Casey McGregor
Family Science
Adjunct Faculty
Biography
Dr. Casey McGregor is originally from the central Pennsylvania region. She has a B.S. in Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) from Penn State Altoona and a M.S. and Ph.D. in HDFS from Virginia Tech. Dr. McGregor joined the Department of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Science at Lipscomb University in August, 2022. She currently serves as the Program Leader for the Family Science program.
Dr. McGregor's favorite topics to teach at Lipscomb include parenting, family processes and relationships, and children's development. In addition to teaching, Dr. McGregor is passionate about her research. Her research focuses on early childhood development, parenting, and broader family dynamics and processes amongst vulnerable families. Dr. McGregor's current research topic involves intensive parenting and the effects of such hyper-parenting attitudes on the family system. Broadly, her goal is to identify the most salient protective mechanisms that support vulnerable families and contribute to social justice initiatives. Outside of work life,
Dr. McGregor can be found spending time with her husband, their young daughter, and their Siberian Husky, Azra. As a family, the McGregor's love to make music (except for Dr. McGregor who is not musically inclined in the slightest, but she gets to enjoy listening to her husband and daughter play guitars), walks through state parks, traveling, and eating at restaurants throughout Nashville.
Academic Degrees
B.S., Human Development & Family Science (2016) Penn State Altoona M.S. and Ph.D., Human Development & Family Science (2018, 2022), Virginia Tech.
Academic Department
Department of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Science
- Introduction to Family Science
- Family Life Education
- Family Law, Policy, and Ethics
- Principles of Effective Parenting
- Family Relationships Across the Lifespan
- Family Science Practicum
- Intensive Parenting in the United States and implications on the family
- Children's social-emotional and cognitive development
- Mental wellbeing of parents of young children
- Developmentally appropriate practice and best practices in early childcare settings
- Communication between early childcare providers and parents of young children
- Play in early childhood; promoting free play, appropriate risk taking, and outdoor exploration in family and early childcare contexts
- McGregor, C. M., & Arditti, J. A. (2022). The paradox of family support for young mothers: An interpretive phenomenology analysis. Family Relations, 1–16.
- McGregor, C. M., & Arditti, J.A. (under review). Implications of intensive mothering attitudes: Parenting stress and children’s executive functioning.
- Arditti, J. A., McGregor, C., Dennison, S., Johnson, S., & Besemer, K. (2021). Maternal mediation in the context of fathers' incarceration and reentry. Family Relations, 70, 146-161.
- Arditti, J.A., & McGregor, C.M. (2019). A family perspective: Caregiving and family contexts of children with an incarcerated parent. In J. M. Eddy & J. Poehlmann-Tynan (Eds.) Children of incarcerated parents: A handbook for researchers and practitioners (Springer).
- Johnson, E. I., Arditti, J. A., & McGregor, C.M. (2018). Risk, protection, and adjustment among youth with incarcerated and non-resident parents: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
- Shivers, C.M., Jackson, J., McGregor, C.M. (2018). Functioning among typically developing siblings of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review.
- Shivers, C. M., & McGregor, C. M. (2018). Brief report: Sibling feelings toward their brother or sister with or without autism or intellectual disability. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
- Shivers, C. M., McGregor, C., & Hough, A. (2017). Self-reported stress among adolescent siblings of individuals with autism spectrum disorder and Down syndrome. Autism, 23, 112-122.
- Rice, T.M., Jenkins, A., McNeil Smith, S., Alexander, C., & McGregor, C.M. (2022, November). Racial Discrimination and Romantic Relationship Functioning among Black Americans: A Systematic Review. Symposium proposal for the National Council of Family Relations Conference.
- Hornburg, C. B., Kim, J., Begley, C. V., McGregor, C.M., & Carrazza, C. (2022). Relations Among Caregivers’ Math Engagement Anxiety, Math Attitudes, Math Skills, and Home Mathematics Activities with Preschoolers. Symposium proposal for the Math Cognition and Learning Society.
- Arditti, J.A., McGregor, C.M., Dennison, S., Johnson, S., & Bessemer, K. (2019, November). Maternal mediation in the context of fathers’ incarceration and reentry. Discussion panel presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
- McGregor, C.M., & Arditti, J.A. (2018, November). Young parenting in Appalachia: The role of kin. Lightning paper presented at the National Council of Family Relations Conference, San Diego, CA.
- Shivers, C.M., McGregor, C.M., & Hough, A. (2017, August). Self-Reported Stress among Siblings of Individuals with Down Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster presentation at APA Division 33 Convention, Washington, D.C.
