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Timothy Ottusch

  • Associate Professor of Practice, Human Development and Family Science
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • (520) 621-5571
  • McClelland Park, Rm. 315K
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • ottusch@arizona.edu
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Human Development and Family Studies
    • Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
    • Getting kids from cradle to college: Parents’ expectations and support to college-bound children.
  • Graduate Certificate College and University Teaching
    • Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
  • M.S. Human Development and Family Studies
    • Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States
    • Giving credit where credit is due: The relationship between partner acknowledgement of the division of labor and couple intimacy.
  • Bachelors of Applied Arts Family Studies
    • Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States

Work Experience

  • Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon (2011 - 2017)

Awards

  • Faculty Award
    • Norton Council of Alumni and Friends, Fall 2020

Licensure & Certification

  • Certified Family Life Educator, National Council on Family Relations (2016)

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Courses

2025-26 Courses

  • Adolescence
    HDFS 377 (Fall 2025)
  • Honors Thesis
    HDFS 498H (Fall 2025)
  • Issues In Aging
    HDFS 413 (Fall 2025)
  • Lifespan Human Develpmnt
    HDFS 117 (Fall 2025)
  • Preceptorship
    HDFS 491 (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • Issues In Aging
    HDFS 413 (Summer I 2025)
  • Lifespan Human Develpmnt
    HDFS 117 (Summer I 2025)
  • Honors Thesis
    HDFS 498H (Spring 2025)
  • Issues In Aging
    HDFS 413 (Spring 2025)
  • Lifespan Human Develpmnt
    HDFS 117 (Spring 2025)
  • Preceptorship
    HDFS 491 (Spring 2025)
  • Adolescence
    HDFS 377 (Fall 2024)
  • Honors Thesis
    HDFS 498H (Fall 2024)
  • Issues In Aging
    HDFS 413 (Fall 2024)
  • Lifespan Human Develpmnt
    HDFS 117 (Fall 2024)
  • Preceptorship
    HDFS 491 (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

  • Adolescence
    HDFS 377 (Summer I 2024)
  • Lifespan Human Develpmnt
    HDFS 117 (Summer I 2024)
  • Preceptorship
    HDFS 491 (Summer I 2024)
  • Honors Thesis
    HDFS 498H (Spring 2024)
  • Issues In Aging
    HDFS 413 (Spring 2024)
  • Preceptorship
    HDFS 491 (Spring 2024)
  • Prep for Grad School
    HDFS 497A (Spring 2024)
  • Topics in HDFS
    HDFS 496Z (Spring 2024)
  • Adolescence
    HDFS 377 (Fall 2023)
  • Honors Thesis
    HDFS 498H (Fall 2023)
  • Issues In Aging
    HDFS 413 (Fall 2023)
  • Preceptorship
    HDFS 491 (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Adolescence
    HDFS 377 (Summer I 2023)
  • Preceptorship
    HDFS 491 (Summer I 2023)
  • Adolescence
    FSHD 377 (Spring 2023)
  • Family+Consumer Sciences
    FSHD 696Z (Spring 2023)
  • Honors Thesis
    FSHD 498H (Spring 2023)
  • Intro to Research Methods
    FCSC 202 (Spring 2023)
  • Issues In Aging
    FSHD 413 (Spring 2023)
  • Preceptorship
    FSHD 491 (Spring 2023)
  • Prep for Grad School
    FSHD 497A (Spring 2023)
  • Adolescence
    FSHD 377 (Fall 2022)
  • Honors Thesis
    FSHD 498H (Fall 2022)
  • Issues In Aging
    FSHD 413 (Fall 2022)
  • Issues In Aging
    GERO 413 (Fall 2022)
  • Preceptorship
    FSHD 491 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Adolescence
    FSHD 377 (Summer I 2022)
  • Preceptorship
    FSHD 491 (Summer I 2022)
  • Family+Consumer Sciences
    FSHD 696Z (Spring 2022)
  • Honors Thesis
    FSHD 498H (Spring 2022)
  • Intro to Research Methods
    FCSC 202 (Spring 2022)
  • Issues In Aging
    FSHD 413 (Spring 2022)
  • Issues In Aging
    GERO 413 (Spring 2022)
  • Preceptorship
    FSHD 491 (Spring 2022)
  • Topics in FSHD
    FSHD 496Z (Spring 2022)
  • Adolescence
    FSHD 377 (Fall 2021)
  • Honors Thesis
    FSHD 498H (Fall 2021)
  • Intro to Research Methods
    FCSC 202 (Fall 2021)
  • Issues In Aging
    FSHD 413 (Fall 2021)
  • Issues In Aging
    GERO 413 (Fall 2021)
  • Preceptorship
    FSHD 491 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Adolescence
    FSHD 377 (Summer I 2021)
  • Preceptorship
    FSHD 491 (Summer I 2021)
  • Adolescence
    FSHD 377 (Spring 2021)
  • Directed Research
    FSHD 492 (Spring 2021)
  • Honors Thesis
    FSHD 498H (Spring 2021)
  • Intro to Research Methods
    FCSC 202 (Spring 2021)
  • Issues In Aging
    FSHD 413 (Spring 2021)
  • Issues In Aging
    GERO 413 (Spring 2021)
  • Preceptorship
    FSHD 491 (Spring 2021)
  • Adolescence
    FSHD 377 (Fall 2020)
  • Honors Thesis
    FSHD 498H (Fall 2020)
  • Intro to Research Methods
    FCSC 202 (Fall 2020)
  • Issues In Aging
    FSHD 413 (Fall 2020)
  • Issues In Aging
    GERO 413 (Fall 2020)
  • Preceptorship
    FSHD 491 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • Adolescence
    FSHD 377 (Spring 2020)
  • Honors Thesis
    FSHD 498H (Spring 2020)
  • Intro to Research Methods
    FCSC 202 (Spring 2020)
  • Issues In Aging
    FSHD 413 (Spring 2020)
  • Preceptorship
    FSHD 491 (Spring 2020)
  • Adolescence
    FSHD 377 (Fall 2019)
  • Honors Thesis
    FSHD 498H (Fall 2019)
  • Intro to Research Methods
    FCSC 202 (Fall 2019)
  • Issues In Aging
    FSHD 413 (Fall 2019)
  • Issues In Aging
    GERO 413 (Fall 2019)
  • Preceptorship
    FSHD 491 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • Adolescence
    FSHD 377 (Spring 2019)
  • Directed Research
    FSHD 492 (Spring 2019)
  • Honors Thesis
    FSHD 498H (Spring 2019)
  • Independent Study
    FSHD 699 (Spring 2019)
  • Intro to Research Methods
    FCSC 202 (Spring 2019)
  • Issues In Aging
    FSHD 413 (Spring 2019)
  • Issues In Aging
    GERO 413 (Spring 2019)
  • Preceptorship
    FSHD 491 (Spring 2019)
  • Adolescence
    FSHD 377 (Fall 2018)
  • Honors Thesis
    FSHD 498H (Fall 2018)
  • Intro to Research Methods
    FCSC 202 (Fall 2018)
  • Preceptorship
    FCSC 491 (Fall 2018)
  • Preceptorship
    FSHD 491 (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Adolescence
    FSHD 377 (Spring 2018)
  • Intro to Research Methods
    FCSC 202 (Spring 2018)
  • Issues In Aging
    FSHD 413 (Spring 2018)
  • Issues In Aging
    GERO 413 (Spring 2018)
  • Practicum
    FSHD 694 (Spring 2018)
  • Preceptorship
    FSHD 491 (Spring 2018)
  • Adolescence
    FSHD 377 (Fall 2017)
  • Infancy/Child Developmnt
    FSHD 323 (Fall 2017)
  • Intro to Research Methods
    FCSC 202 (Fall 2017)

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Scholarly Contributions

Journals/Publications

  • Ottusch, T. M., Speirs, K. E., Grutzmacher, S. K., & Munger, A. L. (2022). How Do U.S. Colleges and Universities Help Students Address Basic Needs? A National Inventory of Resources for Food and Housing Insecurity. Educational Researcher, 0013189X2211392. doi:10.3102/0013189x221139292
  • Rothwell, D. W., Ottusch, T., & Finders, J. K. (2018). RC1: Asset poverty among children: A cross-national study of poverty risk. Children and Youth Services Review, 96(C), 409-419.
  • Lile, J. R., Ottusch, T. M., Jones, T., & Richards, L. N. (2017). RC1: Understanding College-Student Roles: Perspectives of Participants in a High School/Community College Dual-Enrollment Program. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 42(2), 17. doi:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10668926.2016.1264899?journalCode=ucjc20

Presentations

  • Knapp, D., & Ottusch, T. (2021, June). Flipped learning in upside down times: Using the flipped classroom framework during the Fall 2020 semester. Family Science Association Annual Conference 2021. Virtual: Family Science Association.
  • Ottusch, T. (2021, November). TA4: Facilitator of Session 127: Impacts of COVID-19 and Other Stressors on Education and Higher Education. National Conference on Family Relations. Online: NCFR.
  • Ottusch, T. (2020, February). Integrating Interactive Video Lectures Into a Hybrid Research Methods Course. Lilly Teaching Conference. San Diego: Lilly.
    More info
    I presented a talk at the Lilly conference on my use of interactive video lectures in FCSC 202
  • Ottusch, T. (2020, November). On the career-track: Professors of Practice and the University of Arizona. NCFR Annual Conference. Online: NCFR.
    More info
    Presented as part of a symposium on "Exploring the benefits, challenges, and opportunities inherent to non-tenure track labor in family science."
  • Ottusch, T., Rothwell, D. W., & Finders, J. (2017, June). RC2: The first cross-national estimates of child asset poverty.. 6th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators. Montreal, QC: International Society for Child Indicators.
  • Rothwell, D. W., & Ottusch, T. M. (2017, April). RC2: Family structure and the rise in Oregon's rural child poverty rate. Northwest Council on Family Relations Conference. Portland, OR: Northwest Council on Family Relations.

Poster Presentations

  • Clark, A. M., Knapp, D., Ottusch, T., & Pallock, L. L. (2020, November). Student perspectives on family science course readings. NCFR Annual Conference. Online: NCFR.
    More info
    We presented on survey results from students in FSHD classes on what types of readings they feel support their learning the most, among other aspects of course readings.
  • Ottusch, T. (2020, November). Policy in action: Applying adolescent research to defend when the voting age should be.. NCFR Annual Conference. Online: NCFR.
    More info
    I presented on data from students on the implementation of a voting age paper in my adolescence course.
  • Jordan, A. C., & Ottusch, T. M. (2019, October). TA10: Student Perspectives On the Use of Interactive Video Lectures Delivered via PlayPosit. University of Arizona IT Summit. Tuscon: UA IT.
  • Ottusch, T. (2019, November). TA10: Let's clarify this: The use of the muddiest point technique in online classes. National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference. Forth Worth: National Council on Family Relations.
  • Ottusch, T. M., & Jordan, A. C. (2019, February). TA10: Student Perspectives on the Use of Interactive Video Lectures. Lilly Teaching Conference (Anaheim). Anaheim: Lilly Teaching Conference.
  • Rothwell, D., Ottusch, T. M., & Cherney, K. (2019, January). RC2: Student loan debt and financial insecurity among young families. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Meeting. San Francisco: Society for Social Work and Research.
  • Speirs, K., Grutzmacher, S., Ottusch, T. M., & Munger, A. (2019, June). RC2: U.S. college and university responses to student food insecurity: A national inventory of strategies. Annual Conference of The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Prague, Czech Republic: The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.
  • Ottusch, T., & Rodas, J. (2018, November). TA10/TC2: Implementing Concept Maps Into a Family Studies and Human Development Adolescence Class. National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference. San Diego: National Council on Family Relations.
  • Ottusch, T. M., & Rothwell, D. W. (2017, April). RC2: Student loans as an anchor: Young adult households under water and the role of student debt since the mid-1990s. Northwest Council on Family Relations Conference. Portland, OR: Northwest Council on Family Relations.
  • Ottusch, T. M., & Settersten, Jr., R. A. (2017, April). TC2: From cradle to college: Parents’ academic socialization and college planning support to college-bound children. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Austin, TX: Society for Research in Child Development.

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