Karen E. Appleyard, Research Scientist, Center for Child and Family Policy and Post-doctoral Fellow, UNC Center for Developmental Science  

Office Location: 235 Rubenstein Hall
Office Phone: (919) 613-9337
Email Address: karen.appleyard@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

    Education:
    Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2005
    MSW, University of Pennsylvania, 1995

    Research Description: Appleyard's clinical and research interests are in the outcomes of early adversity (i.e., maltreatment, problematic parenting, family and community violence), with the goal of advancing interventions with high risk children. She will be working at the Center with Dr. Lisa Berlin on Project M.O.M. to investigate the mechanisms and processes underlying the intergenerational transmission of parenting, including how cognitive and representational models might mediate the relations between the mother's maltreatment in childhood and her own parenting behaviors and how protective factors might moderate these relations.

    Recent Publications   (More Publications)

    1. Bjurstrom, J., Murphy, R., Ake, G., & Appleyard, K.. "Improving law enforcement response and mental health services for child trauma victims in North Carolina." The Police Chief (Journal of the International Association of Chiefs of Police) (in press).
    2. Bjurstrom, J., Murphy, R., Ake, G., Appleyard, K.. "Improving law enforcement and mental health services for child trauma victims in North Carolina." Police Chief: Journal of the International Association of Chiefs of Police 76.7 (2009): 44-48.
    3. Johnson, M. & Appleyard, K.. "Infant psychosocial disorders." Handbook of Infant Development. Ed. T. D. Wachs & G. Bremner (2nd ed.)Boston: Blackwell Publishing, in press
    4. Berlin, L. J., Cassidy, J., & Appleyard, K.. "The influence of early attachments on other relationships." Handbook of Attachment. Ed. J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (2nd ed.)New York: Guilford Press, 2008: 333-347.
    5. Berlin, L.J., & Appleyard, K.. "Supporting healthy relationships between young children and their parents: Lessons from attachment theory." Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter 23.5 (May, 2007): 1 and 4-6.

    Karen E. Appleyard