Yoshie Sano , Assistant Professor

Mailing Address

Department of Human Development
Washington State University
14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98686

Contact

Office: EHD 214
E-mail: sano@vancouver.wsu.edu
Phone: (360) 546-9124
Fax: (360) 546-9076
Yoshie Sano

Curriculum Vita

Teaching Schedule

Fall 2008
HD 310-01 Research Approaches to Human Development
HD 403-01 Families in Poverty

Education

Ph.D. 2004 Human Development and Family Sciences Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
M.A. 1997 Developmental Psychology University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
B.A. 1993 Developmental and Behavioral Psychology Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

Professional Experience

August 2006 - Present Assistant Professor
Department of Human Development
Washington State University, Vancouver, WA
2005-2006 Faculty Research Associate
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2005

Program Evaluation Consultant, Oregon Even Start Statewide Evaluation
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

2000-2004 Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2000-2004 Program Evaluation Team Member
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Research and Teaching Interests

  • Family well-being
  • Co-parental relationship
  • Poverty

Current Research Programs

  • Rural Families Speak Project
  • Nonresident partners and adolescent outcomes
  • Co-parental relationship in low income families

Recent Publications

  • Sano, Y. (2005). The unanticipated consequences of promoting father involvement: A feminist perspective. In V. L. Bengtson, A.C. Acock, K.R. Allen, P. Dilworth-Anderson, and D.M. Klein (Eds.) Sourcebook of family theory and research. (pp. 355-356). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Richards, L.N., Sano, Y. and Merrill M. (2004). Expansion in a time of challenge. Outcome evaluation of Oregon's 2002-2003 Even Start programs. Technical report prepared for the Oregon Even Start Programs and Department of community Colleges and Workforce Development, Oregon Department of Education. Corvallis, OR: college of Home Economics and Education, Oregon State University.
  • Sano, Y. and Acock, A.C. (November, 2005). Predicting presence and level of nonresident father's involvement. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop of the National Council of Family Relations, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Jeong, Y., Zvonkovic, A.M., Sano, Y., and Acock, A. (November, 2005; Gender and work-related travel Understanding the absence and the frequency of job travel. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop of the National Council of Family Relations, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Dolan, E.M., Richards, L.N., Sano, Y., Bauer, J., and Braun, B. (2005). Linkages between employment patterns and depression over time: The case of low-income rural mothers. Consumer Interest Annual, 51, (pp. 225-229). http://www.consumerinterests.org/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageid=4043.