Rosemary Avery |
Professor
and Department Chair |
| 119A Martha Van Rensselaer Hall |
| PAM |
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| Phone: (607) 255-2578 |
| Fax: (607) 255-4071 |
| Email: rja7@cornell.edu |
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Biographical Statement:
Dr. Avery received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University
of Stellenbosch in South Africa in 1971, her Honors in Science degree
from the University of Pretoria in South Africa in 1982, and her
Masters of Science (1984) and Ph.D. degrees (1988) in Family Resource
Management from The Ohio State University. Dr. Avery joined the Cornell
University faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Consumer Economics and Housing in 1988. She was promoted to Associate
Professor with tenure in 1994, and to rank of Professor in 2000. She
currently serves as Chairperson of the Department of Policy Analysis and
Management.
Her
professional career has focused on child welfare policy as it relates
to the impact of state policy on the experience of children in the
foster care systems. Her most recent work focuses on teens in foster
care and the consequences of aging out the forster care system.
She has been the recipient of five federal grants to support
her research in this area and is an active contributor to national
special needs adoption initiatives. Another area of her
research focuses on the regulation of pharmaceutical advertising and
the impact of these commercial messages on the health-related behavior
of individuals. She has been the recipient of two federal grants to
support
her research in this area.
Dr. Avery has been the recipient of several awards for both
her teaching and scholarship. She was awarded the prestigious Carpenter Award for Advising in 2007, a Weiss
Presidential Fellowship in 2001, she has received a Merrill
Presidential Teacher Recognition Award six times (1993, 1998, 1999,
2001, 2005, 2006), and was the recipient of the SUNY Chancellors Award
for Excellence in Teaching in 1998. In 2000 Dr. Avery was recognized by
a leading consumer policy association in the U.S. (the American Council
on Consumer Interests) as the outstanding mid-career professional. She
has served as a Board Member for three national policy associations,
and serves as a reviewer for several leading academic journals.
At
the University level Dr. Avery currently serves on the Cornell
University Board of Trustees as a Faculty Trustee and serves on several
leading university
committees. Furthermore,
she serves the Cornell undergraduate community as a Dining Discussion
Faculty Fellow, as Faculty Advisor to Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity and
Kappa
Kappa Gamma Fraternity, and as Faculty Academic Advisor to the Cornell
Varsity Mens Football and Mens Lacrosse teams.
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Courses Taught:
PAM 2330 Consumer Markets I
PAM 2300 An Introduction to Policy Analysis
PAM 3230 Consumer Markets II
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Current Research Activities:
Dr. Avery's work in family policy focuses on the New York State
child
welfare system, particularly the foster care experiences of children
relinquished for adoption, state adoption recruitment efforts, and
the achievement of permanency for adolescents aging out of the
foster care system. She is currently
working on two collaborative projects focusing on the placement of
youth from congregate care in New York City and Long Island, New York.
Her work in the area of regulatory
policy focuses on the impact of print advertising
and prime-time television ads for pharmaceutical products on consumers'
health-related behavior, particularly the impact of tobacco and
nicotine replacement therapy product messages
on smoking cessation behavior, the impact of antidepressant advertising
on antidepressant product use, and the impact of weight loss product
advertising on diet, exercise, and weight loss product use. |
Education:
Bachelor of Science, University
of Stellenbosch in South Africa, 1971
Honors in Science, University of Pretoria in South Africa, 1982
M.S. in Family Resources Management, The Ohio State UNiversity, 1984
Ph.D.in Family Resource
Management, The Ohios State University, 1988 |
Selected Publications:
Book Chapter
Avery, R. J. (2008). Federal Law and Child Welfare Reform: The Research-Policy Interface in Promoting Permanence for Older Children and Youth. In Achieving Permanence for Older Children and Youth in Foster Care. Kerman, B., Maluccio, A.N. & Freundlich, M. (Eds.) New York: Columbia University Press. [book]
Journal Articles
Avery, R. J., Butler, J. S., Schmidt, E., & Holtan, B. (forthcoming, 2009). AdoptUsKids National Photolisting Service: Characteristics of Listed Children and Length of Time to Placement. Children and Youth Services Review. [paper]
Avery, R. J., & Freundlich, M. (forthcoming, 2009). You're all grown up now: Termination of foster care support at age 18. Journal of Adolescence, XX, 1-11.
Avery, Rosemary J., Donald Kenkel, Dean R. Lillard, Alan Mathios and Hua Wang (2008). Health disparities and direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceutical products. Beyond Health Insurance: Public Policy to Improve Health. Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, 19, 71-94. [pre-publication
paper]
Avery, R, Kenkel, D., Lillard D. and Mathios A. (2007). Regulating Advertisements: The Case of Smoking Cessation Products, Journal of Regulatory Economics, 31(2), 185-208. [abstract] [working paper]
Avery, R., Kenkel, D., Lillard, D., and Mathios, A. (2007). Private Profits and Public Health: Does Advertising Smoking Cessation Products Encourage Smokers to Quit? Journal of Political Economy, 115, 447-481. [working paper]
Freundlich, M., Avery, R. J., (2007). Care or Scare: Safety and Protection of Youth in Congregate Care in New York City. Child Abuse and Neglect, 31(2), 173-186. [paper]
Avery, R. J., and Freundlich, M. (2007). Planning and achieving permanency for children in foster care: Facilitators and Constraints. Adoption Quarterly, 10(2).
Freundlich, M., Avery, R. J., and Padgett, D. (2007). Preparation of youth in congregate care for independent living. Child and Family Social Work, 12, 64-72. [abstract][paper]
Other Publication
Avery, R. J. Final Evaluation Report (2009). Permanent Parents for Teens Project. Federally funded project through You Gotta Believe Adoption Agency, New York.
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Administrative Responsibilities:
Professor Avery currently serves as Chairperson for the Department of Policy Analysis and Management. |
Current Extension Activities:
Dr. Avery currently serves as the external evaluator on two
federally-funded
Adoption Opportunities Grants, the Permanent Parents for Teens Project
(New York City), and Opening Adoption's Doors to Teen Project (Long
Island, NY). Both these projects involve translational research efforts
with child welfare professionals in New York State. |
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The information on this bio page is taken from the CHE Annual Report. |
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