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April L. Few-Demo, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Human Development
401-A Wallace Hall (0416)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
Email: [email protected]
Office: 540.231.2664
Fax: 540.231.7012
Web: www.humandevelopment.vt.edu/fewdemo.html
EDUCATION
PhD
University of Georgia, Department of Child & Family Development, 1999
Women’s Studies Graduate Certificate, 1997
MA
Monterey Institute of International Studies, International Policy Studies, 1993
BA
University of Georgia, Political Science, 1991, magna cum laude
SELECTED FUNDED INTERNAL & SPONSORED GRANTS OR RESEARCH
Grafsky, E., Few-Demo, A. L., Zvonkovic, A., & DeBord, K. (2014, March). An intersectional approach
to lgbtq+ individuals & families across the lifespan: Developing a scholarly network and engaging
campus and community. CLAHS Department Diversity Grant. Co-PI. Requested Funding Amount:
$3,000.00. [Funding period: August 2014 – June 1, 2015]
Few-Demo, A. L., & Wilkins, E. Niles Research Grant from the College of Liberal Arts and Human
Sciences. Awarded the amount of $1,475.00. Wilkins is the Co-PI and site coordinator for project in
Philadelphia, PA. This pilot study focuses on developing an intervention program for low-income African
American women at risk for HIV/AIDS. [Funding period: July, 2013 – June, 2014].
Wilkins, E., & Few-Demo, A. L. Drexel University Career Development Award, an internal research
grant at Drexel University. I am co-PI on this proposed project and serve a qualitative research
methodologist and mentor. Awarded the amount of $7,235.00. This pilot study focuses on developing an
intervention program for low-income African American women at risk for HIV/AIDS. [Funding period:
July, 2013 – May, 2014].
Few, A. L., & Harrison, A. K. Coordinated School Visit Program. Awarded $162,572.00 from the Office
of the Provost, Virginia Tech. This 3-year diversity initiative partners with Virginia Tech’s Task Force on
Race and the Institution, Karen Eley Sanders (Assistant Provost and Director of Academic Support
Services), Marilyn Kershaw (Director, Graduate Student Recruiting), Nini Smiley Barber (Associate
Director, Multicultural Academic Opportunities Program; MAOP), and Kevin McDonald (Director,
Office of Equal Opportunity; OEO). [Funding period: Fall, 2007 – Spring 2009]
Few, A. L., Leonard, R., Harrison, A. K., & Mollin, M. CLAHS Diversity Committee Campus Climate
Research Project. Awarded $19,852.00 from the Office of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and
Human Sciences, Virginia Tech. In this project, data was analyzed on programs, studies, and reports done
from 1996-2006 in CLAHS in order to identify possible areas of further research inquiry in a university-
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wide and national call for research proposals to be funded by the Provost’s Office and/or additional
external funding. Best practices were also recommended. [Funding Period, August 2006-May 2007]
Few, A. L., & Arditti, J. Mothers’ Reentry Into Family Life Following Incarceration. Awarded $5,000.00
from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences (CLAHS) Small Grants Program: Research on
Issues of Diversity and the Provost’s Office. As co-primary investigators, we investigated how diverse
paroled re-entry women negotiated the intersectionalities of domestic violence, substance abuse, and
criminality. [Funding period: Jan 2004 - Jun 2004]
Few, A. L., Stith, S. M., Hansen, S., Casteele, J., Pulsifer, M. B., & Healey, C. Resiliencies of Battered
Women Who Seek Shelter Assistance in Rural Communities. Awarded a total of $13,600.00: (a)
$10,500.00 from ASPIRES (A Support Program for Innovative Research Strategies); (b) $2,000.00 from
the Department of Human Development; and (c) $1,100.00 from College of Human Resources and
Education (CHRE). This was a collaborative project with the New River Valley Women’s Resource
Center in Radford, Virginia. Few was the primary investigator. [Funding Period: Jan 2002 – Jun 2003]
Rosen, K., Stith, S., & Few, A. L. Couples Conflict Research Project (CCRP). Awarded $46,000.00. The
project was a multi-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. Few coordinated the study in the Blacksburg-Roanoke area. [Funding Period: Fall 2001 –
Spring 2002]
UNFUNDED GRANT PROPOSALS
Few-Demo, A. L. (2012, December). Core Research Team Member. Integrating qualitative research
methods: Culture in personal health decision-making. NIH Basic Social and Behavioral Research on
Culture, Health, and Wellbeing (R24; RFA-LM-12-002). PI: Anisa Zvonkovic. Co-I’s: Karen
Roberto, Bernice Hausman, and Wornie Reed. Requested Funding Amount: $500,000.
Olson, L., & Few-Demo, A. L. (2011, October). Today’s dating culture and teen dating violence: A
family communication approach. NIH Research on Teen Dating Violence (R21). PA-09-170. Co-PIs.
Requested Funding Amount: $275,000.
CURRENT RESEARCH
Few-Demo, A. L., & Wilkins, E. (2013- 2014). The purpose of this qualitative pilot study is to examine
how culture and sexual scripts intersect in such a way as to foster behaviors that render some African
American women vulnerable to acquiring HIV in their intimate relationships with men. We are
particularly interested in how community programming can assist African American women in
deconstructing internalized racist and sexist discourses that undermine their self-esteem and agency in
sexual relationships.
Few-Demo, A. L., Allen, K., Kaestle, C. (2011-2014). This qualitative study involves collecting and
analyzing narratives from diverse college students about their perceptions of their own sexuality,
sexual scripts, and gender roles in intimate and family relationships. The aim is to gain insight into
the developmental trajectories and decision-making processes of emerging adults in regard to how
they enact gender roles and perceive their sexual health, parent-child communication about social
aggression, social aggression in dating relationships, and mate selection.
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AWARDS FOR TEACHING, RESEARCH OR SERVICE
2014
Teacher of the Week, Center for Instructional Development and Educational Research,
Virginia Tech
2013
Favorite Faculty Award, a student-nominated award sponsored by Housing and
Residential Life, Division of Student Affairs, Virginia Tech
2010
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Certificate of Teaching Excellence, Virginia
Tech
2007
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Diversity Award, Virginia Tech
2004
Jessie Bernard Outstanding Contribution to Feminist Scholarship Paper Award,
Feminism and Family Studies section, National Council on Family Relations
2000
Outstanding Student-Originated Contribution to Family Research and Theory paper
Award, Family and Health section, National Council on Family Relations
1999-2000
Jewell L. Taylor Fellowship from the American Association of Family and Consumer
Sciences
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Published Articles:
Few-Demo, A. L. (2014). Intersectionality as the “new” critical approach in feminist family studies:
Evolving racial/ethnic feminisms and critical race theories. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 6,
169-183. doi: 10.1111/jftr.12039
Few-Demo, A. L., Lloyd, S., & Allen, K. R. (2014). It's all about power: Integrating feminist family
studies and family communication. Journal of Family Communication, 14, 85-94. doi:
10.1080/15267431.2013.864295
Vaillancourt, K., & Few-Demo, A. L. (2014). Relational dynamics of swinging relationships: An
exploratory study. The Family Journal, 22, 311-320. doi: 10.1177/1066480714529742
Few-Demo, A. L., & Arditti, J. A. (2013). Relational vulnerabilities of incarcerated and reentry mothers:
Therapeutic implications. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.
Advanced online publication. doi: 0306624X13495378
Glass, V. Q., & Few-Demo, A. L. (2013). Complexities of informal social support arrangements for
Black lesbian couples. Family Relations, 62, 714-726. doi: 10.1111/fare.12036
Stith, S.M., Amanor-Boadu, Y., Strachman Miller, M., Menhusen, E., Morgan, C., & Few-Demo, A.
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(2011). Vulnerabilities, stressors and adaptations in situationally violent relationships. Family
Relations, 60, 73-89. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00634.x
Arditti, J. & Few, A. L. (2008). Maternal distress and women’s reentry into family and community life.
Family Process, 47, 303-321. doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2008.00255.x
Stephens, D. P., & Few, A. L. (2007). Hip hop honeys or video hos: African American preadolescents'
understandings of popular culture-based female sexual scripts. Sexuality and Culture, 11, 48-70. doi:
10.1007/s12119-007-9012-8
Few, A. L. (2007). Integrating black consciousness and critical race feminism into family studies
research. Journal of Family Issues, 28(4), 452-473. doi: 10.1177/0192513X06297330
Stephens, D. P., & Few, A. L. (2007). The effects of images of African American women in hip hop on
early adolescents’ attitudes toward physical attractiveness and interpersonal relationships. Sex Roles,
56 (3/4), 251-264. doi: 10.1007/s11199-006-9145-5
Few, A. L., Piercy, F. P., & Stremmel, A. (2007). Balancing the passion for activism with the demands of
tenure: One professional’s story from three perspectives. National Women’s Studies Association
Journal, 19 (3), 47-66.
Bunch-Lyons, B. & Few, A. L. (2007). Writing as resistance in the narrative discourse of Black
women. The International Journal of the Humanities, 5(1), 213-220.
Arditti, J. A., & Few, A. L. (2006). Mothers’ reentry into family life following incarceration. Criminal
Justice Policy and Research Journal, 17(1), 103-123. doi: 10.1177/0887403405282450
Benson, M. J., Allen, K. R., Few, A. L., Roberto, K. A., Blieszner, R., Meszaros, P., & Henderson, T. L.
(2006). Transforming the master’s degree in human development and family science. Family
Relations, 55, 44-55. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00355.x
Few, A. L. (2005). The voices of Black and White rural battered women in domestic violence shelters.
Family Relations, 54, 488-500. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2005.00335.x
Few, A. L., & Rosen, K. H. (2005). Victims of chronic dating violence: How women’s vulnerabilities
link to their decisions to stay. Family Relations, 54 (2), 265-279. doi: 10.1111/j.01976664.2005.00021.x
Rosen, K. H., Stith, S.M., Few, A. L., Daly, K.L., & Tritt, D.R. (2005). A qualitative investigation of
Johnson’s typology. Violence and Victims, 20 (3), 319-334. doi: 10.1891/088667005780997910
Few, A. L., Stephens, D. P., & Rouse-Arnett, M. (2003). Sister-to-sister talk: Transcending boundaries
and challenges in qualitative research with Black women. Family Relations, 52, 205-215. doi:
10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00205.x
Few, A. L. & Bell-Scott, P. (2002). Grounding our feet and hearts: Black women’s coping strategies and
the decision to leave. Women and Therapy, 25, 59-77. doi: 10.1300/J015v25n03_05
Few, A. L. (1999). The (un)making of martyrs: Black mothers, daughters, and intimate violence. The
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Journal for the Association of Research on Mothering, 1, 68-75.
Published Book Chapters:
Few, A. L. (2009). Theorizing with racial-ethnic feminisms in family studies. In Lloyd, S., Few, A. L., &
Allen, K. R. (Eds.), Handbook of feminist family studies (pp. 28-42). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Few, A. L., & Stephens, D. P. (2009). African American female adolescent sexuality: Creating change
using an ecological-womanist lens. In J. A. Mancini, & K. A. Roberto (Eds.), Pathways of human
development: Explorations of change (pp. 75-94). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Stephens, D. P., Phillips, L., & Few, A. L. (2009). Examining African American female adolescent
sexuality within mainstream Hip Hop culture using a womanist-ecological model of human
development. In S. Lloyd, A. L. Few, & K. R. Allen (Eds.), Handbook of feminist family studies.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
De Reus, L., Few, A. L., & Blume, L. B. (2005). Multicultural and critical race feminisms: Theorizing
families in the third wave. In V. L. Bergtson, A. C. Acock, K. R. Allen, P. Dilworth-Anderson, & D.
M. Klein (Eds.), Sourcebook of family theory and research (pp. 447-468). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Few, A. L. & Bell-Scott, P. (2002). Grounding our feet and hearts: Black women’s coping strategies and
the decision to leave. In C.M. West (Ed.), Violence in the lives of Black women (pp. 59-77). New
York: Haworth Press.
Published Edited Book:
Lloyd, S., Few, A. L., & Allen, K. R. (Eds.). (2009). Handbook of feminist family studies. Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage.
Published Book Review:
Few-Demo, A. L. (2011). Book review of Du Bois's dialectics: Black radical politics and the
reconstruction of critical social theory. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 3, 331-334. doi:
10.1111/j.1756-2589.2011.00103.x
Published Entries in Reference Works:
Few-Demo, A. L., & Demo, D. H. (In press). Family diversity: Race, ethnicity, and national variations. In
J. Stone, X. Hou, R. Dennis, P. Rizova, & A. Smith (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of race,
ethnicity, and nationalism. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Few-Demo, A. L., & Glass, V. Q. (In press.) Black feminist thought. In J. Stone, X. Hou, R. Dennis, P.
Rizova, & A. Smith (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of race, ethnicity, and nationalism.
Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
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Few-Demo, A. L., & Cox, N. (in press). Racialized gender. In J. Stone, X. Hou, R. Dennis, P. Rizova, &
A. Smith (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of race, ethnicity, and nationalism. Malden, MA:
Wiley-Blackwell.
Few, A. L. (2009). Womanism. Revised reprint in online Concise Blackwell encyclopedia of sociology.
http://sociologyencyclopedia.com/public/
Few, A. L. (2007). Black feminist theory. Revised reprint in online Concise Blackwell encyclopedia of
sociology. http://sociologyencyclopedia.com/public/
Few, A. L. (2007). Black feminist thought. In G. Ritzer (Ed.), The Blackwell encyclopedia of sociology
(v. 1, pp. 305-310). Oxford: Blackwell.
Few, A. L. (2007). Racialized gender. In G. Ritzer (Ed.), The Blackwell encyclopedia of sociology (v. 8,
pp. 3764-3765). Oxford: Blackwell.
Few, A. L. (2007). Womanism. In G. Ritzer (Ed.), The Blackwell encyclopedia of sociology (v. 10, pp.
5257-5259). Oxford: Blackwell.
Published Prefaces:
Lloyd, S. A., Few, A. L., & Allen, K. R. (2007). Feminist theory, methods, and praxis in family studies:
An introduction to the special issue. Journal of Family Issues, 28 (4), 447-451.
Published Conference Proceedings:
Few, A. L. (1999). Strategies to help battered women of color to leave: Interviews with directors of
battered women’s shelters. Published in the Proceedings of the Third National Women’s Health and
Research Conference, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
REFEREED PRESENTATIONS
Papers Presented at National Meetings:
van Eeden-Moorefield, B., Few-Demo, A. L., Benson, K., & Lummer, S. (2014, November). Research on
LGBT-Headed Families: A Content Analysis of Top Family Journals 2000-2013. Paper to be
presented at National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Wilkins, E., & Few-Demo, A. L. (2014, July). Building bridges in the community: Collaborative
research. Paper to be presented at the Association of Black Psychologists Annual International
Convention, Indianapolis, IN.
Edwards, A., Fortner-Wood, C. & Few-Demo, A. L. (2012, November). How to build a research team of
undergraduates for graduate student research: Guidelines for graduate students and newly hired
faculty. Poster presented at National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
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Moore, D. D., & Few-Demo, A. (2012, November). Life after bariatric surgery: Men’s perspectives of
self‐concept, intimate relationships, and social support. Poster presented at National Council on
Family Relations Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Glass, V. Q., & Few-Demo, A. (2011, November). Qualitative inquiry into the social networks of Black
lesbian families. Paper presented at National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference,
Orlando, FL.
Amanor-Boadu, Y., Stith, S., Strachman Miller, M., Menhusen, E., Morgan, C., & Few-Demo, A. (2010,
November). Vulnerabilities, stress, adaptations in situationally violent relationships. Paper presented
at National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Amanor-Boadu, Y., Stith, S. M., Strachman Miller, M., Menhusen, E., Morgan, C. & Few-Demo,
A. (2010, July). Vulnerabilities, stressors and adaptations in situationally violent relationships. Paper
presented at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference,
Portsmouth, NH.
Edwards, A., & Few, A. L. (2007, November). ASFA and vulnerable Black families: Applying a
community capacity model to AFSA. Paper presented at National Council on Family Relations Annual
Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Vaillancourt, K., & Few, A. L. (2007, October). Reconstructing the meaning of fidelity. Poster presented
at the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy Annual Conference, Long Beach, CA.
Arditti, J., & Few, A. L. (2007, August). A case study analysis of mothers’ social reintegration following
integration. Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social
Problems, New York, NY.
Arditti, J., & Few, A. L. (2006, November). Symposium on Intersections of violence and parenting.
Paper presented at National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Stephens, D., Few, A. L., & Neeves, S. E. (2006, November). African American adolescent beliefs about
sexualized imagery in hip hop. Poster presented at National Council on Family Relations Annual
Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Benson, M., Allen, K. R., Few, A. L., & Blieszner, R. (2005, November). Transforming the Master's
degree in human development and family science. Poster presented at National Council on Family
Relations Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Few, A. L., Arditti, J. A., & Vaillancourt, K. (2004, November). Mothers’ reentry into family life
following incarceration. Poster presented at National Council on Family Relations Annual
Conference, Orlando, FL.
Buchanan, N. T., Few, A. L., & Gillum, T. (2004, April). Violence against Black women: Exploring the
nuances of assault and harassment in the home, community, and workplace. Panel presented at
International Research and Action Conference Innovations in Understanding Violence Against
Women. Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
De Reus, L., Blume, L. B., & Few, A. L. (2003, November). Theorizing identities and intersectionalities:
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Third-wave feminism, critical race theory, and families. Paper presented at the Theory Construction
and Research Methodology Pre-Conference Workshop of the National Council on Family Relations
Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Few, A. L., Stith, S.M., & Hansen, K. (2003, November). A qualitative inquiry into the resiliencies of
battered women who seek shelter assistance in rural communities. Poster presented at National
Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Rosen, K. H., Daly, K., Stith, S. M., Few, A., & Tritt, D. (2003, July). A qualitative study of heterosexual
intimate partner violence using Johnson and Ferraro’s typology lens. Poster presented at the 8th
Annual International Conference on Family Violence. Portsmouth, NH.
Bell-Scott, P., Few, A. L., Rouse Arnett, M., & Lee, Y. M. (2002, November). Whose story is it anyway?
Women of color dialogue about self-discovery. Paper presented at the National Council on Family
Relations Annual Conference, Houston, TX.
Few, A. L., & Bell-Scott, P. (2000, November). When the past speaks to the future: A qualitative analysis
of the intergenerational transmission of intimate violence among Black heterosexual college women.
Paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Few, A. L., & Floyd-Thomas, S. M. (2002, November). Feminist family science research and theory on
Black women. Paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference,
Houston, TX.
Few, A. L., & Henderson, T. L. (2000, November). Mending the edges for a perfect tapestry: Strategies
for effective team teaching for new professionals. Paper presented at the National Council on Family
Relations Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Few, A. L., Rouse, M., & Stephens, D. P. (2000, March). Sister-to-sister talk: Facing qualitative
methodological challenges in doing research with Black women. Paper presented at the National
Council for Black Studies Twenty-fourth Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Few, A. L. (2000, February). Lessons learned from our mothers: Black women and intimate violence.
Paper presented at the meeting of the York University Feminist Research Centre Conference on
Mothers and Daughters, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Few, A. L., Rouse, M., & Stephens, D. (1999, November). Negotiating methodological challenges of
doing qualitative research on sensitive topics with Black women. Paper presented at the National
Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Irvine, CA.
Symposium Presented at National Meeting:
Goldberg, A., Kuvalanka, K.A., Few-Demo, A. L., & Allen, K. R. (2013, November). “Challenges and
Strategies in Teaching about LGBTQ, Sexuality, and Family Issues at the University Level: An
Interactive Symposium.” Papers include: Talking about the “T” in LGBTQ Issues (Katherine
Kuvalanka, Miami University), Interrogating Intersectionality in the Classroom (Few-Demo), and
Navigating Reflexivity in Teaching and Learning (Katherine Allen, Virginia Tech). Discussant: Abbie
Goldberg (Clark University). Symposium presented at National Council on Family Relations Annual
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Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Few-Demo, A. L. (2012, November). Organizer, discussant and presider for “Teaching intersectionality
in undergraduate classes: Lessons learned in the field,” a symposium consisting of four papers
authored by graduate students in Human Development. Papers included: Co-constructing
knowledge: Teaching sex and gender from a postmodern feminist perspective (Katie Barrow), What
therapy can bring to teaching undergraduate courses with sensitive topics (Laura Sudano), Using
reflexivity in online human sexuality courses (Jason Austin), and Queering pedagogy: Best practices
for teaching LGBTQ issues (Natasha Cox). Symposium presented at National Council on Family
Relations Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Papers Presented at Regional Meetings:
Austin, J. P., Barrow, K. M., & Few-Demo, A. L. (2013, February). E-transformation: Transformative
learning techniques to use in online courses with sensitive topics. Paper presented at the 2013
Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.
Barrow, K. M., Austin, J. P., & Few-Demo, A. L. (2013, February). Using postmodern feminist
pedagogies to address sensitive topics in the college classroom. Paper presented at the 2013
Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.
Donat, P. L. N., Ramassini, K., Few, A. L., Jumper, B., & Young, T. (2003, March). Patterns of violence:
An examination of race and gender identity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.
Few, A. L. (2001, October). Unraveling politics of identity: Theorizing Black female radical subjectivity.
Paper presented at the Twenty-third Annual Association for Integrative Studies Conference
Globalizing Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Research, Roanoke, VA.
Papers Presented at International Meetings:
Few, A. L., & Stephens, D. P. (2008, September). Shaping adolescent sexuality and influencing positive
developmental outcomes: Influences of family, peer, and cultural systems. Paper presentation at the
Virginia Tech Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment Summit on the Lifespan,
Transformation, and Change, Riva San Vitale, Switzerland.
Few, A. L. (2001, March). Race-ing forward, an engendering process: Black feminism, Black identity,
and the “soul” of resistance. Paper presented at the Collegium of African American Research Annual
Conference, Crossroutes: The Meaning of Race for the Twenty-First Century. Cagliari, Sardinia,
Italy.
Bunch-Lyons, B., & Few, A. L. (2000, July). An exploration of themes of violence and sexual
exploitation in the literary narratives of African American women. Paper presented at the Diversity
Within Unity: Culture, Conflict, and Belonging Annual Conference at Oxford University, Oxford,
England.
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Paper Presented at Local Meeting:
Few, A. L. (2003, October 10). Stories from the shelters: Qualitative findings of battered rural women in
Southwest Virginia. Invited presentation for the Race and Social Policy Center’s scholar lecture series
at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.
Conference Organized for Regional Meeting:
Organized and led Ending Domestic Violence Across the Life Span: Finding Resiliencies in Self and
Community on October 4, 2002 at Donaldson Brown Hotel & Conference Center. Dr. Sandi Stith and I
presented two papers: Race and domestic violence: Resiliencies and opportunities in self and community
and Resiliencies of rural women in battered women’s shelters.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Invited Discussant for Keynote Presentation at National Meeting:
Few, A. L. (2006, November). Invited discussant of plenary speech, Critical Race Feminism: Gender,
Family and the Law, by Dr. Adrienne Wing at the National Council on Family Relations Annual
Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Few, A. L. (2005, November). Invited discussant of plenary speech, Forgetting Family: Queer Studies
and Anti-Oedipal Discourse, by Dr. Judith Halberstam at the National Council on Family Relations
Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Invited Paper Presentation at National Meeting:
Few, A. L., & Floyd-Thomas, S. M. (2002, November). Black feminism as identity politics: Integration of
Black consciousness into family science research on Black women. Invited Paper presented at the
Theory Construction and Research Methodology Pre-Conference Workshop of the National Council
on Family Relations Annual Conference, Houston, TX.
Invited Panel Presentation at National Meeting:
van Eeden-Moorefield, B., Few-Demo, A., & Sabatelli, R (2011, November). Student/New Professional
Workshop: Getting an academic job in a tough economy. Panel presented at the National Council on
Family Relations Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
van Eeden-Moorefield, B., Few-Demo, A., Kyung You, H., McGeorge, C., & Carlson, T. (2010,
November). Innovative practices for engaging diversity across contexts and social locations. Panel
presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
Allen, K. R., Baber, K., Few, A. L., Lloyd, S., Mahalingham, R., Oswald, R., & Walker, A. (2008,
November). The influence of feminist theory, method and praxis on family studies. Panel presented at
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the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Little Rock. AK.
Allen, K.R., LaRossa, R., Marsiglio, R., Few, A. L., & Uttal, L. (2007, November). Theoretical and
methodological integration in qualitative family research: A critical dialogue. Panel presented at the
National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Few, A. L., van Dulmen, M., Sano, Y., & DeReus, L. (2005, November). Builders of theory: Theorizing
as students and new professionals. Panel presented at the Theory Construction and Research
Methodology Pre-Conference Workshop of the National Council on Family Relations Annual
Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Invited Symposium at National Meeting:
Zvonkovic, A. M., Meszaros, P., Few-Demo, A., & Allen, K. (2013, November). A family studies
perspective: Developing and articulating family scholarship. Invited symposium at the National
Council on Family Relations, San Antonio, Texas.
Lloyd, S., Allen, K. R., & Few-Demo, A. (2013, November). Feminist research workshop. Invited
symposium at the National Council on Family Relations, San Antonio, Texas.
Invited Panel Presentation at Regional Meeting:
Few-Demo, A. L., Brunsma, D., & Pendleton, L. (2013, January). Diversity in the curriculum. Panel
presented at the Advancing Diversity Conference by Advance VT, Blacksburg, VA.
MANUSCRIPTS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW
Edwards, A., & Few-Demo, A. L. Vulnerable African American families: A community capacity
approach to AFSA. Submitted to Journal of Family Social Work.
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
Invited Speaker:
2014
Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health Professions, in Philadelphia, PA.
Black Women Loving: Reflections on Black Women’s Vulnerability and Resiliency in
Close Relationships. Invited community engagement presentation by the Couple and
Family Therapy Program in the College of Nursing and Health Professions at Drexel
University. This presentation is in partial fulfillment of Wilkins’ Career Development
Award.
2013
Advance VT, Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, VA. Advancing Diversity at Virginia Tech
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in Blacksburg Virginia. Organized, led, and presented the Diversity in the Curriculum
panel with Dr. David Brunsma (Sociology) and Leslie Pendleton (Director of Student
Services, Electrical & Computer Engineering). Panel addressed integrating diversity into
course content and strategies to ameliorate student resistance to diversity. [January 15,
2013]
2009
The YWCA-Greater Miami-Dade, in Miami, FL. Co-presented an anti-violence
intervention programming to adolescents ages 13-15 with Dr. Dionne Stephens of Florida
International University. This intervention programming focused on the influences of Hip
Hop culture on adolescent dating violence and relationships. [October 19-23, 2009]
2009
Upward Bound, Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, VA. Co-presented presentation for VT’s
Upward Bound summer program of 50+ high school children. Co-presenters included Dr.
Suzanna Rinehart (Theater Arts) and instructor Dale Jenkins (Communication). [June 22,
2009]
2008
The Association of Black Psychologists, Virginia Tech student chapter, in Blacksburg,
Virginia. Co-presented on a panel of faculty colleagues to discuss graduate school
application strategies, graduate school expectations, mentoring guidelines, and financial
opportunities (fellowships, grants, assistantships) with upperclassmen undergraduate
students interested in graduate school. [October 8, 2008]
2007
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. In the workshop,
Relationships 101, participants explored how to be self-reflexive in productive ways that
promote personal growth. They also engaged in activities that demonstrate how theories
about intimacy connect to real-life case studies, including the life stories of the
participants themselves. [November 28, 2007]
2007
Virginia Tech’s Women’s Center “Through Feminist Eyes” Lecture Series in
Blacksburg, Virginia. Co-presented (Un)Resolving Grief: Reentry Mothers, Relationship
Instability, And Churning In The Criminal Justice System with Joyce Arditti to an
audience of Women’s Studies Program students. We contextualized the Mother’s reentry
Project Time 2 findings into a vulnerability conceptual model and attachment theoretical
framework. [October 2, 2007]
2007
Black Graduate Student Organization of Virginia Tech. Learning How To Be
Successful in Graduate School. Co-panelists included Dr. Miya Simpson (Director of
Academic Program Review, VT Graduate School) and Brandy Huderson (doctoral
student, BGSO treasurer). 35 participants (faculty and graduate students) discussed
strategies to survive graduate school experience. [September 12, 2007]
2006
Western Region Unit Head Meeting in Radford, Virginia. My colleague, Joyce Arditti,
and I shared insights from our sponsored study with mothers on probation from District
#15 and District #28 of southwest Virginia. We particularly discussed the effects of
intimate violence, mental health illness, and substance abuse histories on trajectories of
reentry into family and community. [August 8, 2006]
2005
Black Student Alliance and Black Faculty and Staff Caucus of Virginia Tech. Black
Women’s Expo in Blacksburg, Virginia. In the workshop, Learning to Be Free: Creating
Loving Relationships with Self and Significant Others, 30 participants explored how to be
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self-reflexive in productive ways that promote personal growth. They also engaged in
activities that demonstrate how theories about intimacy connect to real-life case studies,
including the life stories of the participants themselves. [March 19, 2005]
2003
Race and Social Policy Center of Virginia Tech. Stories from the shelters: Qualitative
findings of battered rural women in Southwest Virginia. Research project findings
presented as part of the scholar lecture series. [October 10, 2003]
2003
Radford Church of God in Christ in Radford, Virginia. Two workshops on intimate
(dating) violence prevention and child discipline with 30 participants at each workshop.
[January 13-14, 2003].
2003
Montgomery County Department of Social Services in Christiansburg, VA. Led a
workshop on Workplace Diversity at the 60 participants. Topics discussed: “golden rule”
v. “platinum rule”, multicultural communication styles, and leadership skills to promote
an environment that respects diversity. [January 22, 2003]
2001-2002
Caroll County Multidisciplinary Team “What Goes on behind Closed Doors
Workshop” in Carroll County, Virginia. My workshop presentation, “Breaking the
Cycle of Child Abuse,” focused on the warning signs (physical and emotional) and
prevention strategies of child abuse for adults who work with children and youth.
Discipline strategies that are age-appropriate and personality-appropriate for toddlers,
children, adolescents, and teenagers were brainstormed, discussed, and interrogated. The
90 workshop participants consisted of head start and social workers, public health
workers, community activists, law enforcement officers, youth residential counselors,
teachers, and local and state attorneys.
2000
Family Violence Coordinating Council of the Roanoke Valley Fall Conference on
Media Violence and Families on October 18, 2000 in Roanoke, Virginia. My
presentation, “American Culture at the Crossroads? Dialogue on the Sociocultural
Effects of Media Violence on Youth, Women, and Families,” focused on the sociocultural
effects of media violence on children, women, and families and strategies that parents can
use to assist their children in processing violence in film. Kate Gentry-Hansen, my
graduate research assistant, presented a summarization of recent U.S. Congressional
hearings on media and violence. The 100 conference participants consisted of social
workers, public health workers, community activists, teachers, academics, and parents.
Underrepresented Student Recruitment Efforts:
2006- 2010
In 2006-2007, I co-founded the Virginia Tech Coordinated School Visit Program, with
my Africana Studies colleague, Dr. Kwame Harrison. This program is supported by the
Office of the Provost, Virginia Tech’s Task Force on Race and the Institution, the Office
of Academic Support Services, the Graduate School, the Multicultural Academic
Opportunities Program, and Office of Equity and Inclusion (formerly the Office of Equal
Opportunity). Originally this program began within the College of Liberal Arts and
Human Sciences, but we have managed to grow the program to include the Virginia Tech
Bioinformatics Institute and the College of Natural Resources. As a participant, I have
visited Hampton University, North Carolina A&T, Bennett College, and University of
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Carolina at Pembroke to recruit underrepresented graduate student prospects as well as to
develop a research-based relationships with faculty at targeted universities.
EDITORSHIPS
Editorship:
Guest editor for special issue on feminist theory, methods, and praxis in family studies for the Journal of
Family Issues. This guest editorship is shared with Drs. Sally Lloyd (School of Education and Allied
Professions, Miami University) and Katherine Allen (Human Development, VT). [November 2004 – May
2006]
Editorial Boards:
Associate Editorial Board member, Journal of Family Issues, 2005 – present
Editorial Board member, Family Relations, 2005 – present
Editorial Board member, Journal of Family Communication, 2010 - present
Invited Journal Reviewer:
Reviewer, Journal of Marriage and Family (including the 2010 decade review issue)
Reviewer, Family Relations
Reviewer, Journal of Black Psychology
Reviewer, Journal of Family Issues
Reviewer, Journal of Family Theory and Review
Reviewer, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Reviewer, Criminal Justice Policy and Research Journal
Reviewer, Journal of Feminist Scholarship
Reviewer, Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education: International Journal
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Professional Affiliations:
Co-chair and Member, Elections Council, National Council on Family Relations
Student/New Professional Board Representative, National Council on Family Relations
Member, Ethnic Minorities (former Treasurer and Secretary), Family and Health, Feminism and Families,
International, Research and Theory sections of the National Council on Family Relations
Member, National Women’s Studies Association
Member, Association for Research on Mothering, York University, Toronto, Canada
Advisory Board Member, Qualitative Research Network [2012-Present]
Faculty Affiliations/Service at Virginia Tech:
Member, Human Development Undergraduate Strategic Planning Committee [2013]
Member and Former Area Coordinator, Human Development Master’s Program Committee [2006 –
Present]
Executive Advisory Committee Member, Virginia Tech Graduate Pipeline Program of the Graduate
School [2010-Present]
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Diversity Fellow, Virginia Tech [2008-2010]
Executive Steering Committee Member, Virginia Tech Coordinated School Visit Program of The
Graduate School [2009-Present]
Member, Strategic Planning Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech
[2008-2009]
Member, Diversity Strategic Planning Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia
Tech [2008-2009]
Chair, Diversity Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech [2005-2006,
2008-2010]
Co-founder, Virginia Tech Coordinated School Visit Program [2007-2009]
Subcommittee member and Primary Investigator, Task Force on Campus Climate Research, Diversity
Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech [2007-2008]
Affiliate, Center for Gerontology, Department of Human Development, College of Liberal Arts and
Human Sciences, Virginia Tech [2001-Present]
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Affiliate, Center of Technology Impacts on Children, Youth, and Families, College of Liberal Arts and
Human Sciences, Virginia Tech [2004 – Present]
Affiliate, Race and Social Policy Research Center and Africana Studies, Virginia Tech [2004-2010, 2012
- Present]
Affiliate, Women and Gender Studies, Virginia Tech [2000 – Present]