This document provides a summary of Randal D. Day's education and professional experience. It lists his positions held at Brigham Young University from 2006-present, including Director of the Family Studies Center and Associate Director of the School of Family Life. It also lists his academic appointments at other universities from 1983-1999. Finally, it provides a selected list of his peer-reviewed publications, demonstrating his expertise in family studies and related fields.

1. RANDAL D. DAY
School of Family Life Updated January 2015
Brigham Young University Abbreviated version
2092B JFSB
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-6415
day@byu.edu
Education:
B.S. 1973 Speech /Audiology Brigham Young
University
M.S. 1974 Family Science
Brigham Young University
M.S. 1975 Child Development University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. 1979 Family
StudiesBrigham Young
University
Professional Work Experience:
2006- 2012 Director of Family Studies Center, Brigham Young University
2006-2010 Associate Director of the School of Family Life, Brigham Young
University
2002- Present Camille Kimball Research Professor, School of Family Life,
Brigham Young University
1999- Present Professor, School of Family Life, Brigham Young University
1997- 1999 Department Chair: Department of Human Development,
Washington State University
1996-1999 Director of Extended Programs: Department of
Human Development, Washington State University
1995-1999 Professor and Scientist: Department of Human Development,
Washington State University
1985-1995 Associate Professor of Child and Family Studies: Washington
State University
1983-85 Associate Professor of Child Development and Family Relations:
SDSU
1977-83 Assistant Professor of Child Development and Family Relations:
South Dakota State University
Selected Peer Reviewed Publications (from 85 total)
Coyne, S. M., Dyer, W. J., Densley, R., Money, N. M., Day, R. D., & Harper, J. M. (in press).
Physiological indicators of pathological video game use in adolescence. Journal of
Adolescent Health. . (IF=3.85).
Dyer, W. J. & Day, R.D. (2015) Investigating Family Shared Realities with Factor Mixture
Modeling, Journal of Marriage and Family, 77, 1, 191-208. (IF=1.9)
Fagan, J., Day, R.D., Lamb, M., & Cabrera, N. (2014). Should researchers conceptualize differently
the dimensions of parenting for fathers and mothers? Journal of Family Theory and
Review, 6, 390-405.
Dyer, J.W., Day, R.D. & Harper, J.M. (2014). Father involvement: Identifying and predicting
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2. family members’ shared and unique perceptions. Journal of Family Psychology, 28, 516-
528. (IF= 1.88)
Coyne, S. M., Padilla-Walker, L. M., Fraser, A. M., Fellows, K., & Day, R. D. (2014). “Media time =
family time”: Positive media use in families with adolescents. Journal of Adolescent
Research, 29, 663-688. (IF=1.3)
Coyne, S.M., Padilla-Walker, L.M., Harper, J., Day, R.D., & Stockdale, L. (2014). A friend request
from dear old dad: Associations between parent/child social networking and
adolescent outcomes. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 17, 8-13.
(IF=1.87)
Sandberg, J. G., Harper, J.M., Miller, R.B., Day, R.D., & Hill, J. E. (2013). What
happens at home does not necessarily stay at home: The relationship of observed
negative couple interaction with physical health, mental health, and work satisfaction,
Personnel Psychology. (IF=3.7)
Dyer, W.J., Day, R.D. & Harper, J.M. (2013). Wrestling Proteus: Assessing the varying nature of
father involvement across contexts. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75,4, 837-856.
(IF=1.9)
Sandberg, J.G., Harper, J.M., Hill, J.E., Miller, R. B., Yorgason, J.B., Day, R.D. (2013). Relationship of
observed negative couple interaction with physical/mental health and work
satisfaction. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75, 4, 808-828. (IF=3.06)
Day, R.D. & Acock, A. (2013). Marital well-being and religiousness as mediated by relational
virtue and equality. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75, 1, 164-177. (IF= 1.9)
Yoo, H., Feng, X., & Day, R. (2013). Adolescents’ empathy and prosocial behavior in the family
context: A longitudinal study. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 42, 12, 1858-1872.
(IF=.78)
Padilla-Walker, L., Day, R.D., & Dyer, W.J. (2013). Keep on keeping on, even when it’s hard!
Predictors and outcomes of adolescent persistence, Journal of Early Adolescence, 33,
432-456. (IF=1.68)
Holmes, E.K., Dunn, K.C., Harper, J.M., Dyer, W. J., Day, R.D. (2013). Mother knows best?
Inhibitory maternal gatekeeping, psychological control, and the mother-adolescent
relationship. Journal of Adolescence, 36,1, 91-101. (IF= 3.85)
Yoo, H., Bartle-Haring, S., Day, R.D. & Gangamma, R. (2013) Communication, emotion, and
sexual aspects of intimacy and relationship satisfaction. Journal of Sex and Marital
Therapy, (IF=1.45)
Miller, R.B., Nunes, N., Bean, R., & Day, R.D. (2012). Marital problems and marital satisfaction
among Brazilian couples. American Journal of Family Therapy, (IF=.54)
Call, L., Dyer, W.J., Day, R.D. (2012). Inmate perceptions of financial education needs:
Suggestions for financial educators. Journal of Financial and Counseling and Planning,
24, 1, 24-46. (IF=1.45)
Lotspeich, F., Bartle-Haring, S., & Day, R. D. (2012). Family distance regulation and school
engagement in middle school aged children, Family Relations, 61, 2, 192-206. (IF=.978)
Hodge, C. J., Zabriskie, R. B., Fellingham, G., Coyne, S., Lundberg, N.R., Padilla-Walker,
L. & Day, R.D. (2012). The relationship between media in the home and family
functioning in context of leisure. Journal of Leisure Research, 44, 3, 285-307. (IF=.51)
Christensen, K.J., Padilla-Walker, L., Busby, D. M., Hardy, S., & Day, R.D. (2011). Relational and
social-cognitive influences on adolescents’ forgiveness of parents. Journal of
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3. Adolescence, 34, 903-913. (IF=3.85)
Stutzman, S., Bean, R., Miller, R., Day, R. D., Feinauer, L., & Porter, C.L. (2011) Marital conflict
and adolescent outcomes: A cross-ethnic comparison. Child and Youth Services Review,
33, 663-668.
Padilla-Walker, L., Christensen, K. J. Day, R.D. (2011). Proactive parenting practices
during early adolescence: A cluster approach. Journal of Adolescence, 34, 2, 203-214.
(IF=3.85)
Dyer, K., Roby, J.L., & Day, R.D. (2011). Father involvement in Botswana: How
adolescents perceive father presence. Families in Society, 92, 4, 426-431. (IF=.29).
Coyne, S. M., Padilla-Walker, L. M., Stockdale, L., & Day, R. D. (2011). Game on Girls:
Associations between playing video games and adolescence behavior and family
outcomes. Journal of Adolescent Health, 49, 3, 160-165. (IF=3.85)
Padilla-Walker, L. M., Christensen, K. J., & Day, R. D. (2011). Proactive parenting
practices during early adolescence: A cluster approach. Journal of Adolescence, 34, 2,
203-214. (IF=3.85)
Bolkan, C., Sano, Y., De Costa, J., Acock, A., & Day, R. D. (2010). Early adoloscents’ perceptions of
mothers’ and fathers’ parenting styles and problem behavior. Marriage and Family
Review, 46, 8, 563-579.
Day, R.D. & Padilla-Walker, L. (2009). Mother and father connectedness and involvement
during early adolescence, Journal of Family Psychology, 23, 900-904. (IF=1.88)
Holmes, E., Jones-Sanpei, H, & Day, R. D. (2009). Adolescent outcome measures in the
NLSY97 family process dataset: Variation by race and socioeconomic conditions.
Marriage and Family Review, 45, 4, 374-391.
Day, R.D., Kaye, K., Hair, E. C., & Moore, K.A. (2009). Exploring family processes in the NLSY97.
Marriage and Family Review, 45, 2-3, 109-115.
Day, R. D., Gavazzi, S. M., Miller, R., & van Langeveldt, A. (2009). Compelling family processes.
Marriage and Family Review, 45, 2-3,116-128.
Jones-Sanpei, H, Day, R. D., Holmes, E., van Langeveldt, A. (2009). Family process variables in
the NLSY97: A Primer. Marriage and Family Review, 45, 2-3, 129-139.
Jones-Sanpei, H, Day, R. D., & Holmes, E. (2009). Core family process measures in the NLSY97:
Variation by gender, race, income, and family structure. Marriage and Family Review, 45,
2-3, 140-167.
Jones-Sanpei, H, Holmes, E., & Day, R. D. (2009). Family process environmental measures in the
NLSY97:Variation by race and socioeconomic conditions. Marriage and Family
Review, 45,2-3, 168-188.
Hair, E., Moore, K.A., Hadley, A.M., Kaye, K., Day, R.D., & Orthner, D.K. (2009). Parent
and marital quality and the parent-adolescent relationship: Profiles of
relationship quality. Marriage and Family Review, 45, 2-3,189-217.
Hair, E., Moore, K.A., Hadley, A.M., Kaye, K., Day, R.D., & Orthner, D.K. (2009). Parent marital
quality and the parent-adolescent relationship: Effects on adolescent and young adult
health outcomes, Marriage and Family Review, 45, 2-3, 218-248.
Orthner, D.K., Jones-Sanpei, H., Hair, E., Moore, K.A., Day, R.D. & Kaye, K. (2009). Marital and
parental relationship quality and educational outcomes for youth. Marriage and Family
Review, 45,2-3, 249-269.
Kaye, K., Moore, K.A., Hair, E.C., Hadley, A.M., Day, R.D., & Orthner, D.K. (2009). Parent marital
quality and the parent-adolescent relationship: Effects on sexual activity among
adolescents and youth. Marriage and Family Review, 45, 2-3.270-288.
Day, R. D., Jones-Sanpei, H., Price, J., Orthner, D.K., Hair, E., Moore, K.A., & Kaye, K. (2009). Family
processes and adolescent religiosity and religious practice: A View from the NLSY97.
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4. Marriage and Family Review, 45, 2-3, 289-309.
Price, J.S., Day, R.D., Yorgason, J., (2009) A longitudinal examination of family processes,
demographic variables, and adolescent weight. Marriage and Family Review, 45, 2-3,
310-330.
Day, R. D. (2007) The ‘G.I. Bill’ of the 21st
Century: Mass Incarceration and How Crime is Paying.
Applied Developmental Science, 11, 249-253.
Day, R. D., Acock, A.C., Bahr, S. J., Arditti, J. (2005). Incarcerated Fathers Returning Home to
Children and Families. Journal of Fathering, 3,2, 183-200.
Clarke, L., O’Brien, M., Day, R. D., Godwin, H., Connolly, J. Leeson, T., Hemmings, J.
(2005). Fathering Behind Bars in English Prisons: Imprisoned Fathers’ Identity
and Contact with their Children. Journal of Fathering, 3, 2, 221- 242.
Hawkins, A. J., Bradford, K.P., Palkovitz, R. Day, R.D., Christiansen, S.L., & Call, V.C. (2002). The
inventory of father involvement: A pilot study of a new measure of father involvement.
Journal of Men’s Studies, 10, 183-196.
Marsiglio, W., Amato, P., Day, R.D., & Lamb, M. (2000). Fatherhood in a social context. Journal of
Marriage and the Family, 62, 439-460.
Peters, E., & Day, R.D. (2000). Introduction to fatherhood: research, intervention,
and policies. Marriage and Family Review, 29, 1-9.
Marsiglio, W., Day, R.D., & Lamb, M. (2000). Exploring fatherhood diversity: Implications for
Conceptualizing Father Involvement. Marriage and Family Review. 29, 269-294.
Teachman, J., Day, R.D., Carver, K., Call, V. & Paasch, K. (1998). Sibling resemblance in
behavioral and cognitive outcomes: The role of father presence. Journal of Marriage and
the Family, 60, 835-848.
Day, R.D., Peterson, G.W. & McCracken, C. (1998). Predicting spanking of younger and older
children by mothers and fathers. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 60, 79-94.
Teachman, J., Carver, K & Day, R.D. (1995). A model for analyzing paired data. Journal of
Marriage and the Family. 57, 995-1024.
Jinks, M. & Day, R.D. (1994). Assessing attitudes of pharmacy students toward aging
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 57,124-136.
Day, R. D., Jinks, M.J., Skaer, T.L., Ismail, & Trisdikoon, R.P. (1993). Family planning and
AIDS/HIV intervention from a cross-cultural perspective: Enhancing the pharmacists’
role. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 56, 311-321.
Beal, J., Skaer, T., Day, R. D., & Jinks, M. (1993). Counseling comfort among
pharmacists counseling contraceptive clients. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and
Therapeutics.18, 323-330.
Mackey, W. & White, U., & Day, R.D. (1992). Rationales for entering into the U.S.
fathering role: Men's divulgences, women's perceptions. Journal of Genetic
Psychology.153, 4, 435-446.
Day, R. D. (1992). The transition to first intercourse among racially and culturally
diverse youth. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 54, 4, 749-762.
Day, R. D. & Mackey, W.C. (1989). An alternative benchmark to evaluate the American
father. Journal of Family Issues, 10, 401-408.
Day, R.D. & Hooks, D. (1987). Miscarriage: A special type of family crisis. Family Relations, 36,
305-310.
Day, R.D. & Hooks, D. (1987). A short history of divorce: Jumping the broom and back again.
Journal of Divorce, 10, 57-73.
Day, R.D. & Bahr, S. J. (1986). Income changes following divorce and remarriage. Journal of
Divorce, 9, 75-88.
Day, R.D. & Mackey, W.C. (1986). The role image of the American father: Examination of the
media myth. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 17, 371-388.
Peterson, G.W., Leigh, G.K. & Day, R.D. (1984). The impact of divorce on children: An integration
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5. of relevant literature and family stress theory. Journal of Divorce, 7, 1-20.
Day, R.D., & Mackey, W.C. (1981). Reexamining re-divorce following remarriage: A
reevaluation. Journal of Divorce, 4, 39-47.
Mackey, W.C. & Day, R.D. (1979). Some indicators of fathering behaviors in the United States: A
cross-cultural examination of adult male-child interaction. Journal of Marriage and the
Family, 41, 287-299.
Bahr, S., & Day, R.D. (1978). Females employment, role performance and role consensus.
Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 9, 53-68.
Galbraith, R., & Day, R.D. (1978). Child developmental changed in clustering criteria. Child
Development, 49, 889-891.
Book Chapters
Thorpe, M. & Day, R.D. (2007). Families and Obesity: A Family Processes Approach to
Overweight in Adolescents. In Fitzgerald, H., Villarruel, F, & Luster, T. The Crisis for
Youth Series, Volume 2, Issues for Adolescence. Westport, CT : Praeger Press.
Hoffreth, S., Cabrera, N., Carlson, M., Coley, R., Day, R.D. (2006). Father Involvement
and Social Fathering in Five Recent Data Sets: Implications for Data Collection
and Analysis. In Hoffreth, S. and Casper, L (Eds.) Measurement Issues in Family
Research. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Day, R. D. (2005). Relationship Stress in Couples: Situations Involving Infidelity,
Infertility, and Imprisonment. In McKenry, P. & Price, S. (Eds.) Families and
Change: Coping with Stressful Events and Transitions (3rd
edition)
Day, R.D., Lewis, C., O’Brien, M., & Lamb, M. (2004). Fatherhood and Father
Involvement: Emerging Constructs and Theoretical Orientations. In, Bengston, V.,
Acock, A., Allen, K.R., Dillworth-Anderson, & Klein, D. (Eds.) Sourcebook of Family
Research and Theory, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Arditti, J., Acock, A., & Day, R.D. (2004). Incarceration and reentry of fathers into the
lives of their families. In, Bengston, V., Acock, A., Allen, K.R., Dillworth-Anderson, &
Klien, D. (Eds.) Sourcebook of Family Research and Theory, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications.
Day, R.D. & Lamb, M. (2004). Measuring Father Involvement: An overview and
perspective. In Day, R.D. and Lamb, M. (Eds.) Conceptualizing and Measuring Father
Involvement. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Day, R.D. & Acock, A. (2004). Youth ratings of role performance of resident and
nonresident fathers: Using the NLSY97. In Day, R.D. and Lamb, M. (Ed.) Conceptualizing
and Measuring Father Involvement. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Marsiglio, W., Amato, P., Day, R.D., & Lamb, M. (2001). Fatherhood in a social context. In R.M.
Milardo (Ed.) Understanding Families Into the New Millennium. National Council on
Family Relations: Minneapolis, MN.
Day, R.D., Gavazzi, S. & Acock, A. (2001). Compelling family processes. In (Arland
Thornton (Ed.) The Well-Being of Children and Families: Research and Data Needs.
University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor, MI:
Peters, E., and Day, R.D. (2000). Introduction to fatherhood: research, interventions,
and policy. In Peters, E., Steinmetz, S., Peterson, G. & R.D. Day (Eds.) Fatherhood:
Research, Interventions and Policies. Haworth Press: New York
Marsiglio, W., Day, R.D., Lamb, M. (2000). Exploring fatherhood diversity: Implications
for conceptualizing father involvement. In Peters, E., Steinmetz, S., Peterson, G. & Day,
R.D. (Eds.) Fatherhood: Research, Interventions and Policies. New York: Haworth Press.
Teachman, J.D., Paasch, K.M, Day, R.D. & Carver, K.P. (1997). Poverty during adolescence and
subsequent educational attainment. In G.J. Duncan & J. Brooks-Gunn (Eds.)
Consequences of Growing Up Poor: Russell Sage, New York.
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6. Teachman, J. D., Day, R.D. & Carver, K.P. (1995). The impact of family environment
on educational attainment: Do families make a difference? In B.C. Ryan, et al. (Eds.) The
Family-School Connection. Vol. 2 Issues in Children's Lives. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Day, R.D. (1994) Family Systems Theory. In Day, R.D., Gilbert, K., Settles, B. & Burr, W.R. (Eds.)
Research and Theory in Family Science. Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA.
Burr, W.R., Leigh, G.K., Day, R.D., & Constantine, J. (1979). Symbolic interaction and the family.
In W.R. Burr, R.H. Hill, F.I. Nye, & Reiss, I. (Eds.), Contemporary Theories about the
Family: Volume II. New York: Free Press.
Books
Burr, W., Marks, L., & Day, R. (2012) Sacred Matters: Religion and Spirituality in Families. New
York: Routledge/Taylor.
Day, R. D. (2010). Introduction to Family Processes 5th
Edition. New York: Taylor/Francis.
Day, R.D. and Lamb, M. (Ed.) (2004). Conceptualizing and Measuring Father Involvement.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Day, R.D. (2002). Introduction to Family Processes, 4th
Edition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates.
Day, R.D. (2002). Introduction to Family Processes, 3th
Edition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates.
Peters, E., Steinmetz, S., Peterson, G. & Day, R.D. (Eds.)(2000). Fatherhood: Research,
Interventions and Policies. New York: Haworth Press.
Day, R.D. An Introduction to Family Processes, 2nd
Edition (2000). Houghton Mifflin. Boston, MA.
Day, R.D., Gilbert, K., Settles, B.& Burr, W.R. (Eds.) (1995). Research and Theory in Family
Science. Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA.
Burr, W.R., Day, R.D., & Bahr, K. (1993). Family Science. Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA.
Editor of Special Collections
Marriage and Family Strengths: Using the NLSY97 to Understand Family Processes. Guest
Editor: Randal D. Day (2009). Marriage and Family Review, 45, 3-4 .Sponsored by
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human
Services, U.S. Government (2007-2009).
Fathers in Prison. Special Issue. Guest Editor: Randal D. Day (2005). Fathering: A Journal of
Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers.
Fatherhood: Research, Interventions and Policies. Guest Editors: H. Elizabeth Peters and
Randal D. Day, (2000) Marriage and Family Review, 29. Part I.
Fatherhood: Research, Interventions and Policies: Guest Editors: H. Elizabeth Peters and
Randal D. Day, (2000) Marriage and Family Review, 29, 4: Part II.
Grant Activity (Recent and Selected)
Day, R. D. Flourishing Families Project. School of Family Life (BYU) and multiple donors. (2007-
2011): $5,253,000 (School of Family Life, College of Family Home and Social Sciences,
and donors through LDS Philanthropies).
Peter, E. (Principle Investigator) Transition to Fatherhood (2004) National Institutes of Child
Health and Development: PO1 Program Network Grant—Cornell University, University
of Maryland, Child Trends Inc. & Urban Institute with Sandra Hoffreth University of
Maryland node--Project III: Family Processes, Intergenerational Learning, and
Responsible Fathering. Total Grant: $6,230,055: UM- Node: $1,137,416.
Day, R.D. Fathers Reentry into Family Life in the United Kingdom (2004). Brigham
Young University-Mentoring Environment Grant ($30,000).
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7. Day, R.D. Father Reentry into Family Life (2004) Family Studies Center, School of Family
Life, Brigham Young University ($8,500).
Day, R.D. Fathers Reentry into Family Life in the Oregon and Utah (2003). Brigham
Young University –Mentoring Environment Grant ($20,000).
Day, R.D. Becoming a father: Responsibility and Involvement. Sub-contract with Dr. Sandra
Hoffreth (2002) University of Maryland, as part of NICHD Family and
Child Well-Being grant. ($22,000)
Day, R.D. Conceptualizing Male Fertility. Sub-contract with J. Brooks-Gunn, Columbia, University
Oct. 1997-July, 1998 ($7,000).
Day, R.D. Indicators of Child and Family Well-Being. Sub-contract with Child Trends, Inc.
January, 1998 ($5,000).
Day, R.D. (Principal Director) Developing a Human Development Extended Degree Program.
Washington State University, Office of the Vice Provost. September, 1996 ($126,745).
Day, R.D. (Conference Co-chair). A Conference on Father Involvement. Natcher Conference
Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD. National Institutes of Health and
Family and Child Well-Being Network. October. 1996 ($15,000).
Day, R.D. Models of Sibling Resemblance in Child Well-Being. Family and Child Well-Being
Network and National Institutes of Health: 11h-3044-809. September, 1996 ($3,500).
Day, R.D. Pharmacists as First Providers of HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Education.
International Program Development Office (WSU). With Jinks, M. November, 1992
($5,000).
Day, R.D. Instructional Program to Improve Contraception Counseling Effectiveness of
Pharmacy Students. American Association of College of Pharmacy. With Garrison, W.
Fall, 1992 ($22,228).
Day, R.D. Family Planning in the Developing World: The Pharmacists and Contraception.
International Program Development Office (WSU). With Mahmoud, A. & Jinks, M.
November, 1991 ($4,500).
Day, R.D. Strengthening Families to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancies. Office of Adolescent
Pregnancy Programs, Office of Population Planning. Co-Principal Investigator, July 1,
1985 - July 1988, ($260,000).
Professional Organizations Past and Present:
National Council on Family Relations
Pacific Sociological Association
American Sociological Association
Population Association of America
Groves Conference on the Family
International Positive Psychological Association
Special Projects and Consulting.
Principle Investigator: Flourishing Families Project (2006-present).
Description: This is a longitudinal survey of 500 families in Seattle WA and 180
families in Utah County, Utah. The purpose of the study is examine the role of
close personal family interaction and its impact of adolescent well-being as
teens transition into young adulthood. Project has involved approximately 20
graduate and 700 undergraduate students who have participated in data
collection, project design and implementation, behavioral coding activities,
manuscript preparation, preparing and delivering presentations at local and
professional meetings and other venues, and assisting professors with data
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8. analysis.
Project Organizer: Prison Intervention in the UK (2014- present).
Description: This project involves connecting with existing programs designed
to assist prisoner returning home. Research targets strategies to reduce
recidivism. Project work in 2014 involved three undergraduates for two weeks
who helped interview program providers in London area. Information from the
interviews in now being organized in preparation for a collaborative research
project with target organizations.
Forum Organizer: Second International Research Conference on Family Religious
Traditions of the World, May, 2014, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Description: Four day meeting of 25 invited research and practitioners from
Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Romania, and Poland. Co-
Sponsored by the Russian Academy of Sciences and the East Europe Area
Presidency Office of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Moscow.
Co-Chair Elena Nechiporovaev. Project involved two graduate and eleven
undergraduate students who helped prepare materials and work on program
details.
Forum Organizer: Second International Research Conference on Family Religious
Traditions of the World, May, 2013, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow,
Russia.
Description: Three day meeting of 40 invited research and practitioners from
Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Romania, and Poland. Co-
Sponsored by the East Europe Area Presidency Office of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Moscow. Co-Chair Elena Nechiporovaev. Project
involved three graduate and eight undergrad students.
Principle Investigator: Ubuntu and the Born-Free Generation.
Description: Research project based in Durban, South Africa, May- June 2013.
Co-Chair with Dr. Jini Robi, Professor, School of Social Work, Brigham Young
University and R. Bhagwan, School of Social Intervention, Durban University of
Technology. Project interviewed 150 South African youth in Durban involving
two advanced graduate students and three faculty.
Organizer: International Summit on Fathering. Cambridge University. July 2012.
Description: This was an eleven-person summit gathering together the best
family scholars who focus on fathering research. A future research agenda was
created an implemented.
National Indicators of Positive Well-Being. Multi-Year research project sponsored by
John Templeton Foundation awarded to Child Trends (2009- present).
Description: Child Trends assembled several family scholars to develop 20
measures of positive adolescent well-being that can be incorporated into
national surveys. Our first meeting was August 31st
2009.
Principle Investigator: Men in Prison research initiative.
Description: This project was supported by the Family Studies Center,
Brigham Young University from 2004-2006. During this time 42
undergraduate and graduate students interviewed 234 men returning
home from prison in three prisons in the US and four prisons in the UK.
Relationship Strengths in Married Families Secondary Data Analysis Using the NLSY 97.
Special Projects Office, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE),
Department of Health and Human Services with National Opinion Research
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9. Center (NORC): $296,000 (project completed in 2009).
Description: NORC won this special projects grant and awarded me a two year
consulting contract to examine the use of family processes on children’s
outcomes in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997.
Co-Chair (with Michael Lamb). Conference on Measuring Father Involvement.
Natcher Center, National Institutes of Child Health and Development,
Bethesda, MD. February, 2000.
Session organizer and developer of Social fatherhood: conceptualizations,
compelling research, and future direction. National Center on Fathers and
Families. University of Pennsylvania. Invited document prepared for Anne
Casey Foundation.
Roundtable Organizer: Fathers and Family Processes. Two-day roundtable that
included 26 scholars and practitioners. This workshop was funded by
NCOFF and supported by the BYU Family Studies Center. San Francisco-
October, 2000
Invited session leader for Researcher-Practitioner Summit on Fathers and
Families. National Center on Fathers and Families. April 23-24, 1998.
Philadelphia, PA.
Associate member of Family and Child Well-Being Network, 1994-2005. This network
administered two large-scale federal grants delivered by the National Child
Health Development office with National Institutes of Health. My role was an
associate member first with Dr. Jay Teachman, Washington State University and
then with Dr. Sandy Hofferth, University of Maryland. Over the course of ten-
years, our group produced research and programing using approximately 11
million dollars in grant money allocated to the Network.
Invitational Experience
Fatherhood Research and Practice Network Steering Committee (2013-present). This
committee has secured a $500,000 grant to deliver research and services to
father strengthening programs. The grant is administered by the Federal
Administration for Youth and Families—Dr. Jay Fagan lead Principle
Investigator.
Understanding How Families Flourish. Invited presentation for Fall Faculty Seminar
Series. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Oct 2010.
Fathers and Urban Youth: The Role of Fathers in Adolescent Well-being. Invited keynote
address Family Planning and Contraceptive Research Section Annual Meeting.
Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture: University of Chicago. May,
2010.
Families that Flourish, Families that Flounder. Invited seminar: Chapin Hall School of
Family and Public Policy: University of Chicago. Jan, 2010.
Americans in Prison. Special project consultation with Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Evaluation and Research Triangle Institute. 2007- 2009.
National Council to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (Research Core). Board member:
2007- present.
Using the NLSY97: Marriage and the Family Workshop: Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Washington
D.C. June 2006.
Men in Prison: Marriage and Families at Risk. Workshop sponsored by The
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). Washington D. C. May
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10. 2006.
Michigan Population Institute, January 2006. Using Family Process
Measures in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997: Fathering and
Youth Outcomes Over Time. University of Michigan, Lansing.
Fathering in difficult situations such as on coming home from prison International
Congress of the International Federation for Parent-Education. Meeting of the
Leonardo da Vinci partners of “Parenting in Europe in the 21st
Century” Hosted
by UK Parenting Education & Support Forum. House of Lords, London, March
2006.
Men in Prison: The UK and US Experiences. Faculty Development Seminar Series:
Cambridge University, Cambridge UK. October 2006.
Incarcerated Fathers in the USA and UK: How Resettlement Following Prison
Influences the Well-Being of Family Members. School of Social Policy, Social Work,
and OXFLAP. University of Oxford, July 2004.
Workshop on Research and Data Needs. Airlie Conference Center, October 1997,
Arlington, VA. Paper presented: Identifying and Measuring Compelling Family
Processes. Sponsored by National Institutes of Child Health and Development.
Prison as New Welfare Reform. Fatherhood Forum. Washington D.C. July 2005.
Session Organizer: Future of Fathering Research. Society for Research Child
Development. Washington D.C., April, 1997. Sponsored by Society for Research
in Child Development: Black Caucus and National Center on Fathers and Families.
Session Organizer. Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego CA, April, 1997.
Topic: Father’s Involvement: Future Challenges and Policy Directives.
Co-chair of Conference on Fathering and Male Fertility: Improving Data and Research.
Natcher Conference Center, Bethesda MD. March, 1997. Sponsored by National
Institutes of Health.
Co- Chair (with Evans, V.J. & Lamb, M.) Social fatherhood and paternal
involvement: conceptual, data, and policymaking issues. Invited presentation at
Conference on Fathering and Male Fertility: Improving Data and Research.
Natcher Conference Center, Bethesda MD. March, 1997. Sponsored by National
Institutes of Health.
Co-conference planner for “Conference on Father Involvement.” Natcher
Conference Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD. Oct. 1996.
Sponsored by National Institutes of Health and Family and Child Well-
Being Network.
Presenter (with Teachman, J.D. & Carver, K. P.): Sibling resemblance in
behavioral and cognitive outcomes: The roles of father presence. Invited
presentation. Conference on Father Involvement. Natcher Conference
Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD. Oct. 1996.
Presenter: Building a mid-range theory of father involvement: What is the
compelling research? Invited Conference on the Developmental,
Ethnographic, and Demographic Perspectives on Fatherhood. Natcher
Conference Center, National Institutes of Health. Bethesda MD. June 11-
12, 1996.
Presenter: Predictors of spanking in younger and older children. Research on
Discipline: The State of the Art, Deficits, and Implications. Invited conference
sponsored by National Institute of Child Health and Development. University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill. April 25-26, 1996.
Professional Presentations (recent and selected)
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11. Bartle-Haring, S., Pratt, K, & Day, R.D. Family processes and changes adolescent body mass
index overtime. National Council on Family Relations, 2014, Baltimore MD.
Day, R. D. Research about fathers in families: A key to helping the next generation. Second
International Research Conference on Family Religious Traditions of the World. May,
2014, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Day, R. D., Blickfeldt, S., Roby, J., & Bhagwan, R. Ubuntu and the “Born-Free” generation: How
individualism and economic stress relate to prosocial behavior in South Africa. Society
for Research on Child Development. October, 2014, Prague, Czech Republic.
Day, R.D. The challenges of fatherhood in Russian families. International Research Conference
on Family Religious Traditions of the World. May, 2013, Moscow, Russian.
Dufur, M. & Day, R.D. Family Structure and Stability Across Five Years, Society of Longitudinal
and Life Course Studies, Population Association of America, 2013, Amsterdam.
Day, R. D., The real truth about measuring father involvement. National Council on Family
Relations, 2013, San Antonio, TX.
Gudmunson, C. & Day, R. D. Parent-child Triangulation Processes: Parent Psychological Control
and Adolescent Entitlement as Maladaptive Parental Tactics. National Council on
Family Relations, 2013, San Antonio, TX.
Day, R.D. “Famology” (Dead), “Family Science” (Life Support): How is “Family Studies” Doing?
National Council on Family Relations, November, 2013, San Antonio, TX
Day, R.D. & Dyer, J.W, & Blickfeldt, S. Porn use, relationship quality, aggression, and instability
in marriage. National Council on Family Relations, November, 2013, San Antonio, TX
Dyer, J.W. & Day, R.D. Jailed fathers and family complexity: Preliminary data using genograms.
National Council on Family Relations, November, 2013, San Antonio, TX.
Coyne, S., Padilla-Walker, L, & Day, R. D. Shut it off…NOW!” Parenting factors and pathological
video game use in adolescents. National Council on Family Relations, 2012, Phoenix, AZ.
Jorgensen, B., Yorgason, J., & Day, R. D. The influence of religious beliefs and practices on
parent-child closeness. National Council on Family Relations, 2012, Phoenix, AZ.
Brown, B., McBride, J., & Day, R.D. Finances: Source of marital conflict or battleground for
aggressive strategies? Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, April 2011, Salt Lake
City, UT.
Day, R. D. Using Moderators and Mediators Variables to Understand Family Processes. National
Council on Family Relations, Nov 2011, Orlando, FL.
Yorgason, J. B. & Day, R. D. The Influence of Religious Beliefs on Marital Commitment. National
Council on Family Relations, Nov 2011, Orlando, FL.
Burr, W., Marks, L., & Day, R.D. Philosophical Assumptions in Theory Building. National Council
on Family Relations, Nov 2011, Orlando, FL.
Bartle- Haring, S., & Day, R. D., High School Sweethearts Beware: Does Early Marriage Predict
Marital Instability. National Council on Family Relations, Nov 2011, Orlando, FL.
Call, L., Dyer, J., & Day, R.D., Inmate Perceptions of Financial Education Needs: Suggestions for
Financial Educators. Association for Financial and Consumer Planning Education
Annual Meeting, Nov 2011, Orlando, FL.
Day, R. D., Acock, A., Washburn, I., Cowen, S., Miller, R., & Blickfeldt, S. Assessing couple and
family stability over time. National Council on Family Relations, Nov 2011, Orlando, FL,
Gudmunson, C. & Day, R. D. How Family Religious Practices Forestall and Psychologically
Controlling Parents Foster Entitlement Money-Attitudes and their Consequences
among Adolescents. National Council on Family Relations, Nov 2011, Orlando, FL,
Coyne, S., Stockdale, L., & Day, R.D. Game on: Associations between co-playing video games and
adolescent behavioral and family outcomes. Society for Research on Child Development,
March 2011, Montreal, Canada.
Padilla-Walker, L., Black, B., & Day, R. D. "I think I can!" Predictors and outcomes of adolescent
persistence. Society for Research on Child Development, March 2011, Montreal, Canada.
Jorgensen, B., Mancini, & Day, R.D. The influence of religious contexts on family commitment.
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12. National Council on Family Relations. Nov. 2010, Minneapolis MN.
Lewis, K., Acock. A., Vuchinich, S., & Day, R. D. The effects of maternal emotionality on child
hyperactivity. National Council on Family Relations. Nov. 2010, Minneapolis MN.
Burr, W.R., Day, R.D., & Marks, L. Sacred matters: religion and spirituality in families. National
Council on Family Relations. Nov. 2010, Minneapolis MN.
Lewis, K., Acock. A., & Day, R. D. Preliminary results of impulsivity during the transition to
adolescence. National Council on Family Relations. Nov. 2010, Minneapolis MN.
Lotspeich, F., Bartle-Haring, S., & Day, R. D. Family distance regulation and school achievement
in middle school aged children. National Council on Family Relations. Nov. 2010,
Minneapolis MN.
Busby, D.M. & Day, R.D. Shared congruence about couple forgiveness. International Association
for Relationship Conference, July 2010, Herzliya, Israel.
Day, R.D. A taxonomy of couple strength: How building couple strength strengthens marriage.
XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology, July 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden
Day, R. D. & Acock, A. A taxonomy of couple marital strength. National Council on Family
Relations. Nov. 2009.
Day, R.D. Fathers and urban youth: The role of father in adolescent development. Annual
Meeting of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture: University of Chicago,
May 2010 (Invited keynote address).
Day, R.D. Families that flourish, families that flounder. Annual Research Seminary: Chapin Hall
School of Family and Public Policy: University of Chicago. January, 2010 (Invited keynote
address).
Bartle-Haring, S., Day, R. D., & Lotspeich, F. Family to school spill-over: School engagement in
context. National Council on Family Relations. Nov. 2009. San Francisco, CA.
van Langefelt, A. and Day, R. Sibling responses to parent style and conflict. National Council on
Family Relations. Nov. 2008. Little Rock, AR.
Day, R. and Walker, L. Mother and father connectedness and involvement during early
adolescence. International Fatherhood Research Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Oct. 2008.
Call, L.L., Day, R.D., Dyer, W.J., & Wiley, A. (2008, November). Differences in financial knowledge
between incarcerated and low-income populations. Paper presented at the Association
for Financial Counseling and Planning Education Conference, Garden Grove, CA.
Cox, A. & Day, R.D. Family Processes: Discovering the NLSY97. National Council on Family
Relations. Minneapolis Minn. November 2006.
Day, R. D., Gavazzi, S., Miller, R., Cox, A. Compelling Family Processes: Pilgrims’
Progress. Theory Construction Workshop: National Council on Family Relations.
Minneapolis Minn. November 2006.
Miller, R., Day, R.D., & Harper, J. M. A Re-examination of Family Systems Theory. Theory
Construction Workshop: National Council on Family Relations. Minneapolis Minn.
November 2006.
Carroll, J.S., Day, R.D., Understanding Family Resilience: Shifting From Structural
Descriptions to Process-Based Explanations. Theory Construction Workshop: National
Council on Family Relations. Minneapolis Minn. Nov. 2006.
Day, R. D., Price, J., Clarke, L. Men in Prison Coming Home. European Population Association.
July 2006. Liverpool, England.
Facer, J. & Day, R. Teen Problem Behavior on Marital Well-Being. National Council on Family
Relations, Orlando FL. November 2004.
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13. Day, R.D. Fatherhood, Father Involvement, and Child Well-Being. Research Update for
Practitioners (Invited Plenary Session). National Council on Family Relations,
Orlando FL. November 2004.
Dyer, W. J., Wardle, B. and Day, R. D. Effects of Incarceration on Successful Prisoner Reentry: A
Symbolic Interaction Perspective. Pacific Sociological Association. San Francisco CA,
April 2004.
Lindsey, L. & Day, R.D. Genograms in Assessing the Relationships of Incarcerated Fathers: A
Methodological Approach. Pacific Sociological Association. San Francisco CA, April 2004.
Dyer, W. J., Lindsey, L., & Day, R. D. Early Sexual Debut in Teens and Family Processes: Using the
NLSY-97. Utah Council on Family Relations. Logan, UT March 2004.
Jarvis, J., Wardle, B. & Day, R. D.. Teen Problem and Family Processes: Using the NLSY-97. Utah
Council on Family Relations. Logan, UT March 2004.
Acock, A. C. & Day, R. D. “Youth Problem Behavior and Their Perception of Parental Behavior:
Do Perceptions of Fathers Count?” International Conference on
Allocation of Social Resources in Changing Society. ISSP Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social
Sciences and Philosophy, Academia Sinica. Taipei, Taiwan, November 2002
Fagan, J., Day, R. D. & Bean, M. Reliability and Validity of the Inventory of Father
Involvement. Presented at National Council on Family Relations. Huston, TX.
Nov. 2002.
Day, R.D.& Mellgren, L. M. The Emerging Role of the Federal Government in
Fatherhood Research. ESRC Seminar Series. Fathers and Fatherhood: New Directions for
Research and Policy. Seminar 1: The Nature of Men and Fathering. November, 2001.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. London, England
Acock, A. & Day, R.D. Youth Experience of Father’s Performance: Resident and
Nonresident Fathers in the NLSY-97. Presented at Workshop on Measuring
Father Involvement. Bethesda, MD. February 2001.
Acock, A. & Day, R.D. Youth Ratings of Role Performance of Resident and Nonresident
Fathers: A First Look at NLSY97. Presented at National Center On Fathers and Families’
Roundtable on Fathers and Family Processes. Oakland CA. October, 2000.
Grant, T. R. & Day, R. D. Measuring father involvement from a family process perspective.
Presented at the 62nd Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations,
Minneapolis, MN, Nov. 8-13, 2000
Day, R.D. Building toward a national survey of family life. Plenary session of the Theory
Construction and Research Methodology Workshop: National Council on Family
Relations. Minneapolis, MN. November 2000.
Day, R.D. Fathers and Family Processes. Fathers in Early Head Start: Conceptual,
Methodological and Analytical Issues. Conference sponsored by Mathematica Policy
Research, Inc. New York University, April, 2000.
Day, R.D., Gavazzi, S., & A. Acock. Identifying and measuring compelling family processes.
Theory Construction Research Methodology Workshop: National Council on Family
Relations. Washington, D.C. November, 1997.
Marsiglio, W., Day, R.D., & M. Lamb. Conceptualizing fatherhood: The social construction of
paternal involvement. Theory Construction Research Methodology Workshop: National
Conference on Family Relations. Washington, D.C. November, 1997.
Day, R.D. The father involvement research agenda. Pacific Sociological Association. San Diego
CA. April, 1997.
Day, R.D. Bridging geographical distances through online courses. National Conference on
Family Relations. Kansas City MO. November, 1996.
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14. Day, R.D. The emerging interest in father: What we know, what we need to know. Groves
Conference on Marriage and the Family. San Diego CA. March, 1996.
Day, R.D. Predicting spanking in older and younger children. National Council on Family
Relations. Portland, Or. Nov. 1995
Editorial Experience – Editorial Boards Past and Present
Fathering
Fathering:
Family Relations
Marriage and Family Review
Journal Family Issues
Journal of Marriage and Family
Journal of Family Psychology
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
Professional Honors and Service
School of Family Life Student Association Graduating Seniors: Most Influential Professor - 2013
Martin B. Hickman Outstanding Scholar: FHSS, BYU, March 2011
School of Family Life Student Association Graduating Seniors: Most Influential Professor - 2011
Faculty Appreciation Award: School of Family Life, Brigham Young University. May
2010.
National Council on Family Relations: Elected Fellow: November 2005.
Kimball Chair of Family Life. School of Family Life, Brigham Young University,
September 2002.
USDA: Agriculture Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) National Outstanding Education
Program for 1997.
Teacher of the Year: Department of Human Development,
Washington State University: 1997.
Sub-Committee for Federal Data Collection, Appointment from the Federal Interagency
Forum on Child and Family Statistics, Department of Health and Human
Services Washington, DC. 1996.
Hammer Award. Presented to Members of the Child and Family Well-Being Network,
Class 8: ESCOP/ACOP leadership training, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1998-1999.
Graduate Student Teacher of the Year Award. Department of Human Development,
Washington State University (1998)
Chair of Theory Construction Research Methodology Pre-Conference Workshop,
National Council on Family Relations (1998).
University Recognition for Outstanding Service to Students with Disabilities, WSU-
1997.
Chair of Western Region Coordinating Committee -Youth at Risk (1991-1995)
Nominating Committee, National Council of Family Relations (Elected, 1993)
Nominating Committee, Research and Theory Section of National Council on Family
Relations. (1986)
General Board, National Council of Family Relations. (1986-1989)
Chair of Family Discipline Section, National Council on Family Relations (1986-1989)
Board of Regents Excellence in Teaching Award, South Dakota State University (1984)
Charles Sewery Honorary Faculty Selection, South Dakota State University (1984)
Recent Committee Service
University Institutional Review Board (2013- present).
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15. Department Search Committee (2012- 2013)
Dean’s Council for Family, Home, and Social Science (2006-2012)
College Rank and Status Committee (2009-2012)
College Research Committee (2007-2009)
Special Review Committee for College Family History Center (2008-2009)
Special Review Committee for World Family Policy Center (2009-2010)
Department Personnel Annual Review Committee (2006-2008)
College Rank and Status Committee (2003-2006)
University Committee Media Promotion (1999-2002)
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