Jay Fagan

Professor of Social Work

Educational Background

• D.S.W. Columbia University, School of Social Work, May, 1988
• M.S.W., University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Work. May, 1977.
• B.A., Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. May, 1973. Major: psychology.

Courses Taught

• SA 8403 Children and Families Human Behavior and the Social Environment
• SA 3007 Human Behavior and the Social Environment
• SA 5001 Human Behavior and the Social Environment

Recent Scholarly Publications | Books:

• Fagan, J., & Lee, Y. (in press). Perceptions and satisfaction with father involvement and adolescent mothers´ postpartum depressive symptoms. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
• Farrie, D., Lee, Y., & Fagan, J. (in press). The effect of cumulative risk on paternal engagement: Examining differences among adolescent and older couples. Youth and Society
• Laughlin, L., Farrie, D., Fagan, J. (in press). Father involvement with children following marital and non-marital separations. Fathering.
• Fagan, J., Palkovitz, R., Roy, K., & Farrie, D. (2009). Pathways to paternal engagement: Longitudinal effects of cumulative risk and resilience on nonresident fathers. Developmental Psychology, 45, 1389-1405.
• Fagan, J. (2009). Relationship quality and changes in depressive symptoms among urban married African Americans, Hispanics, and Whites. Family Relations, 58, 259-274.
• Cabrera, N., Fagan, J., & Farrie, D. (2008). Explaining the long reach of fathers´ prenatal involvement on later paternal engagement with children. Journal of Marriage and Family,70, 1094-1107.
• Cabrera, N., Fagan, J., & Farrie, D. (2008). Rejoinder: Why should we encourage unmarried fathers to be prenatally involved? Journal of Marriage and Family, 70, 1118-1121.
• Palm, G., & Fagan, J. (2008). Father involvement in early childhood programs: Review of the literature. Early Child Development and Care, 178, 745-759.
• Fagan, J., & Press, J. (2008). Father influences on employed mothers´ work-family balance. Journal of Family Issues, 29, 1136-1160.
• Fagan, J. (2008). Randomized study of a prebirth coparenting intervention with adolescent and young fathers. Family Relations, 57, 309-323.
• Fagan, J. (2007). 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), 11, 260-265.
• Fagan, J., & Palkovitz, R. (2007). Unmarried, nonresident fathers´ involvement with their infants: A risk and resilience perspective. Journal of Family Psychology, 21.
• Fagan, J., Schmitz, M., & Lloyd, J. (2007). The relationship between adolescent and young fathers´ capital and marital plans of couples expecting a baby. Family Relations, 56, 231-243.
• Fagan, J., Bernd, E., & Whiteman, V. (2007). Adolescent fathers´ parenting stress, social support, and involvement with infants. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 17, 1-22.
• 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.
• Fagan, J. (2008). Fathering programs and community services. In A.R. Roberts (Ed.), Social workers´ desk reference (2nd ed., pp. 918-922). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Fagan, J. (2007). Foreword. In S. E. Brotherson & J. M. White (Eds.), Why fathers count: The importance of fathers and their involvement with children. Harriman, Tennessee: Men´s Studies Press.

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.