Joyce Arditti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Human Development
E-Mail arditti@vt.edu
Mailing Address 311 Wallace Hall (0416)
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone 540-231-5758
Fax 540-231-7012
Office Hours By appointment
Curriculum VitaePrimary Academic Interests
- Criminal Justice and Families
- Divorce
- Family Policy
Professional Responsibilities
- Editor, Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies (2004-2009)
- Editorial Boards: Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, Marriage and Family Review; Reviewer: American Psychologist, Demography, Journal of Child & Family Studies, Offender Rehabilitation
- Faculty representative, Graduate Honor Court
Current Research
- Incarceration and Family Relationships
- Maternal Distress/Parenting and Cumulative Disadvantage
- Divorce
- Family Policy
Recent Publications Arditti, J.A., & Joest, K. (2009). Probation workers’ perceptions of the changing sociopolitical climate of juvenile justice: Implications for youth and families. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 4(1), 1-20. (available online at www.socialsciences-journal.com).
Arditti, J.A., & Few, A. (2008). Maternal distress and women’s reentry into family and community life. Family Process, 47, 303-321.
Arditti, J. A., & Few, A. L. (2006). Mothers, reentry into family life after incarceration. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 17, 103-123.
Arditti, J.A., Smock, S., & Parkman, T. (2005). “It’s been hard to be a father”: A qualitative exploration of incarcerated fatherhood. Fathering, 3, 267-288.
Arditti, J. A. (2005). Families and incarceration: An ecological approach. Families in Society, 86, 251-258.
Arditti, J. A. & Lambert-Shute, J, Joest, K. (2003). Saturday morning at the jail: Implications of incarceration for families and children. Family Relations, 52, 195-204.
Arditti, J. A. (2003). Locked doors and glass walls: Family visiting at a local jail. Journal of Loss & Trauma, 8, 115-138.
Arditti, J. A. & Prouty A. (1999). Change Disengagement, and Renewal: Relationship Dynamics Between Young Adults with Divorced Parents and Their Fathers. Journal of Marriage and Family Therapy, 25, 61-81.
Arditti, J. A. (1999). Rethinking relationships between divorced mothers and their children: Capitalizing on Family Strengths. Family Relations, 48, 109-119.
Books/Book Chapters
Arditti, J.A. (in preparation). Parental Incarceration: A Family Perspective. New York, New York: NYU Press.
Arditti, J. A., Acock, A., & Day, R. (2005). Incarcerated fathers and non-incarcerated family members. In V. Bengston, A. Acock, K. Allen, P. Dilworth-Anderson, & D. Klein (Eds.), Sourcebook of family theories and methods: An interactive approach (pp. 352-356). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.