Kimberly Kopko |
| Extension Associate |
| 250 MVR Hall |
| PAM |
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| Phone: 607-254-6517 |
| Fax: 607-255-4071 |
| Email: kak33@cornell.edu |
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Biographical Statement:
Kimberly Kopko received her Ph.D. in Child Development from the Department of Human Development at Cornell University in May 2005 and joined the Department of Policy Analysis & Management in 2007 after spending a year as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ithaca College. Her research and extension interests examine parenting and child development outcomes. Specific research and extension interests include: teens being raised by custodial grandparents, developmental outcomes of affluent youth; socioeconomic status, parenting, and child development; the impact of children's extracurricular activity involvement on families; and parenting and adolescent development. |
Current Professional Activities:
Current activities include
advancing the goals of the Parenting in Context Initiative, conducting original
research, writing research briefs, organizing in-service trainings, and
developing and evaluating parenting curricula.
Kim is also a Consultant to
the Tompkins County Family Court Custody Initiative. In this role, she informs the Initiative of
empirically-based child development issues related to divorce and custody and
works with other members of the Initiative to implement the recommendations of
the State of NY Unified Court System
Matrimonial Commission Report.
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Education:
Ph.D., Child Development 2005-Cornell University Department
of Human Development
M.Ed., Human Development and Psychology 2000-Harvard University Graduate
School of Education
B.A., Psychology 1998-Brown University,
Magna Cum Laude, With Honors
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Current Research Activities:
Current research activities include examining the well-being of youth (aged 12-18) being raised by a grandparent. Specifically, I am interested in the nature and quality of the relationship between youth and their custodial grandparents, focusing on aspects such as warmth, monitoring, closeness and support, identifying factors that are sources of resilience as youth being raised by grandparents traverse through adolescence and identifying the sources of adolescent risk.
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Selected Publications:
Barnett, R., Shulkin, S., Kopko, K., & Gareis, K. (2008).
"After-school Care and Work-Life Issues." Sloan Work and Family
Research Network. [paper]
Kopko, Kimberly (2007). Parenting styles and adolescents. [paper]
Kopko, Kimberly (2007). Characteristics of positive parent-child interactions: Autonomy. [paper]
Kopko, Kimberly (2007). Characteristics of positive parent-child interactions: Connections. [paper]
Kopko, Kimberly (2007). Characteristics of positive parent-child interactions: Monitor. [paper]
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Current Extension Activities:
Most recent activities include heading a subcommittee on Adolescence for the Parenting Education Program Work
Team; developing supplemental materials on adolescent development for the PASTA curriculum (Parenting The Second Time Around) and writing Research Briefs and Parenting Pages for
distribution to Cornell Cooperative Extension parent educators statewide.
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The information on this bio page is taken from the CHE Annual Report. |
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