Ellen Abell , Ph.D.
	Associate Professor and Extension Specialist 203 Spidle Hall Auburn University Auburn, AL 36849-5604 Tel (334) 844-4480 Fax (334) 844-4515 abellel@auburn.edu Ph.D., Washington State University, 1993

Interests

     My research and extension work focus on early childhood care and education, particularly as they may be influenced by parenting and child care environments. I develop and administer research-based programmatic efforts designed to improve care giving practices and systems through innovative parenting education and mentoring approaches.

Selected Publications

Abell, E., Moates, K.D., & Guarino, A. (2007).  Implications of co-residential status for parenting programs targeting adolescent mothers. Journal of Extension [On-line], 45(3) Article 3RIB8. Available at: http://www.joe.org/joe/2007june/rb8.shtml

Abell, E., & Hruska, J. (2003). Why Can’t Kids Just Wait? HE-810. Alabama Cooperative Extension System: Auburn, AL.

Abell, E., et al. (2001). Good Beginnings: Early Child Development, Parenting Education, Learning and School Readiness. HE-800 to HE-809. Alabama Cooperative Extension System: Auburn, AL.

Selected Research Projects

Abell, E., & Miller, E.M. Alabama Department of Human Resources ($2,694,170). "Relative to Quality Child Care for Infants and Toddlers" (Family Child Care Partnerships), 2005-07.

Abell, E., Adler-Baeder, F., & Tajeu, K. USDA, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service ($750,000). "Beginning Education Early and Healthy: Strengthening Rural Alabama Families," 2003-08.

Abell, E., & Miller, E.M. Alabama Department of Human Resources ($5,210,188). "Relative to Quality Child Care for Infants and Toddlers" (Family Child Care Partnerships), 2001-05.

Abell, E. Alabama Department of Human Resources ($1,119,885). "Relative to Quality Child Care for Infants and Toddlers " (Family Child Care Partnerships), 2000-01.

Johnson, M., & Abell, E. USDA, Cooperative State Research, Education, And Extension Service ($750,000). "Beginning Education Early: Strengthening Rural Alabama Families," 1997-2002.

Theses Directed

Jessica Brooke Manning
Thesis: “An examination of collaborative training methods among participants in the Family Child Care Partnerships program”

Robin Irene Putnam
Thesis: “Social support and the quality of child care practices among participants in the Family Child Care Partnerships program”

Ellaine Bailey Miller
Dissertation: "Predictors of quality caregiving in the "Family Child Care Partnerships" home visitation program."

Kara Elizabeth Lipsmeyer
Thesis: "Adolescent co-parenting relationships and the effect on parenting self-efficacy."

Jennifer Ann Wells
Thesis: "An Exploration of participant-level factors associated with the success of the Begin Education Early program."

Emily Danielle Lowry
Thesis: "Program staff factors impacting the effectiveness of the Begin Education Early program."

Kelly Maureen Dorr
Thesis: "The effects of different living arrangements on the parenting practices of adolescent mothers."

Samuel Jermaine Duffie
Thesis: "Parental perceived enactment of school readiness behaviors among families enrolled in the Begin Education Early (BEE) program."

Rebekah Aine Ruth Cummings
Thesis: "An organizational framework of factors affecting family-based program implementation: Exploration of community-level factors associated with the success of the Begin Education Early program."

Jennifer Leigh Hruska
Thesis: "Working with pregnant and parenting adolescents: A developmental approach to parent education."

Ellaine Kimbrough Bailey Miller
Thesis: "Assessment of avoiding and amending action tendencies in early childhood."

Yuki Suganuma
Thesis: "Maternal child rearing behaviors and their relations to the concept of the culturally differentiated self: A comparison between Japan and the United States."

Courses Taught

Program Development and Evaluation

Conceptual Frameworks in Human Development and Family Studies

Links

HDFS Extension Programs and Resources Parenting and Early Childhood Programs and Resources Home-based Child Care Mentoring Program