Thomas A. Smith, Ph.D.
	Associate Professor and Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program Glanton House Auburn University Auburn, AL 36849 Tel (334) 844-4476 Fax (334) 844-1924 smitht8@auburn.edu Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 1985

Interests

     I am interested in remarried families, both in issues of formation and relationship, as well as clinical issues that arise in the context of remarriage and remarried families. I am also interested in marriage and family therapy supervision and generally marriage and family therapy processes and outcomes.

Selected Publications

Smith, T., Genry, S., & Ketring, S. (2005). Evaluating a youth leadership life skills development program. The Journal of Extension, 43, 2, RIB3. ,p> Jones, K., Smith, T., & Ketring, S. (2004). An exploration of sexual coercion at first sexual intercourse. Journal of Integrative Psychology, 5, 1-9.




Smith, T. & Salts, C. (2003). Special topics: Substance abuse, interpersonal abuse, divorce, and schizophrenia. In L. Hecker & J. Wetchler (Eds), Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy. New York: Haworth Press.




Smith, T. (2002). Firefighters need teamwork: A commentary on therapists or firefighter. In D. Baptiste (Ed.), Clinical Epiphanies in Marital and Family Therapy: The Practitioner’s Casebook Of Therapeutic Insights, Perceptions, And Breakthroughs. (Pp. 661-369), New York: Haworth Press.




Christensen, F., & Smith, T. (2002). Step/grandparents and step/grandchildren: The quality of their relationships. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 37, 117-134.

Selected Grants

Co-Director (with Ki Seroka), Family Connections Family Visitation Program, 2005-06. Project Budget - $15,000.00. A Fatherhood Initiative grant from the Children's Trust Fund of Alabama.




Project Evaluator, Begin Education Early and Healthy: Strengthening Rural Alabama Families (Principal Investigators: Ellen Abell and Francesca Adler-Bader), 2003-2008. Project budget - $750,000.00. A federal CYFAR, New Communities Project grant.




Project Director, Youth Leadership Incubator Program, Appalachian Regional Commission, 1996-98. Project budget - $200,000.00. A federal grant to devise a training program to develop youth leaders. The program was piloted with youth in seven economically distressed North Alabama counties.




Director, Contracts with various community agencies for the internship placement of clinical graduate students.

Selected Theses Directed

Scott F. Jakubowski
Thesis: “He’s No Prince Charming, But He’ll Do For Now: A Study Replication Examining Willingness To Compromise Ideals In Mate Selection As A Function Of Sex, Mate Value, Relationship Context And Sexual Experience.”




Emily H. Hamm
Thesis: “The Effectiveness Of Services Offered By An Intervention Program For Youth Status Offenders.”




Leonard S. Genry
Thesis: “Youth leadership Life Skills Development: An Analysis Of The Appilacian Regional Commission Youth Leadership Incubator Program.”




Cynthia A. Champion
Thesis: “Desired Qualities Of Master level Counselors Entering The Workforce As Identified By Employers.”




Brendt N. Blanks
Thesis: “Assessment Of Positive And Negative Affect During Couples’ Conflictive Interaction On Marital Satisfaction.”




Alan W. Brooks
Thesis: The Effects Of Congruency In Conflict Styles On Marital Satisfaction.”




Julie F. Kaetz
Thesis: Jealousy And Sex Role Identity.”




Julie A. Luedtke
Thesis: A Formative Evaluation Of The Family Coaches Program.”




Wendy Muirbrook
Thesis: “Holiday Depression: Myth Or Reality?”




Mark C. Seagle
Thesis: The Relationship Between Attachment To Former Spouse, Time In Remarriage, Family Complexity, Amount Of Income And Remarital Adjustment.”




Jamie J. Sinclair
Thesis: An Investigation Of Factors Affecting Remarital Adjustment In The Stepfamily.:




Michael M. Morgan
Thesis: Relationship As Intervention: A pilot Evaluation Of A County Program For Pregnant And Parenting Teens.”

Courses Taught

HDFS 2000 Marriage and Family in a Global Context
HDFS 3040 Human Sexuality Over The Family Life Cycle
HDFS 4920 Internship in Human Development and Family Studies
HDFS 4950 Advanced Seminar: Introduction to Marriage and Family Therapy
HDFS 7600 Marriage and Family Therapy Theory I
HDFS 7610 Marriage and Family Therapy Theory II
HDFS 7620 Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Issues I: Family Systems
HDFS 7621 Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Issues I: Laboratory
HDFS 7630 Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Issues II: Individuals
HDFS 7631 Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Issues II: Laboratory
HDFS 7640 Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Issues III: Couples
HDFS 7650 Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Issues
HDFS 7920 Marriage and Family Therapy Internship
HDFS 7990 Research and Thesis