Mihaela Robila

306 F Remsen Hall

65-30 Kissena Blvd., Queens, NY 11367-1597

Phone: (718) 997 4157; Fax: (718) 997 4163

APPOINTMENTS

2022 - 2024 Intermittent Expert, Division of Social and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation

2023 - 2024 Interim Chair, Department of Family, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences

2021 - 2022 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Division of Social and Economic Sciences, National Science Foundation

08/2020 - 12/2020 Special Assistant to the Provost for Graduate Studies, Queens College, CUNY

08/2016 - 08/2017 Deputy Department Chair, FNES, Queens College, CUNY

08/2012 - present Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Queens College, CUNY

01/2009 - 07/2012 Associate Professor, Family Studies, Queens College, CUNY

08/2003 - present Program Director and Advisor, Human Development and Family Science, Queens College, CUNY

08/2003 - 12/2008 Assistant Professor, Family Studies, Queens College, CUNY

EDUCATION

2002 Ph.D., Child and Family Studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

1999 M. A., Marriage and Family Therapy, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

1997 B. S., Psychology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

Spring 2003	Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Fall 2002	Tufts University, Child Development Department, Boston, MA

AWARDS AND HONORS

Jan Trost Award, National Council on Family Relations International Section	2023
Florence Kaslow Distinguished Contribution to International Family Psychology Award, American Psychological Association, Division 43 Society for Family Psychology	2020
HERS Leadership Institute for Women in Higher Education alumna	2020
Provost s Faculty Fellowship, Queens College, CUNY	2019-2020
National Council on Family Relations International Section Chair	2017-2019
Fulbright Specialist Award - University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal	2016
Fulbright Specialist Award - Seoul National University, South Korea	2012
Fellow, American Psychological Association,
Division 37 Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice	2013
Division 43 Family Psychology	2012
Division 52 International Psychology	2011
Carolyn Attneave Diversity Award, American Psychological Association, Division 43 Society for Family Psychology	2010
National Council on Family Relations Representative to the United Nations	2009 - present
The Spencer Foundation Grant	2009-2011
U.S. Department of State, American Councils Advanced Research Fellowship	2008-2009
Fahs-Beck Fund for Research Faculty Grant	2008-2009
Jacobs Foundation Publication Award	2004
Dissertation Grant, Jacobs Foundation, Switzerland	2001
Soros Foundation Award	1997
Syracuse University Graduate Fellowship	1997-2000
National Scholarship and Fellowship, Romania	1992-1997

VISITING ACADEMIC

Spring 2018	Center for Gender Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Fall 2017	UNICEF Office of Research Innocenti, Florence, Italy
Fall 2017	UN Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, Switzerland
Spring 2011	Center on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, UK
Fall 2010	Department of Sociology, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

TEACHING (recent)

*Ethics and Professional Development (FNES 360), 2019-

Research Methods II (FNES 797), 2004-

Research Methods I (FNES 796), 2004-

The Child in the Family (FNES 745), 2003-

*Counseling Sexuality (FNES 356), 2010-

*Child and Family Policies (FNES 249), 2006-

*Families in Cross-Cultural Perspectives (FNES347), 2006-

*Families and Communities (FNES 348 - new course into curriculum),2005-

Family Relations (FNES 147), 2015-

Child Development and Parenting (FNES 140), 2005-

Family Issues and Conflict Resolution (FNES 349), 2004-

Problems in the Family (FNES 248), 2003-

* new course developed and introduced into curriculum