Faculty and Staff
Human Development and Family Sciences
Katherine A. MacTavish
Associate Professor
Faculty
College of Health and Human Sciences
Oregon State University
323A Milam Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-5102
| Phone: | 541-737-9130 |
| Fax: | 541-737-1076 |
| E-mail: | kate.mactavish@oregonstate.edu |
Katherine Anne MacTavish CV-2.pdf
Research Interests
My research centers on examining how small towns and rural places function for the children and families who call them home. Since 1997, I have been examining contextual factors that shape developmental pathways for children and youth in the distinctly lower-income rural context of a trailer park.
Personal Interests
I am the mother of two beautiful daughters, one a kindergartner and the other a teen. They keep me busy, but I still try to sneak in a little running and time in the garden.
Publications
Notter, M., MacTavish, K. Shamah, D. 2008. Pathways toward resilience among women in rural trailer parks. Family Relations, 57:614-625.
MacTavish, K,(2007). The wrong side of the tracks: Social inequality and mobile home park residence. Community Development, 38:74-91.
MacTavish, K, Eley, M, Salamon, S (2006) Housing vulnerability among rural trailer park residents. Georgetown Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, 13(1)
MacTavish, K, McClelland, MM, Gray, LA, Bowman, S, Burgy, L, Moran, P (2006) Community-linked teaching strategies: Promoting experiential learning in human services. Human Services Education, 26:99-111
Additional OSU HHS Author(s): Bowman, Sally Burgy, Leah Gray, Liz McClelland, Megan Moran, Patricia
MacTavish, K, S, Salamon (2006). Pathways of youth development in a rural trailer park. Family Relations, 55:164-175Books and Chapters
Salamon, S, MacTavish, K (2006) Quasi-homelessness among rural trailer park families. IN: International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness P. Cloke & P. Melbourne (Eds.), London, U.K.: Routledge Press. pp. 45-87
Awards and Honors
Phi Kappa Phi Emerging Scholar Award
Research Grants and Contracts
Weber, B, Bliss, J, Bowman, S,
MacTavish, K, Nielsen, R, Peters, K,
Rosenberger, N, Steel, B, Warner, R
(2005-2009) Oregon State University
Sustainable Rural Communities Initiative.
$1,480,311
MacTavish, K, Principal Investigator (2003-2006) Growing up mobile in a rural trailer park, National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. $100,000
MacTavish, KA. Growing up mobile in a rural trailer park. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, $100,000, 2004-2006.
Richards, L, MacTavish, K, van der Mars, H (2006) Physical Activity and Rural Environment: Perspectives of Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Rural Youth, Health and Human Sciences College Venture Capital grant Program. $17,429
Additional OSU HHS Faculty: Richards, Leslie
You, H K, McGraw, LA, MacTavish, K, Co-Principal Investigators (2006) South Korean and European American Mothers Who Have Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Northwest Health Foundation. $2,963Additional OSU HHS Faculty: McGraw, Lori