Position Priorities
- Relationship and marriage education
- Couple relationships
Education
- B. A., Carleton College, Sociology/Anthropology
- M.A., University of Illinois, Clinical and Community psychology
- Ph.D., University of Illinois, Clinical and Community psychology
Previous Professional Experience
- Joined the UW-Madison faculty in 1994 after spending 6 years at the State
University of New York-Buffalo and the New York State Research Institute on
Addictions.
- Licensed Psychologist, New York State
- Joined Family Living Programs on a “visiting” appointment in 2006.
Highlights of Current Work Related to Family Living Programs
- Team Co-Chair: Healthy Relationships Team (HeaRT)
- Research on basic issues related to couple and family functioning
- Development of relationship education website for outreach to
“twenty-somethings” and in particular to students in the state’s two year
colleges
- Development and evaluation of relationship education programming
- The development and maintenance of healthy relationships across the life
course
- The couple relationship as it intersects with other programming areas (e.g.,
parenting, financial decision-making, caregiving).
Contact Linda at:
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
321 Middleton
Bldg.
1305 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-2290
ljroberts@wisc.edu
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