
Hinton, Associate Professor, Nutrition and
Exercise Physiology. Hinton's research is also
featured on-line at ABC News, High Impact
Exercise May be Best Bone Builder, March 12,
2009.
Human Development
and Family Studies master's student,
Anthony James, and several Extension
colleagues, including Jo Turner, Ina Linville and Tammy
Gillespie, have an article accepted for publication in
the Journal of Extension titled "4-H Youth
Futures: College Within Reach." |
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Publications and
Presentations
PUBLICATIONS:
Berlin, L.J., Ispa, J.M., Fine, M.A., Malone,
P.S., Brooks-Gunn, J., Brady-Smith, C., Avoub, C., & Bai,
Y. (in press). Correlates and consequences of spanking
and verbal punishment for low-income White, African American,
and Mexican American Toddlers, Child
Development.
Ha-Brookshire, Jung and Dyer, Barbara (2009).
The Impact of Capabilities and Competitive Advantages on
Import Intermediary Performance. Journal of Global
Marketing, 22, 5-19l. DOI:10,
1080/08911760802511329.
Hans, J.D., Ganong, L.H., & Coleman, M.
(2009) Financial Responsibilities Toward Older Parents and
Stepparents Following Divorce and Remarriage. Journal of
Family and Economic Issues, 30, 55-66.
Proulx,
C.M., Buehler, C., & Helms, H.M. (in press).
Moderators of the Association Between Marital Hostility and
Change in Spouses' Depression. Journal of Family
Psychology.
Proulx,
C.M. & Snyder, L.
(in press). Families and Health: An Empirical Resource
Guide for Researchers and Practitioners. Family
Relations
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Ravert, R.D. (in press). Alcohol
Management Strategies of College Students with Diabetes.
Patient Education and Counseling
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Ravert, R.D. & Zimet, G.D.
(2009). College Student Invulnerability Beliefs and HIV
Vaccine Acceptability. American Journal of Health
Behavior
, 33,
391-399.
Schramm, D.G. &
Higginbotham, B. (in press). A Revision of the Questionnaire
for Couples in Stepfamilies. Journal of Divorce and
Remarriage
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Tofle, Ruth Brent (2009). "Creating a Place
for Dying: Gerontopia." Journal of Housing for the
Elderly, Vol. 23, No. 1,2.
PRESENTATIONS:
Dr. Marilyn Coleman, professor, Human Development and
Family Studies, presented a round table on "How to Build
Affinity in Stepfamilies." She was ably assisted by
Dr. Lawrence Ganong, professor and co-chair,
whose name was omitted from the program, but who served
unswervingly nonetheless.
Dr. Mark A. Fine, professor, Human
Development and Family Studies, presented a round table on
"Effects of Cultural Norms Related to Breastfeeding on
Families."
Dr.
Lawrence Ganong, professor and co-chair, Human
Development and Family Studies, was the discussant for a
paper session on "The Intersection of Health and
Relationships among the Aging Populations."
Rothrauff, T.C. & Ganong, L. (November
2008). Older Childless Adults' Patterns of and
Motives for Inter-vivos Transfers. Poster presented
at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference,
National Harbor, MD.
Schramm, D.G. & Adler-Baeder, F. (November
2008). Economic Pressure and Stressors
in
Stepfamilies: A Family Stress Model for
Stepfamilies. Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the National Council on Family Relations, Little Rock,
AR.
Preston, M.
& Nickleberry, L.D. (February 2009). It Takes a Man to Wear
Pink: Young Adults' Conceptualization and Attribution of
Gender. Roundtable session at Sociologists for Women in
Society (SWS) Winter Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.
Marilyn Preston, Lynette Nickleberry
are both HES Ph.D. students in Human Development and
Family
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