Wendy L. Haight
Professor
Office location:202 Field Education
Phone number:217-244-5212
Email: wlhaight@uiuc.edu
Educational Background
Dr. Haight received her PhD at the University of Chicago in 1989 where she studied developmental psychology, after obtaining her BA from Reed College. She then completed a 2-year NIMH postdoctoral fellowship in developmental psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She joined the social work faculty in 1995.
Research and Practice Interests
Professor Haight’s research focuses on cultural variation in parenting and development. Most recently she has focused on children in vulnerable families involved with the public child welfare system.
Current Research
Current research includes the study of children in foster care because of parent methamphetamine abuse. Her research team has conducted ethnographic research describing the problem of parent methamphetamine abuse in rural, mid-western communities. She has used this descriptive information to develop, implement and evaluate culturally appropriate mental health interventions for affected rural children.
Recent Publications
Haight, W., Ostler, T., Black, J., Sheridan, K. & Kingery, L. (2006). A child’s eye view of parent methamphetamine abuse: Implications for helping foster families to succeed. Children and Youth Services Review.
Haight, W., Jacobsen, T., Black, J. Kingery, L., Mulder, C. (2005). In these bleak days: Parent methamphetamine abuse and child welfare in the rural Midwest. Children and Youth Services Review, 27, 949-971.
Haight, W. Taylor, E. (2007). Human behavior for social work practice: A developmental-ecological perspective. Chicago: Lyceum Press.
Hudley, E., Haight, W., Miller, P. (2003). Raise up a child: Human development in an African American family. Chicago: Lyceum Press.
Haight, W. (2002). African American children at church: A sociocultural perspective. New York: Cambridge University Press.