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@uky.edu Curriculum Vitae

Aligning with her personal mission statement of Helping others identify and overcome barriers that keep them from achieving their potential, Patricia Dyk has examined factors that inhibit and enable individuals, groups of people, and communities from achieving their potential. Currently she is overseeing research projects examining youth leadership development, community-based leadership programs preparing leaders with a global mindset, and evaluating methods of developing leaders. For over 20 years her work has focused 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. She continues in a leadership role with a longitudinal 18-state project: Rural Families Speak on Health. 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. Patricia Dyk has written over fifty articles, book chapters, and been a PI or Co-PI for 17 grants and contracts since 1990. In 2002 she received the Excellence in Research Award from the Southern Rural Sociological Association. She has taught courses in Family Sociology, Social Psychology, Rural Sociology, Adolescent and Life Course Development, and Research Methods. In 2005, she developed and taught a new core course, Community Interaction, for the Public Service and Leadership degree program in the Department of Community and Leadership Development and currently teaches a graduate course in Leadership Theory and Dynamics. From 2005-2006 she served as the Interim Chair of the Department of Family Studies. In July 2006 she was named Director of the newly established Center for Leadership Development (CFLD), housed in the Department of Community and Leadership Development. Her numerous leadership roles have included: President of the Southern Rural Sociological Association; Council member and elected Secretary of the Rural Sociological Association; 2007 Program Chair of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR Theme: “Family Vulnerability: Challenges to Safety, Security and Well-Being”); Chair of the ESCOP (Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy) Social Sciences Subcommittee; and the 2003-04 UK College of Agriculture ESCOP/ACOP Leadership Fellow. Dr. Dyk joined the faculty of the University of Kentucky in 1990 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Family and Human Development from Utah State University. She became a tenured 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@uky.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Aligning with her personal mission statement of Helping others identify and overcome barriers that keep them from achieving their potential, Patricia Dyk has examined factors that inhibit and enable individuals, groups of people, and communities from achieving their potential. Currently she is overseeing research projects examining youth leadership development, community-based leadership programs preparing leaders with a global mindset, and evaluating methods of developing leaders.

For over 20 years her work has focused 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. She continues in a leadership role with a longitudinal 18-state project: Rural Families Speak on Health. 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.

Patricia Dyk has written over fifty articles, book chapters, and been a PI or Co-PI for 17 grants and contracts since 1990. In 2002 she received the Excellence in Research Award from the Southern Rural Sociological Association. She has taught courses in Family Sociology, Social Psychology, Rural Sociology, Adolescent and Life Course Development, and Research Methods. In 2005, she developed and taught a new core course, Community Interaction, for the Public Service and Leadership degree program in the Department of Community and Leadership Development and currently teaches a graduate course in Leadership Theory and Dynamics.

From 2005-2006 she served as the Interim Chair of the Department of Family Studies. In July 2006 she was named Director of the newly established Center for Leadership Development (CFLD), housed in the Department of Community and Leadership Development. Her numerous leadership roles have included: President of the Southern Rural Sociological Association; Council member and elected Secretary of the Rural Sociological Association; 2007 Program Chair of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR Theme: “Family Vulnerability: Challenges to Safety, Security and Well-Being”); Chair of the ESCOP (Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy) Social Sciences Subcommittee; and the 2003-04 UK College of Agriculture ESCOP/ACOP Leadership Fellow.

Dr. Dyk joined the faculty of the University of Kentucky in 1990 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, after completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Family and Human Development from Utah State University. She became a tenured 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.