Educational Background
D.S.W. Columbia University, School of Social Work, May, 1988
Dissertation title: Maternal Stress, Child Temperament, andBehavior Problems in Preschoolers Attending Urban Day Care Programs
M.S.W. University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Work. May, 1977.
B.A. Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. May, 1973.
Major: psychology.
Academic Positions
June ‘97-presentTemple University, School of Social Administration
Associate Professor
July ‘2003-June 2005Temple University, School of Social Administration
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
July ‘2002-June ‘03Temple University, School of Social Administration
Acting Dean
Sept. ‘91- June ‘97 Temple University, School of Social Administration
Assistant Professor and Director of Field Work Education
Sept. ‘90- Aug. ‘91Temple University, School of Social Administration
Dean’s Appointment
Sept. ‘89- Sept. ‘90University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Work Visiting Assistant Professor
Workshops and in-service trainings
The fathering indicators framework: A tool for promoting evaluation of fathering programs. Presentation to the Southeast Regional Committee, Pennsylvania PIRC, March 20, 2001.
Getting men involved in Head Start. In-service presentation to the Head Start staff of Tri-County Community Action Agency, Bridgeton, NJ, April 28, 2000.
Getting men involved in Head Start. In-service presentation to the Northern Delaware Early Head Start Program, Newark, Delaware, March 24, 2000.
Getting men involved in Head Start. In-service presentation to the Montgomery County Head Start Association, Norristown, PA, November, 1997.
Research-related Service
Editor, Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice About Men as Fathers,
March 2002 to present.
Panelist on the grant review panel for Adolescent Family Life Research Grants, Agency
for Health, Research, and Quality, Public Health Service (DHHS), December, 2004.
Guest Editor, Special Fatherhood Issue, Professional Development: The International
Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, 5, Spring 2002.
Panelist on the grant review panel for the University/Head Start Partnerships: Translating
Research into Practice, August, 1996.
Panelist on the grant review panel for the Local Research Partnerships for
Early Head Start Programs, March 10-13, 1996.
I am listed as a reviewer on the Reviewers Database for the Administration
on Children, Youth and Families (DHHS).
Reviewer for Early Childhood Research Quarterly
Reviewer for the Journal of Marriage and Family
Reviewer for the Journal of Black Psychology
Reviewer for Family Relations
University-related service
Research and Study Leave Committee member, January 1999 to May 2002.
Member of the Graduate Board, September 2005 to present.
Local conferences
Research update for Head Start father practitioners. Workshop presented at the Region III Head Start Association Conference, Valuing Fathers and Male Involvement, April 10, 2005.
Focus on fathers in groups. Workshop presented at the 17th Annual Children’s Interagency Training Conference, Penn State University, April 23, 2003.
Involving fathers in programs for at-risk parents. Maternity Care Coalition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 28, 2003.
A focus on fathers. Keynote speaker for the Forum on Fatherhood in Philadelphia, Parents Anonymous of Pennsylvania, January 11, 2001.
Father/male involvement in pre-kindergarten Head Start: Research informing practice. Paper presented at the Men in Families conference, Pennsylvania/Delaware Council on Family Relations, Messiah College, October 2, 1999.
Father/male involvement in pre-kindergarten programs: Research informing practice. Workshop presented at the Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children/Philadelphia Interagency Coordinating Council Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 19, 1999.
Father involvement program effects on fathers, father figures, and their Head Start children. Paper presented at the Temple Educational Research Association Conference, Temple University, May 1998.
An inside look at male involvement in Head Start. Workshop presented at the Pennsylvania Head Start Training Conference, Carlisle, PA, November 1997.
An inside look at male involvement in Head Start. Workshop presented at the 16th Annual Training Conference, Region III Head Start Association, Inc. Philadelphia, PA, October 1997.
Fathers getting involved in early intervention programs. Workshop presented at the 1996 Early Intervention Conference, Philadelphia Interagency Coordinating Council, Philadelphia, PA, November 1996.
National Conference Presentations and Invited Papers
In Their Own Voices: Low-Income Parents Speak About Familial Relationships. Discussant of papers on low income fathers’ relationships with their child’s mother. Head Start’s 8th National Research Conference, “Serving Children Through Partnership and Collaboration,” Washington, DC, June 27, 2006.
Child Care, Work-Family Balance, and Maternal Depressive Symptoms. Co-authors: Lynda Laughlin, Julie Press. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Phoenix, AZ, November 18, 2005.
Research on early childhood programmatic efforts pertaining to fatherhood. Invited paper presented at the National Fatherhood Forum, University of Maryland, June 17, 2005.
Adolescent Father Involvement with Infants and Mothers’ Emotional Well-Being. Co-authors: Ted Futris, Elisa Bernd. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, FLA, November 2004.
Prenatal involvement of young unmarried fathers. Co-authors: Elisa Bernd, Marina Barnett. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Vancouver, BC, November 2003.
Reliability and validity of the Inventory of Father Involvement. Co-authors: Randal Day, Matthew Bean. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Houston, TX, November 2002.
An experimental study of an empowerment-based intervention for African American Head Start fathers. Poster session presented at Head Start’s Sixth National Research Conference. Washington, D.C., June 2002.
A qualitative study of father involvement in five types of early childhood settings. Invited paper presented at the Child Care Bureau Research Conference. Washington, DC, April 17, 2002.
The relationship between maternal gatekeeping, paternal competence, mothers’ attitudes about the father role, and father involvement. Co-author: Marina Barnett. Poster paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations. Rochester, NY, November 2001.
“Best practices” for working with fathers in early childhood programs. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations. Rochester, NY, November 2001.
The significance of fathering indicators for practice and evaluation: Early responses from
the Fathering Indicators Framework. Co-authors: Vivian L. Gadsden, Aisha Ray, & James E. Davis. Paper presented at the Workshop on Measuring Father Involvement. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, February 9, 2001.
The relationship between parental responsibility for child day care, spouses’ job status differences, and location of the program. Poster session presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations. Minneapolis, MN, November 10, 2000.
The relationship between fathers’ and children’s communication skills and children’s behavior problems: A study of Head Start children. Poster session presented at Head Start’s Fifth National Research Conference. Washington, D.C., July 2000.
Predictors of father and father figure involvement in pre-kindergarten Head Start. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations. Irvine, CA., November 13, 1999.
Father involvement program effects on fathers, father figures, and their Head Start children: A quasi-experimental study. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations. Milwaukee, WI, November 14, 1998.
The diversity of father-child relationships and implications for Head Start and other early childhood programs. Symposium chair. Head Start’s Fourth National Research Conference: Children and Families in an Era of Rapid Change. Washington, D.C., July 1998.
Father involvement program effects on fathers, father figures, and their Head Start children. Paper presented at Head Start’s Fourth National Research Conference: Children and Families in an Era of Rapid Change. Washington, D.C., July 1998.
Father and father figure involvement in Head Start: A quasi-experimental study. Poster presentation, American Orthopsychiatric Association’ 75th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C, April 1998.
Involving low income men in Head Start Programs: Research and practice. Paper presented at Social Work ‘95: NASW’s Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, October, 1995.
Men helping men to enrich family life. Paper presented to the Healthy Women’s Healthy Nation Conference, Temple University, School of Social Administration, January 22, 1994.
Play interaction in maltreating and non-maltreating mothers and their children’s family day caregivers. Poster session presented at the research conference, New Directions in Child and Family Research: Shaping Head Start in the Nineties. June, 1991.
Courses Taught
Fall 2006SA 637 Children and Families Human Behavior and the Social Environment
SA 60Human Behavior and the Social Environment
Spring 2006SA 60Human Behavior and the Social Environment
SA 390 Foundations of Social Work Research
Fall 2005SA 637Children and Families Human Behavior and the Social Environment (2 sections)
Grants
Grants awarded to Temple University:
Adolescent Father Involvement Intervention Research Project. Principal Investigator, Three-year grant (Oct., 2003 to Sept., 2006) from the Department of Health and Human Services; Public Health Service; Agency for Health, Research, and Quality; Office of Adolescent Family Life Research, to study the impact of different interventions on teenaged fathers and the mothers of their children. The amount awarded for three years is $450,000.
Philadelphia Survey of Child Care and Work. Co-Principal Investigator, Three-year grant from the Child Care Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services, to study the relationship between child care problems and work outcomes among low-income women. Dr. Julie Press, Assistant Professor of Sociology is the PI. The amount awarded for 2001-2005 is $611,000. The grant continues through September 2005.
Father Involvement Research Project. Principal investigator, Two-year grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, Head Start Bureau (Head Start-University Partnership Research Grants), to study the impact of father involvement interventions on men, children, and families. The amount awarded for two years (1995-1996 and 1996-1997) was $253,000.
Parents’ Inc., Evaluation of the Head Start Transition Project. $3,000 for 1995. I was the evaluator of this study.
University/Community Service High School. Two-year grant from the Commission on National and Community Service to place four social work interns in Olney High School and to work with a group of twelve teachers from the community service charter. I served as Co-Project Director for this project which began in September, 1992. The total award for this project was $62,830.
Scholarly Publications | Books
Fagan, J., & Palm, G. (2004). Fathers and early childhood programs. Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Publishing.
Fagan, J., & Hawkins, A.J. (Eds.) (2001). Clinical and educational interventions with fathers. New York: Haworth.
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Fagan, J., & Palkovitz, R. (in press). Unmarried, nonresident fathers’ involvement with their infants: A risk and resilience perspective. Journal of Family Psychology.
Fagan, J., Bernd, E., & Whiteman, V. (in press). Adolescent fathers’ parenting stress, social support, and involvement with infants. Journal of Research on Adolescence.
Fagan, J. (in press). Research on children’s environmental programmatic efforts pertaining to fatherhood. Applied Developmental Science (Special Issue: Proceedings of the National Fatherhood Forum: Understanding the Impact of Fathers on Child Development).
Press, J., & Fagan, J. (2006). Spouse/partner involvement in childcare and
perceptions of spouse/partner support for paid work. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 27, 354-374.
Press, J., Fagan, J., & Bernd, E. (2006). Child care, work, and depressive symptoms among low-income mothers. Journal of Family Issues, 27, 609-632.
Press, J., Fagan, J., & Laughlin, L. (2006). Taking pressure off families:
Child-care subsidies lessen mothers’ work-hour problems. Journal of Marriage and Family, 68, 155-171.
Press, J., Johnson-Dias, J., & Fagan, J. (2005). Welfare status and child care as obstacles to full time work for low-income mothers. Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy, 27(3/4), 55-79.
Fagan, J., Barnett, M., Bernd, E., & Whiteman, V. (2003). Prenatal involvement of young unmarried fathers. Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers, 1, 283-301.
Fagan, J., & Barnett, M. (2003). The relationship between maternal gatekeeping, paternal competence, mothers’ attitudes about the father role, and father involvement. Journal of Family Issues, 24, 1020-1043.
Dudley, J., & Fagan, J. (2002). A time to support fatherhood. Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, 5, 4-15.
Fagan, J., & Stevenson, H. (2002). An experimental study of an empowerment-based intervention for African American Head Start Fathers. Family Relations, 51, 191-198.
Fagan, J. (2000). African American and Puerto Rican parenting styles, paternal involvement, and Head Start children’s social competence. Merrill Palmer Quarterly, 46, 592-612.
Fagan, J., & Iglesias, A. (2000). The relationship between fathers’ and children’s communication skills and children’s behavior problems: A study of Head Start children. Early Education and Development, 11, 307-320.
Fagan, J. (2000). Head Start fathers’ daily hassles and involvement with their children. Journal of Family Issues, 21, 329-346.
Fagan, J., Newash, N., & Schloesser, A. (2000). Female caregivers’ perceptions of fathers and other significant males in their Head Start children’s lives. Families in Society, 81, 186-196.
Fagan, J., & Fantuzzo, J. (1999). Multirater congruence on the Social Skills Rating System: Mother, father, and teacher assessments of urban Head Start children’s social competence. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 14, 229-242.
Fagan, J., & Iglesias, A. (1999). Father and father figure involvement in Head Start: A quasi-experimental study. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 14, 243-269.
Fagan, J. (1998). Correlates of low-income African American and Puerto Rican fathers’ involvement with their children. Journal of Black Psychology, 24, 349-365.
Fagan, J. (1997). Patterns of mother and father involvement in day care. Child and Youth Care Forum, 26, 113-126.
Fagan, J. (1996). Principles for developing male involvement programs in early childhood settings: A personal experience. Young Children, 51, 64-71.
Marcenko, M. O., & Fagan, J. (1996). Welfare to work: What are the obstacles? Sociology and Social Welfare, 23, 111-130.
Fagan, J. (1996). A preliminary study of low income African American fathers’ play interactions with preschool-age children. Journal of Black Psychology, 22, 7-19.
Fagan, J., & Stevenson, H. (1995). Men as teachers: A self-help program on
parenting for African American men. Social Work with Groups, 17, 29-42.
Fagan, J. (1994). Correlates of maternal involvement in on-site and off-site day care centers. Child and Youth Care Forum. 23, 275-290.
Fagan, J. (1994). Mother and father involvement in day care centers serving infants and young toddlers. Early Child Development and Care, 99, 95-101.
Fagan, J. (1994). Factors related to depression among higher income mothers with young children in day care centers. Early Child Development and Care, 99, 79-92.
Fagan, J., & Schor, D. (1993). Mothers of children with spina bifida: Factors related to maternal psychosocial functioning. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 63, 146-152.
Fagan, J., & Dore, M.M. (1993). Mother-child play interaction in neglecting and non-neglecting mothers. Early Child Development and Care, 87, 59- 68.
Fagan, J., Dore, M.M., & Math, N. (1991). Pregnant and mothering adolescents’ attitudes about day care. Child and Youth Care Forum, 20, 353-364.
Fagan, J. (1990). The interaction between child sex and temperament in predicting behavior problems of preschool-age children in day care. Early Child Development and Care, 59, 1-9.
Book chapters
Gadsden, V.L., Fagan, J., Ray, A., & Davis, J.E. (2004). Fathering indicators for practice and evaluation: The Fathering Indicators Framework. In R. D. Day & M. E. Lamb (Eds.), Conceptualizing and measuring father involvement (pp. 385-416). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Fagan, J. (2002). Projects and programs to involve fathers in community services. In A.R. Roberts & G.J. Greene (Eds.), Social workers’ desk reference (pp. 563-567). New York: Oxford University Press.
Fagan, J., & Hawkins, A.J. (2001). Clinical and educational interventions with fathers: An introduction. In J. Fagan & A. J. Hawkins (Eds.), Clinical and educational interventions with fathers. New York: Haworth.
University presentations
Working with Fathers. Paper presented at the Temple University School of Social Administration Convocation, Harrisburg, PA. March 6, 2002.
Mother and father involvement in day care centers for infant and young toddlers. Paper presented to the symposium series of Temple University’s Department of Developmental Psychology. April 1992.
Social Service Delivery Positions
Sept. ‘88-Sept. ‘92 Social Worker (part-time). Wordsworth Academy Day School.
Individual counseling with children and adolescents, family and parent counseling.
Jan. ‘87-Sept. ‘88Social Worker. Long Island Jewish Medical Center,
Schneider Children’s Hospital, Learning/Diagnostic Program.
Oct. ‘85- Jan. ‘87Social Work Consultant. Edwin Gould Services for Children.
Consultation with directors and teaching staff of four New York City Agency for Child Development day care programs
Prior to Oct. ‘85Social Worker. Staten Island Aid for Retarded Children,
Inc. Sept. ‘81- Sept. ‘85; Catholic Social Services Sept. Aug.
‘79- Aug. ‘81; Philadelphia Psychiatric Center, Sept. ‘74- June ‘79
