Sedahlia Crase Sedahlia Jasper Crase
Professor

Education:
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1972
M.S., University of Kentucky, 1969
B.S., Berea College, 1967

Office: 2361C Palmer
Phone: (515) 294-6135
Email: sedahlia@iastate.edu

Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests:

  • Parenting
  • Parent-child relations
  • Parent education
  • Teen pregnancy and parenting
  • Giftedness
  • Foster care and adoption training evaluation
  • Middle school stress

Teaching Responsibilities:

  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Parent Education
  • Development and Guidance in Middle Childhood
  • Communication in Family Development

Professional Organizations:

  • National Council on Family Relations
  • Iowa Council on Family Relations
  • Society for Research in Child Development
  • Phi Kappa Phi

Recent Presentations and Selected Publications:

Crase, S.J., Hockaday, C., & McCarville, P.C. (2007). Perceptions of positive and negative support: Do they differ for pregnant/parenting adolescents and nonpregnant, nonparenting adolescents? Journal of Adolescence, in press.

Dickerson, A.D., & Crase, S.J. (2005). Parent-adolescent relationships: The influence of multi-family group therapy on communication and closeness. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 33(1), 1-17.

Thompson, S.D., & Crase, S.J. (2004). Fathers of infants born to adolescent mothers: A comparison with non-parenting male peers and adolescent mothers. Children and Youth Services Review, 26(5), 489-505.

Baum, A.C., Crase, S.J., & Crase, K.L. (2001). Influences on the decision to become or not become a licensed foster parents. Families in Society, 82(2), 202-213.

Crase, S.J., Lekies, K.S., Stockdale, D.F., Moorman, D.C., Baum, A.C., Yates, A.M., Gillis-Arnold, R., & Riggins-Caspers, K. (2000). The effects of foster parent preservice training on parenting attitudes, foster parenting attitudes, and foster care knowledge. In J.M. Mercier, S.B. Garasky, and M. C. Shelley II (Eds.), Redefining Family Policy: Implications for the 21st Century. Ames, IA: Iowa State University.