{"id":6463,"date":"2024-06-10T13:01:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T13:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=6082"},"modified":"2025-02-03T14:21:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T19:21:14","slug":"faculty-leadership-role-benefits-family-science-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2024\/06\/10\/faculty-leadership-role-benefits-family-science-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Leadership Role Benefits Family Science Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column6463_fd5021-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column6463_fd5021-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column6463_fd5021-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column6463_fd5021-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column6463_fd5021-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column6463_fd5021-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column6463_fd5021-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column6463_fd5021-4b{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column6463_fd5021-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column6463_fd5021-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column6463_fd5021-4b dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/06\/Wilmington-University-academic-news-sbs-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6083\" style=\"width:296px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Mary Kay Keller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Mary Kay Keller\u2019s<\/strong> leadership in a national organization allows her students to expand their experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Keller, who chairs the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/behavioralscience\/applied-family-science-master.aspx\">Applied Family Science Program<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/behavioralscience\/indexs.aspx\">College of Social and Behavioral Sciences<\/a>, is serving her second term as president of Infant Massage USA, which promotes parental nurturing. She has been certified in infant massage since 1997 and wrote her dissertation on fathering and infant massage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn her leadership capacity with Infant Massage USA, she has helped several graduate applied family science students get practicums with the organization,\u201d says <strong>Dr. Debra Berke<\/strong>, director of Psychology Programs and the Center for Prevention Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Dr. Keller\u2019s students, <strong>Regina Natasha Williams<\/strong>, completed two practicums and obtained her certification as a Certified Family Life Educator and a Certified Infant Massage Instructor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe has completed her Doula certification as well and has gone into private practice as a family life educator and infant massage instructor with her Applied Family Science, Master of Science degree,\u201d Dr. Keller says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Studies conclude that infant massage promotes parental bonding and helps prevent parental abuse and neglect. 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