Kimberly Kopko
Extension Associate
2007
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Current Activities
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.
Current Research Activities
Research interests include the
impact of extracurricular activities on families in middle childhood and the
developmental outcomes of affluent youth; specifically, the links between
family socioeconomic indicators and children's externalizing problems.
Current Extension Activities
Most recent activities include
heading a subcommittee on Adolescence for the Parenting Education Program Work
Team; translating and disseminating research related to parenting and
adolescent development; and writing Research Briefs and Parenting Pages for
distribution to Cornell Cooperative Extension parent educators statewide.
Biography
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:developmental outcomes of affluent youth; socioeconomic status, parenting, and child development; developmental issues related to divorce and custody; the impact of children's extracurricular activity involvement on families; and parenting and adolescent development.
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
Courses, Websites, Pubs
Related Websites
Parenting in Context Project: www.parenting.cit.cornell.edu