School of Public Health @ UMD : Department of Family Science

Education

Ph.D., Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 1999

Research Focus

Men in low-income families, transition to adulthood for disconnected young men, social policy, qualitative methods

Courses

FMSC 381 Poverty, Affluence, and Families

FMSC 498B Death and Loss in Family Life
FMSC 780 Qualitative Methods in Family and Health Research
FMSC 600 Family Theories

Career Highlights

Chair, Theory Constructionized Research Methods Workshop, National Council on Family Relations, 2010
The Research and Development Award, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, 2009
Nominee, Reuben Hill Award for Best Research Article, Research and Theory section, National Council on Family Relations, 2007
Top 20 Article, Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, 2004 and 2005
Associate Editor, Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers
Editorial Board, Family Relations, Journal of Family Theory & Review, Social Problems
Leda Amick Wilson Mentoring Award, College of Health and Human Performance, University of Maryland, 2006
Ronald McNair Mentor of the Year Award, University of Maryland, College Park, Summer 2007, 2005
Secretary/Treasurer & Student/New Professional Representative, Research and Theory section, National Council on Family Relations
Post Doctoral Research Associate, Welfare, Children and Families: The Three City Study ethnographic component
Margaret Feldman Award in Family Policy, National Council on Family Relations, 1999

Selected Publications

Marsiglio, W., & Roy, K. (2012). Nurturing dads: Social initiatives for contemporary fatherhood. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

Roy, K., Vesely, C., Fitzgerald, M., & Buckmiller Jones, N. (2010). First steps into fatherhood and adulthood: Parental support for young adult sons’ engagement with work. Research on Human Development

Roy, K., & Dyson, O. (2010). Making daddies into fathers: Community-based fatherhood programs and the construction of masculinity for low-income African American men. American Journal of Community Psychology, 45, 139-154.

Roy, K., & Vesely, C. (2009). Caring for “the family’s child”: Social capital and kin networks of young low-income African American fathers. In R. Coles & C. Green (Eds.), The myth of the missing Black father (pp. 215-240). New York: Columbia University Press.

Roy, K., Buckmiller, N., & McDowell, A. (2008). Together but not "together:" Trajectories of relationship suspension for low-income unmarried parents. Family Relations, 57, 197-209.

Roy, K. & Burton, L. (2007). Mothering through recruitment: Kinscription of non-residential fathers and father figures in low-income families.Family Relations, 56, 24-39.

Roy, K. (2006). Father stories: A life course examination of paternal identity among low-income African American men. Journal of Family Issues, 27, 31-54.

Roy, K. (2005). Nobody can be a father in here: Identity construction and institutional constraints on incarcerated fatherhood. In W. Marsigilio, K. Roy, & G.L. Fox (Eds.), Situated fathering: A focus on physical and social spaces (pp.163-186). Boulder, CO: Rowman & Littlefield.

Roy, K. (2004). Three block fathers: Spatial perceptions and kin-work in low-income neighborhoods. Social Problems, 51, 528-548.

Jarrett, R., Roy, K., & Burton, L. (2002). Fathers in the ‘hood: Qualitative research on African American men. In C. Tamis-LeMonda & N. Cabrera (Eds.), Handbook of father involvement: Multidisciplinary perspectives (pp. 211-248). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.


	Kevin M. Roy Associate Professor Phone: 301.405.6348 E-mail: kroy@umd.edu Office: 1142T School of Public Health
	Curriculum Vitae Education Ph.D., Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 1999 Research Focus Men in low-income families, transition to adulthood for disconnected young men, social policy, qualitative methods Courses FMSC 381 Poverty, Affluence, and Families FMSC 498B Death and Loss in Family Life FMSC 780 Qualitative Methods in Family and Health Research FMSC 600 Family Theories Career Highlights Chair, Theory Constructionized Research Methods Workshop, National Council on Family Relations, 2010 The Research and Development Award, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, 2009 Nominee, Reuben Hill Award for Best Research Article, Research and Theory section, National Council on Family Relations, 2007 Top 20 Article, Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, 2004 and 2005 Associate Editor, Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers Editorial Board, Family Relations, Journal of Family Theory & Review, Social Problems Leda Amick Wilson Mentoring Award, College of Health and Human Performance, University of Maryland, 2006 Ronald McNair Mentor of the Year Award, University of Maryland, College Park, Summer 2007, 2005 Secretary/Treasurer & Student/New Professional Representative, Research and Theory section, National Council on Family Relations Post Doctoral Research Associate, Welfare, Children and Families: The Three City Study ethnographic component Margaret Feldman Award in Family Policy, National Council on Family Relations, 1999 Selected Publications Marsiglio, W., & Roy, K. (2012). Nurturing dads: Social initiatives for contemporary fatherhood. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Roy, K., Vesely, C., Fitzgerald, M., & Buckmiller Jones, N. (2010). First steps into fatherhood and adulthood: Parental support for young adult sons’ engagement with work. Research on Human Development Roy, K., & Dyson, O. (2010). Making daddies into fathers: Community-based fatherhood programs and the construction of masculinity for low-income African American men. American Journal of Community Psychology, 45, 139-154. Roy, K., & Vesely, C. (2009). Caring for “the family’s child”: Social capital and kin networks of young low-income African American fathers. In R. Coles & C. Green (Eds.), The myth of the missing Black father (pp. 215-240). New York: Columbia University Press. Roy, K., Buckmiller, N., & McDowell, A. (2008). Together but not "together:" Trajectories of relationship suspension for low-income unmarried parents. Family Relations, 57, 197-209. Roy, K. & Burton, L. (2007). Mothering through recruitment: Kinscription of non-residential fathers and father figures in low-income families.Family Relations, 56, 24-39. Roy, K. (2006). Father stories: A life course examination of paternal identity among low-income African American men. Journal of Family Issues, 27, 31-54. Roy, K. (2005). Nobody can be a father in here: Identity construction and institutional constraints on incarcerated fatherhood. In W. Marsigilio, K. Roy, & G.L. Fox (Eds.), Situated fathering: A focus on physical and social spaces (pp.163-186). Boulder, CO: Rowman & Littlefield. Roy, K. (2004). Three block fathers: Spatial perceptions and kin-work in low-income neighborhoods. Social Problems, 51, 528-548. Jarrett, R., Roy, K., & Burton, L. (2002). Fathers in the ‘hood: Qualitative research on African American men. In C. Tamis-LeMonda & N. Cabrera (Eds.), Handbook of father involvement: Multidisciplinary perspectives (pp. 211-248). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.