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Students Teaching Students

In coordination with an undergraduate-run organization called Students Teaching Students, CAS department faculty members mentor exemplary students who develop and teach 1-credit courses on a variety of subjects that advance expertise in communication and its role in public life. This semester, Associate Teaching Professor Lori Bedell is supporting undergraduates Kara Miller (who was in Lori’s RCL course a few years back) and Jess Strait as they teach a course titled “Period Talk: The Impact of Stigma on the Menstrual Equity Movement.”
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Ryan Chesnut

Assistant Research Professor, Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness
rpc5108@psu.edu
(814) 865-4716
315 South Allen Street Suite 224A University Park , PA 16802
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Curriculum Vitae

https://cas.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2022/09/MyCV2.doc

Education

B.S., Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, 2008,
M.A., Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, 2010
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 2014

Websites

http://www.militaryfamilies.psu.edu

Professional Bio

Ryan Chesnut’s research primarily focuses on understanding how parent-child interaction shapes children’s developmental outcomes. He is particularly interested in investigating how parenting prevention and intervention programs can be harnessed to strengthen parent-child relationships and promote child wellbeing. His current work focuses on the dissemination, implementation, and evaluation of a suite of parenting programs that have been adopted by the Department of Defense to support military families. He is also currently working on understanding how moral injuries that military personnel suffer during their service impact relational functioning. This work will help to inform family prevention and intervention services designed to strengthen service member resilience and promote successful reintegration into family life.