Department of Human & Community Development, University of Illinois

Robert Hughes, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

Curriculum Vita for R. Hughes, Jr. (pdf)

Education

Ph.D. 1980, The University of Texas at Austin, Educational/ Developmental Psychology

M.A. 1977, The University of Texas at Austin, Educational/ Developmental Psychology

B.A. 1974, Texas Tech University, Psychology

Research Interests

Divorce, single parenting, family life program development and evaluation, information technology and families, online family life education.

My primary interests have been to develop and conduct educational programs for parents and families with an emphasis on families-at-risk, family stress, divorce and single parenting.

I have designed prevention programs for families who live in poverty and face many challenges in everyday living. Along with my colleague, Christine M. Todd, we developed parenting programs for families and worked with child care providers. One of the results of this work was an award-winning video, Parenting: Paving a Safe and Healthy Road. My primary activity related to single-parent families was the creation of a series of 14 newsletters and a program handbook, Parenting On Your Own. Additionally, I have authored a comic-book series for children in single-parent families called, Special Friends. This summary of the effects of divorce on children has been very popular on the web.

In recent years I have created a variety of online educational programs for families including the development of Missouri Families at: http://missourifamilies.org.

Selected Publications

Hughes, R., Jr., & Hans, J.D. (2004). Understanding the effects of the Internet on families. In M. Coleman & L.H. Ganong (Eds.), Handbook of contemporary families (pp. 506-520). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Hughes, R., Jr., & Hans, J.D. (2001). Computers, the Internet and families: A review of the role of new technology in family life. Journal of Family Issues, 22, 776-790.

Hughes, R., Jr., Ebata, A.T., Dollahite, D. (1999). Family life education in the information age. Family Relations, 48, 5-6.

Hughes, R., Jr. & Perry-Jenkins, M. (1996). Social class issues in family life education. Family Relations, 45, 175-182.

Hughes, R., Jr. (1994). A framework for developing family life education programs. Family Relations, 43, 74-80.

Hughes, R., Jr. (1993). Diverse families: Structure, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. In C. Peck (Ed.), Monographs of the American Home Economics Association, (Vol. 1). Alexandria, VA: American Home Economics Assoc.

Hughes, R., Jr., Good, E., & Candell, K. (1993). A longitudinal study of the effects of social support on single mothers. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 19, 37-56.

Durio, H.F., & Hughes, R., Jr. (1982). Understanding parents so that they can understand themselves and their children. In S. Hill & B.J. Barnes (Eds.), Young children and their families. Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath & Co.

Videotapes

Hughes, R., Jr. (1996). Parenting: Paving a safe and healthy road. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service. First Runner-up, Annual Film Awards, National Council on Family Relations.

Hughes, R., Jr. (1988). Empowering Single-parent families. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service.

Hughes, R., Jr. (1986). Beyond the sale. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service. First Runner-up in Family Stress Category, Annual Film Awards, National Council on Family Relations.

Extension Publications

Hughes, R., Jr. (1988). Special Friends: Help for children in single-parent families. Springfield, IL: Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Hughes, R., Jr., & Scherer, J.A. (1986). Parenting on your own: A program for single parents. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service.