Faculty Affiliates

Steven Meyers, Director of the Initiative for Child and Family Studies

Steven Meyers is a Professor of Psychology at Roosevelt University. He holds a PhD in clinical psychology from Michigan State University and is a licensed clinical psychologist. He teaches courses such as child psychopathology, child and family development, couples and family therapy, and child psychotherapy. His research addresses the prediction and enhancement of parenting behaviors; and relations among family functioning, parenting strategies, and child behaviors. Refer to his website to learn more: http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/meyers.

Heather Dalmage

Heather Dalmage is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice at Roosevelt University. She earned a PhD in sociology at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. She teaches courses including sociology of education, race and ethnicity, and the sociology of families. Her research areas include race, gender, and the family, with a particular focus on the experiences of multiracial family members. Refer to her website to learn more: http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/dalmage.

Judith Dygdon

Judith Dygdon is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Roosevelt University. She holds a PhD in clinical psychology from Purdue University. She teaches courses such as learning, child social skills training, and the psychological study of racism. Her research interests include learning theory explanations for racism and other inter-group conflict, social skills training for children and adolescents, and the impact of participation in organized sport on children's psychological development. Refer to her website to learn more: http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/dygdon.

Ann Epstein

Ann Epstein is Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of Early Childhood Education at Roosevelt. She holds a PhD in Early Childhood Special Education from the University of Maryland. She teaches courses such as early childhood special education methods; history and philosophy of early childhood; early childhood assessment; primary math, science, and social studies; and preprimary and primary student teaching. Her research focuses on how parents of young children with exceptionalities partner with early childhood teachers in inclusive settings. Refer to her website to learn more: http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/epstein.

Susan Katz

Susan Katz is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership at Roosevelt University. She earned her PhD in educational administration from Indiana State University. She teaches courses such as social foundations of diverse communities, special education for school leaders, the practicum for school leaders, qualitative research methods, and authentic assessment. Her research focuses on women school superintendents, leadership and power, and teaching for social justice. Refer to her website to learn more: http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/katz.

June Lapidus

June Lapidus is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics at Roosevelt University. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Her research interests include poverty, welfare reform, pay equity and single parent families. She is also a staff economist with the Center for Popular Economics which does economics education for activists. Refer to her website to learn more: http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/lapidus.

Cami McBride

Cami K. McBride is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Roosevelt University. She holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Child Psychology from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. She teaches courses in Human Development, Developmental Psychopathology, Psychotherapy: Research and Practice, and Clinical Practicum. Her program of research addresses how to promote adolescents' development by helping them avoid risky health behaviors including pregnancy, STI/HIV infection, substance use, and dating violence. To develop strategies to address these issues, her work has considered the adolescent's ecosystem by including individual, familial, relationship and cultural factors that affect development. Refer to her website to learn more: http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/mcbride.

Thomas Philion

Tom Philion is an Associate Professor of Education at Roosevelt University. He earned his PhD in English and Education from the University of Michigan. He teaches courses such as young adult literature, methods of teaching elementary language arts, and strategies and materials for teaching reading, writing, and language. The main topics of his research are young adult literature and writing instruction, especially the creative ways in which teachers and learners surmount obstacles in schools and classrooms. Refer to his website to learn more: http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/philion.

Susan Torres-Harding

Susan Torres-Harding is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Roosevelt University. She received her PhD in clinical child psychology from DePaul University in 2001. She has extensive experience conducting individual, family, and group therapy with children, adolescents, and families from ethnically, socioeconomically, and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Her research to date has included investigations into the functioning and coping of children and adolescents experiencing chronic fatigue. Her current research interests include empirically evaluating the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions for mothers with mental illness and for adolescents with severe mental illness transitioning into adulthood. Refer to her website to learn more: http://faculty.roosevelt.edu/torres-harding.