Position Priorities
- Facilitating awareness of the impact of aging populations on Wisconsin
communities
- Providing research-based educational programs designed to benefit Wisconsin
families caring for the frail and dependent elderly
- Promoting curricula for Wisconsin-based employers in order to help Wisconsin
families cope with transitions in middle and later adulthood
- Identifying and developing educational materials to help Wisconsin families
cope with transitions in middle and later adulthood
- Implementing educational programs intended to enhance intergenerational
family relations
- Developing partnerships with community, state, and national organizations in
order to maximize educational opportunities for middle-aged and older adults and
their families in Wisconsin
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Sociology from Portland State University
- Master's degree in Child Development and Family Studies from Brigham Young
University
- Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from the Pennsylvania State
University
Highlights of Current Assignments and Programs
- Aging in multicultural settings. Applied research on family caregiving among
Mexican Americans.
- Family caregiving. Leadership role on the eXtension Family Caregiving
Community of Practice
- Family transitions and intergenerational family relations in middle and
later life. Applied research on perceptions of comparative power and worth in
three-generational families.
Contact Clif at:
Clifton E. Barber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Extension
Specialist in Aging
Associate Dean for Outreach & Extension
Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies
University of Wisconsin Madison
1305 Linden Drive, 334 Middleton
Building
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-890-3283
Fax:
608-265-6048
Email: cbarber2@wisc.edu
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