Family & Consumer Sciences

 

Kari Morgan, Ph.D., CFLE

Assistant Professor
kmorgan@uwyo.edu
256 Ag Bldg.
Office Number: (307)-766-5111
Fax Number: (307)-766-5686

 
 
 

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D. Child and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998
M.S. Family and Community Studies, University of Maryland-College Park, 1993
B.S. Home Economics (Child and Family Emphasis), University of Wyoming, 1991

Instruction:

Family Relationships
Parent-Child Relationships
Internship in Family Life Education
Family Stress and Coping
Professional Practice Issues in Family and Community Services
Family Policy, Graduate Seminar on the Family.

Research Interests:

1) issues and challenges faced by rural families, with a particular focus on health and
2) scholarship of teaching with a focus on distance education and preparing future professionals to work with families in prevention settings.

Selected Publications and Work:

Poehlmann, J., Brintnall-Peterson, M., Schlafer, R., & Morgan, K. (2003).  Through the eyes of a Grandchild: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. Madison WI: University of Wisconsin Extension. Documents can be viewed at: http://www.uwex.edu/relationships/index.html

Ehmke, M.D., Morgan, K., Schroeter, C., Larson-Meyer, D. E., & Ballenger, N. (submitted, 2007). Using Experimental Economics to Measure the Role of Parental Generosity

and Food Control in Childhood Obesity. Invited article for the Revue Francaise d'economie.

Mogan, K. (2007) Ground Rules in Online Discussions: Help or Hindrance? (2007). Journal of Teaching in Marriage and the Family, 6, 285-304.

Morgan, K., Rothaupt, J., Cameron, B. A., & Williams, K.C. (2007). Group exams in the higher education classroom: Strategies and support for successful implementation. North American College Teachers of Agriculture Journal, 51, 38-45.