Subject :
Auburn Family Friday Speaker Series: Mobilizing Family Science Research to Support Military Families
Calendar:
Campus General
Date :
November 01 2019
Time :
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location :
Auburn Alumni Center


Description:

Mallory Lucier-Greer

Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, College of Human Sciences

Principal Investigator, Military REACH

Mallory Lucier-Greer earned her master’s and doctorate degrees at Auburn University in 2008 and 2012, respectively. Then, after a brief time away, she found her way back to the Plains and joined the faculty in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies in 2017. She is an applied researcher focused on the well-being of families with a clinical background as a marriage and family therapist. Greer’s work, which has been supported by U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, examines how stressors impact families and the individuals who reside within them. Family stressors include both normative family transitions, such as marriage and navigating co-parenting, as well as situational stressors that are specific to a family’s context. For military families, situational stressors include, but are not limited to, transitions related to deployments and regular relocations. Importantly, she and her team identify leverage points, or points of intervention, to help families produce positive changes even in the context of stress. These leverage points range from community-based resources, such as family programs and supportive networks, to couple- and family-level skills, including demonstrations of warmth, support and connection. Greer is an award-winning educator and researcher. Last year, she and her colleagues were honored with the Excellence in Research on Military and Veteran Families Award.

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