Christine Proulx

Professor of Human Development and Family Science

Chair, Department of Counseling and Human Development and Family Science

christine.proulx@uvm.edu
Christine Proulx
christine.proulx@uvm.edu

Mann Hall
Colchester Ave
Burlington, VT 05405
United States
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Gerontological Society of America
Alma mater(s)
  • Ph.D., Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
  • M.S., Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
  • B.A., Women’s Studies (individually designed program), Regis College, Weston, MA
Affiliated Department(s)

Department of Counseling and Human Development and Family Science

BIO

Christine M. Proulx, Ph.D., is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). Her primary research is shaped by her belief that interpersonal relationships are the bedrock of our health and wellbeing across the life course, and she incorporates this belief in her classes on adult development and aging and family relationships.

Dr. Proulx's research focuses on adults’ social relationships, roles, and health, with a particular emphasis on marriage and caregiving in mid- and later-life. Her work examines how close relationships and social roles change over time, and how those changes are associated with increases and decreases in mental, physical, and cognitive health. She specializes in quantitative data analyses, with an emphasis in longitudinal and dyadic modeling.

Proulx is a co-editor of the forthcoming Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methodologies (Springer), a seminal volume published approximately every 15 years in the field.

Courses

  • Social Context of Development
  • Psychology of Aging

Publications

Google Scholar

Awards and Achievements

  • Awarded Fellow Status in the Gerontological Society of America, 2018
  • Gold Chalk Award, University of Missouri Graduate Professional Council, 2018
  • Graduate Student Association Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, University of Missouri, 2014
  • Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri, 2012

Area(s) of expertise

  • Intimate relationships
  • Caregiving
  • Aging
  • Health
  • Dyadic methodologies

Bio

Christine M. Proulx, Ph.D., is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). Her primary research is shaped by her belief that interpersonal relationships are the bedrock of our health and wellbeing across the life course, and she incorporates this belief in her classes on adult development and aging and family relationships.

Dr. Proulx's research focuses on adults’ social relationships, roles, and health, with a particular emphasis on marriage and caregiving in mid- and later-life. Her work examines how close relationships and social roles change over time, and how those changes are associated with increases and decreases in mental, physical, and cognitive health. She specializes in quantitative data analyses, with an emphasis in longitudinal and dyadic modeling.

Proulx is a co-editor of the forthcoming Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methodologies (Springer), a seminal volume published approximately every 15 years in the field.

Courses

  • Social Context of Development
  • Psychology of Aging

Publications

Google Scholar

Awards and Achievements

  • Awarded Fellow Status in the Gerontological Society of America, 2018
  • Gold Chalk Award, University of Missouri Graduate Professional Council, 2018
  • Graduate Student Association Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, University of Missouri, 2014
  • Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri, 2012

Areas of Expertise

  • Intimate relationships
  • Caregiving
  • Aging
  • Health
  • Dyadic methodologies