Dr. Stephen M. Gavazzi

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Research Interests


Education

  • PhD, Family Studies, School of Family Studies, University of Connecticut, 1991
  • MA, Marriage and Family Therapy Program, School of Family Studies, University of Connecticut, 1985
  • BA, Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, 1983

Professor Gavazzi has established a research program that identifies the impact of family dynamics on adolescent development, psychopathology and problem behavior. He is the author of the textbook Families with Adolescents: Bridging the Gaps Between TheoryResearch, and Practice. Dr. Gavazzi also is known for his work on a variety of higher education issues. His book Land-Grant Universities for the Future: Higher Education for the Public Good (co-authored with E. Gordon Gee) was published in 2018 by Johns Hopkins University Press. Gavazzi and Gee also are co-authors of the book What’s Public About Public Higher Ed? Halting Higher Education’s Decline in the Court of Public Opinion that was published in October 2021 by Johns Hopkins University Press. Professor Gavazzi also co-edited (with David Staley) the book Fulfilling the 21st Century Land-Grant Mission that was published in 2020 by The Ohio State University Press.


Ongoing Newark Earthwork's Center's Research


Selected Research

  • Gavazzi, S. M., Low, J.N. Confronting the Wealth Transfer from Tribal Nations that Established Land-Grant Universities: Steps toward atonement. American Association of University Professors. 2022. [external link]
  • Williams, R. B., Gavazzi, S. M., Roberts, M. E., Snyder, B. W., Low, J. N., Hoy, C., Chaatsmith, M. L., and Charles, M. Let Us Tell the Story of Our Land and Place: Tribal Leader Interviews Concerning the Seizure and Sale of Territories Benefiting Land-Grant Universities. Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. Volume  33, No. 4- Summer 2022. [external link].
  • Williams, R.B., Gavazzi, S. M., Roberts, M.E., Chaatsmith, M.L., Hoy, C., Low., J. N., and Snyder, B. W. Paying Old Debts. Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. Vol. 33, No. 2. 2021.  [external link]
  • Gavazzi, S. M. (2021). Reckoning with the Original Sin of Land-Grant Universities: Remaining Land-Grant Fierce While Insisting on Contrition and Repentance. Native American and Indigenous Studies, 8, 157-161. [Project Muse external link]
  • Gavazzi, S. M., and Staley, D. C. (2020). Fulfilling the 21st century land-grant mission: Essays in honor of The Ohio State University’s sesquicentennial celebration. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University Press.
  • Gavazzi, S. M. (2020). The Land-Grant Mission in the 21st Century: Promises Made and Promises to be Kept. Animal Frontiers, 10, 6-9.
  • Gavazzi, S. M. (2020). Teaching excellence: The core of the land-grant mission. Journal of Empowering Teaching Excellence, 4, 6-12.
  • Gavazzi, S. M., and Gee, E. G. (2018). Land-grant universities for the future: Higher education for the public good. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Gavazzi, S. M. (2018). Campus and community leadership in the spotlight: How university presidents and city managers view town-gown relationships. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 11, 8-19.

Selected Presentations

Director of CHRR, Department of Human Sciences
Professor of College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University
gavazzi.1@osu.edu
Director of CHRR, and Professor of College of Education and Human Ecology Dr. Stephen Gavazzi.

Professional Website


Download CV [PDF]

Some links on this page are to .pdf files requiring the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader software. If you need the file in a more accessible format, please contact Dr. Steve Gavazzi. If you do not have Reader, you may use the following link to Adobe to download it for free at: Adobe Acrobat Reader.


Research Interests


Education

  • PhD, Family Studies, School of Family Studies, University of Connecticut, 1991
  • MA, Marriage and Family Therapy Program, School of Family Studies, University of Connecticut, 1985
  • BA, Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, 1983

Professor Gavazzi has established a research program that identifies the impact of family dynamics on adolescent development, psychopathology and problem behavior. He is the author of the textbook Families with Adolescents: Bridging the Gaps Between TheoryResearch, and Practice. Dr. Gavazzi also is known for his work on a variety of higher education issues. His book Land-Grant Universities for the Future: Higher Education for the Public Good (co-authored with E. Gordon Gee) was published in 2018 by Johns Hopkins University Press. Gavazzi and Gee also are co-authors of the book What’s Public About Public Higher Ed? Halting Higher Education’s Decline in the Court of Public Opinion that was published in October 2021 by Johns Hopkins University Press. Professor Gavazzi also co-edited (with David Staley) the book Fulfilling the 21st Century Land-Grant Mission that was published in 2020 by The Ohio State University Press.


Ongoing Newark Earthwork's Center's Research


Selected Research

  • Gavazzi, S. M., Low, J.N. Confronting the Wealth Transfer from Tribal Nations that Established Land-Grant Universities: Steps toward atonement. American Association of University Professors. 2022. [external link]
  • Williams, R. B., Gavazzi, S. M., Roberts, M. E., Snyder, B. W., Low, J. N., Hoy, C., Chaatsmith, M. L., and Charles, M. Let Us Tell the Story of Our Land and Place: Tribal Leader Interviews Concerning the Seizure and Sale of Territories Benefiting Land-Grant Universities. Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. Volume  33, No. 4- Summer 2022. [external link].
  • Williams, R.B., Gavazzi, S. M., Roberts, M.E., Chaatsmith, M.L., Hoy, C., Low., J. N., and Snyder, B. W. Paying Old Debts. Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. Vol. 33, No. 2. 2021.  [external link]
  • Gavazzi, S. M. (2021). Reckoning with the Original Sin of Land-Grant Universities: Remaining Land-Grant Fierce While Insisting on Contrition and Repentance. Native American and Indigenous Studies, 8, 157-161. [Project Muse external link]
  • Gavazzi, S. M., and Staley, D. C. (2020). Fulfilling the 21st century land-grant mission: Essays in honor of The Ohio State University’s sesquicentennial celebration. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University Press.
  • Gavazzi, S. M. (2020). The Land-Grant Mission in the 21st Century: Promises Made and Promises to be Kept. Animal Frontiers, 10, 6-9.
  • Gavazzi, S. M. (2020). Teaching excellence: The core of the land-grant mission. Journal of Empowering Teaching Excellence, 4, 6-12.
  • Gavazzi, S. M., and Gee, E. G. (2018). Land-grant universities for the future: Higher education for the public good. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Gavazzi, S. M. (2018). Campus and community leadership in the spotlight: How university presidents and city managers view town-gown relationships. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 11, 8-19.

Selected Presentations