Stephen Gavazzi
Director, Professor
921 Chatham Lane, Suite 200
Columbus, OH 43221
Areas of Expertise
- Adolescent and At-Risk Youth
- Assessment
- Civic Education
- Community/Youth Development and Organizations
- Family and Community Human Services
- Family Systems
- Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA)
- Human Development and Family Studies
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
I am Steve Gavazzi, the Director of the CHRR, as well as a professor in the College of Education and Human Ecology here at Ohio State.
As the Director, I am responsible for the overall operations of the CHRR, managing the Center’s budget and working with senior staff to ensure that resources are available and project timelines are met. I also regularly engage stakeholders – both inside of and external to the university – in service to advancing their data-driven activities.
My areas of expertise include a variety of topics within human development and family science (I am a trained marriage and family therapist), with a special emphasis on matters concerning families with adolescents. I also have a strong interest in issues surrounding higher education, including leadership, campus-community relationships, and the mission of land-grant universities. My latest book (What’s Public About Public Higher Ed? published in 2021 by Johns Hopkins University Press) was based on survey data collected using CHRR’s American Population Panel.
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