faculty research interests
Jurgita Babarskienė
Psychology Faculty
Research Interests
- Gender roles and expectations
- Issues related to cohabitation, marriage and family
- Child development in infancy and preschool
Current Projects
- Being a parent to Karolis and Laurynas. Lectures on marriage and family in the community.
Giedre Gadeikytė
Conflict Studies Faculty
Research Interests
- Conflict management issues in families and schools
- Justice issues in Lithuania
- Religious, Inter-ethnic and international conflict, global justice
Current Projects
- Working with local leaders on issues of forgiveness
Julija Gaiduk
Psychology Faculty
Research Interests
- Marriage and family
- Parenting and adoption
- Community seminars/support groups for marriages and adoptive/foster families
Current Projects
- Presented research on adoption at the Baltic Psychology Conference in Latvia.
Gina Levickienė
Psychology Faculty/ Student Life
Research Interests
- Positive youth development
- Community-engaged research of Lions Quest program
- Psychosocial college student development
Current Projects
- Working with Chuck Romig from Wichita State University and Lions Club International on implementing the Lions Quest program in the Klaipėda School System.
Ina Kamaitytė
Psychology Faculty/Student Life
Research Interests
- Spiritual transformation, Religion and Jungian psychology
- Ethnographic dimensions of personality and behavior
- Professional ethics in counseling
Current Projects
- Teaching at Evangelical Bible Institute in Šiauliai, LT
- Dream analysis (never ending project between myself and God)
- Community service project: researching the need for counseling among premarital and newly married couples in Klaipėda
Tomas Moore
Sociology Faculty
Research Interests
- Culture wars
- Cross-cultural factors and globalization
- Missions and issues related to missionaries
Current Projects
- Finishing Sociology textbook
Chuck Romig
Psychology Faculty
Research Interests
- Bullying and positive youth development
- Adolescent development and intimacy
- Forgiveness
Current Projects
- Lions Quest implementation and evaluation at local Klaipėda middle school
Roma Šimulionienė
Psychology Faculty
Research Interests
- Perceived control about school performance and achievement
- Parental beliefs and children‘s school achievement
- The influence of parental rearing factors on children‘s behavioral/psychological functioning
Current Projects
- (On leave)
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