Erin Lavender-Stott
Education
- Ph.D. in human development (family studies) | Virginia Tech
- M.A. in psychology | University of North Carolina Wilmington
- B.A. in psychology | Hollins University
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
- Family theories
- Adult development and gerontology
- Family policy
- Human sexuality
Academic Responsibilities
- Program coordinator 鈥 human development and family science minor, A.S., B.S.; gerontology minor
Committees and Professional Memberships
- Deputy editor, Journal of Family Theory and Review (2024-present)
- Chair, Feminism and Family Science Section, National Council on Family Relations (2023-2025)
- Chair, Student Success Committee, SDSU (2021-2023)
- Vice chair, Student Success Committee, SDSU (2020-2021)
- Book review editor, Journal of Family Theory and Review (2020-2023)
Research and Scholarly Work
Areas of Research
- Singlehood
- LGBTQ+ individuals and families across the life course
- Family gerontology
- Leisure
啵啵直播秀s and Honors
- Top Cited Papers in Family Relations (2024) and Journal of Family Theory and Review (2025)
- College of Education and Human Sciences Outstanding Researcher 啵啵直播秀, South 啵啵直播秀 State University (2023)
- Outstanding Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Paper 啵啵直播秀, National Council on Family Relations Advancing Family Science section for the paper, 鈥淧reparing the Educators Who Teach About Families: Engaging Family Science in the University Setting.鈥 (2021)
- Professional Issues in Aging 啵啵直播秀, National Council on Family Relations Issues in Aging focus group (2020)
Publications
Sample Publications:
Garcia, A., Lavender-Stott, E.S., Carotta, C.L., Liu, H-L., Timm-Davis, N. and Nguyen, V. (2025). . The Family Journal, 33(1), 93-103. doi: 10.1177/10664807241251433
Lavender-Stott, E.S. (2023). . Journal of Family Theory and Review, 15(3), 428-443. doi: 10.1111/jftr.12521
Lavender-Stott, E.S. and Allen, K.R. (2023). Not alone: Family experiences across the life course of single baby boom sexual minority women. Family Relations, 72(1), 140-158. doi: 10.1002/fare.12721
Carotta, C.L., Lavender-Stott, E.S., Garcia, A. and Liu, H-L. (2023). . Journal of Family Issues, 44(10), 2527-2546. doi: 10.1177/0192513X221105242
Allen, K.R. and Lavender-Stott, E.S. (2020). The families of LGBTQ older adults: Theoretical approaches to creative family connections in the context of marginalization, social historical change, and resilience. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 12(2), 200-219. doi: 10.1002/JFTR.12370
