Francesca Adler-Baeder, Ph.D.
	Associate Professor and Extension Specialist 286 Spidle Hall Auburn University Auburn, AL 36849 Tel (334) 844-3234 Fax (334) 844-4515 adlerfr@auburn.edu Ph.D. University of North Carolina Greensboro

Interests

     My research, teaching, and extension programming interests focus families under stress. Specifically, this includes work with family dynamics post-divorce and in stepfamily formation; military family functioning, physical child abuse; and couple/marital relationships in low-resource families. In addition, I am interested in the research-practice linkage and work primarily in the areas of stepfamily life education and relationship/marriage education.

Selected Publications

Adler-Baeder, F., Pittman, J., Taylor, L. (in press). The prevalence of marital transitions among military families. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage.





Adler-Baeder, F. (in press). What Do We Know About the Physical Abuse of Stepchildren? A Review of the Literature. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage.





McFadyen, J., Kerpelman, J.,& Adler-Baeder, F. (2005). Examining the impact of workplace supports: Work-family fit and satisfaction in the U.S. Military. Family Relations, 54 131-144.





Higginbotham, B. & Adler-Baeder, F. Development of the Remarriage Belief Inventory. (2005). Journal of Extension 43(3). Futris, T., Adler-Baeder, F., Dean, K., McFadyen, J. (2005). Best Practices for Couples Education: Summary of a Dialogue Between Researchers and Educators. Forum for Family and Consumer Issues, 10 (1).





Adler-Baeder, F., Higginbotham, B., & Lamke, L. (2004). Putting empirical knowledge to work: Linking research and programming focused on marital quality. Family Relations, 53. 537-546.





Adler-Baeder, F. & Higginbotham, B. (2004). The implications of remarriage and stepfamily formation for marriage education. Family Relations, 53. 448-458.





Futris, T., Adler-Baeder, F., & Dean K.(2004). Using technology to link researchers and educators: Evaluation of electronic conferencing. Journal of Extension, 42 (1).





Adler-Baeder, F. (2002). Understanding Stepfamilies: Family Life Education for Community Professionals. Journal of Extension, 40 (6).

Grants/Contracts (selected):

Kobbe, A.M., & Adler-Baeder, F. Alliance for Healthy Americans: The National Extension Marriage Education Curriculum project. USDA/CSREES, $60,000 Project date: December 2003 – December, 2006.





Abell, E., Tajeu, K., & Adler-Baeder, F. Begin Education Early and Healthy: Strengthening Rural Alabama Families, U.S. Department of Agriculture. $750,000 May 2003. Project date: May 2003 – May 2008.





Adler-Baeder, F. Principal Investigator, Healthy Couples, Healthy Children implementation and evaluation project. (100% contribution) Alabama Children’s Trust Fund. $67,500 – awarded July 2002; $40,000 awarded October, 2003. Project period August 2002 to July 2004. $40,000 awarded July 2004. Kerpelman, J., Co-Principal Investigator.





Shirer, K., Adler-Baeder, F., & Shoup-Olsen, Building Strong Families Curriculum Development and Evaluation Project. Co-PIs. Mathematica Policy and Research Institute in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Project period: April 2004 – December 2004. AU subcontract amount: $20,000.





Adler-Baeder, F., Principal Investigator, Family Connections in Alabama, Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Support Enforcement. Collaboration with Alabama’s Children’s Trust Fund. Project period January, 2003 – December 2003. $200,000 awarded to CTF for overall project; subcontract award for evaluation study, $53,136.





Adler-Baeder, F., & Pittman, J., Co-Principal nvestigator, Experiences with Divorce and Remarriage in the Military, Military Family Research Institute, Purdue University. Project period August, 2002-June, 2004. $75,000





Adler-Baeder, F., & Abell, E., Co-Principal Investigators, Support for Adolescent Mothers’ Parenting: Experiences with Parents and Partners, Auburn University Competitive Research Grant, project period May, 2002 – May, 2004. $10,000.

Thesis/Dissertations Directed

Brian Higginbotham
Dissertation: The Remarriage Belief Inventory: Testing the factorial structure and external validity with a remarried sample.





Sarah Armstrong
Thesis: Intergenerational influences on father involvement: Supportive vs. Non-supportive family of origin





Tianyi Yu
Thesis: The effects of parental remarriage quality on the links between parental divorce and adult children’s intimate relationships.

Courses Taught

HDFS 4670, Parent Education

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