Community & Leadership Development

	Patricia Hyjer Dyk Associate Professor Community & Leadership Development 709 Garrigus Building University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40546-0215 Phone: 859-257-3228 Fax: 859-257-1164 E-mail: pdyk@email.uky.edu Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Dyk’s research focuses on the social and economic well-being of families and children in the community and policy contexts, with particular interest in low-income rural families. Current projects include two longitudinal multi-state projects: Rural Low-Income Families: Tracking their Well-Being and Function in an Era of Welfare Reform and How Do Structured Out-of-School Experiences Contribute to Positive Youth Development? From 1996-2003 she provided research project leadership and technical assistance to the Kentucky Cabinet for Families and Children’s Community Collaboration for Children program. During the 2003-2004 academic year, she taught the undergraduate Leadership Studies course for the Public Service and Leadership degree program in the Department of Community and Leadership Development. In addition, as a member of the graduate faculty in Sociology, Dr. Dyk taught the required graduate course in qualitative methods. Fall 2004 she will teach two undergraduate courses: Leadership Studies and Sociology of Families. Patricia Dyk has written over forty articles, book chapters, and been a PI or Co-PI for 16 grants and contracts since 1990. She is the Past-Chair of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Family Policy Section and serves on the Public Policy Committee developing research-based policy briefs. In 2002 she received the Excellence in Research Award from the Southern Rural Sociological Association (SRSA) and has been elected to rise through the offices to become president of SRSA in 2005. Dr. Dyk was also elected Secretary (2001-04) of the Rural Sociological Society and serves on Council and the Operations and Financial Affairs Committee. During 2003-04 she served as the UK College of Agriculture’s ESCOP/ACOP Leadership Fellow. Dr. Dyk joined the faculty of the University of Kentucky in 1990 as an Assistant Profession in the Department of Sociology, after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Family and Human Development from Utah State University. She became an Associate Professor in 1996. Her background includes an undergraduate degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of California at Davis with a focus in Development, Resource and Consumer Economics; ten years as a paralegal in community, family and criminal law; and experience as a legislative analyst for the California Department of Consumer Affairs.

Patricia Hyjer Dyk
Associate Professor

Community & Leadership Development
709 Garrigus Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40546-0215
Phone: 859-257-3228
Fax: 859-257-1164
E-mail: pdyk@email.uky.edu Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Dyk’s research focuses on the social and economic well-being of families and children in the community and policy contexts, with particular interest in low-income rural families. Current projects include two longitudinal multi-state projects: Rural Low-Income Families: Tracking their Well-Being and Function in an Era of Welfare Reform and How Do Structured Out-of-School Experiences Contribute to Positive Youth Development? From 1996-2003 she provided research project leadership and technical assistance to the Kentucky Cabinet for Families and Children’s Community Collaboration for Children program.

During the 2003-2004 academic year, she taught the undergraduate Leadership Studies course for the Public Service and Leadership degree program in the Department of Community and Leadership Development. In addition, as a member of the graduate faculty in Sociology, Dr. Dyk taught the required graduate course in qualitative methods. Fall 2004 she will teach two undergraduate courses: Leadership Studies and Sociology of Families.

Patricia Dyk has written over forty articles, book chapters, and been a PI or Co-PI for 16 grants and contracts since 1990. She is the Past-Chair of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Family Policy Section and serves on the Public Policy Committee developing research-based policy briefs. In 2002 she received the Excellence in Research Award from the Southern Rural Sociological Association (SRSA) and has been elected to rise through the offices to become president of SRSA in 2005. Dr. Dyk was also elected Secretary (2001-04) of the Rural Sociological Society and serves on Council and the Operations and Financial Affairs Committee. During 2003-04 she served as the UK College of Agriculture’s ESCOP/ACOP Leadership Fellow.

Dr. Dyk joined the faculty of the University of Kentucky in 1990 as an Assistant Profession in the Department of Sociology, after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Family and Human Development from Utah State University. She became an Associate Professor in 1996. Her background includes an undergraduate degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of California at Davis with a focus in Development, Resource and Consumer Economics; ten years as a paralegal in community, family and criminal law; and experience as a legislative analyst for the California Department of Consumer Affairs.