Department Head
Associate Professor
Human Development & Family Sciences Program Option
Education
- Ph.D. Developmental Psychology (Statistics minor), University of Wyoming, 2008
- M.S. Developmental Psychology, University of Wyoming, 2005
- B.S. Psychology and Mathematics, Willamette University, 2001
Courses Taught
- Child Development
- Adolescent Development
- Fundamentals of Aging and Human Development
- Intimate Relationships
- Developmental Contexts across the Lifespan
- Lifespan Development
- Positive Youth Development
- Program Evaluation
- Behavior Disorders of Childhood
- Perspectives in Family and Consumer Sciences
- Philosophical and Research Perspectives in Family and Consumer Sciences
Research Interests
- Qulity indicators in out-of-school settings/after-school programs
- Effects of out-of-school time settings and programs on developmental outcomes
- Effects of youth development training on effectiveness of out-of-school providers
- Public policy as it relates to out-of-school time programming
- Facilitating "adulting" skills in young adults
- Children’s cognitive development
Selected Publications
Kinder, C. J., Gaudreault, K. L., Wade, C. E., & Woods, A. M. (Early Winter, 2019).
At-risk youth in an afterschool program: Structured vs. unstructured PA. The Physical Educator, 76(5), 1157-1180.
Wade, C. E., Cameron, B. A., Morgan, K., & Williams, K. C. (2016). Key components
of online group projects: Faculty perceptions. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 17(1), 33-41.
Wade, C. E. (2015). The effects of after-school program participation: Positive relationships
foster social-emotional development in children. Children and Youth Services Review, 48, 70-79.
Morgan, K., Williams, K.C., Cameron, B.A., Wade, C.E. (2014). Faculty perceptions
of online group work. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 15(4), 37-41.
Wade, C. E., Cameron, B. A., Morgan, K., & Williams, K. C. (2011). Online group projects:
Are interpersonal relationships necessary for developing trust? Distance Education, 32(3), 383-396.
Bartsch, K., Wade, C. E., & Estes, D. (2011). Attention to beliefs during persuasion:
Spontaneous and selected arguments to people and puppets. Social Development, 20(2), 316-333.
Dearing, E. & Wade, C. E. (2004). Poverty. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of
Human Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.