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Human Development and Family Science
Laura  Hubbs-Tait

Laura Hubbs-Tait

Professor
John and Sue Taylor Professor


Area: Human Development

341 HES
Stillwater OK 74078
 
Phone: 405-744-8360
Fax: 405-744-2800
laura.hubbs@okstate.edu

Educational Background:

Degree Institution Area of Study 
Postdoctoral University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. Boston University
M.S. Boston University
B.S. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor


Research Documents (click to view)

Awards:
  • 1998 Regents Distinguished Teaching Award
  • 2006 Regents Distinguished Research Award

Grants:
  • Hubbs-Tait, L. (PI on subcontract), Hare, C., & Roughface, F. (08/01/08-07/31/12). Pa ee Pa Koo oo Early Learning Center Demonstration Project. U.S. Department of Education (Office of Indian Education). Subcontract through Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. $200,000.
  • Hambidge, KM. (PI); CoPIs: Krebs, NF, Abebe, Y., Stoecker, BJ, Kennedy, T, Hubbs-Tait, L & Thomas, DG. (03/01/07-08/31/10). Zinc and Maternal-infant Cognition in S. Ethiopia: Randomized Controlled Trials. National Institutes of Health. $173,704.
  • Thomas, DG (PI), Kennedy, TS, Hubbs-Tait, L, & Stoecker, BJ. (9/1/07-8/31/10). Maternal dietary nutrients and neurotoxins in infant cognitive development. U. S. Department of Agriculture. $214,709.
  • Harrist, A. W. (PI), Topham, G., Shriver, L. H., Page, M., & Hubbs-Tait, L. (8/01/09-7/31/10). Intervening in Family and Peer Contexts to Decrease Child Overweight: Follow-up and Follow-Forward into 4th and 5th Grade. Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Stations (OAES). $10,000.
  • Harrist, A. W. (PI), Page, M., Topham, G., Humenikova, L. & Hubbs-Tait, L. (8/1/08-7/31/09). Families and Schools for Health: Follow-Up, Follow-Forward. Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). $45,000.
  • Harrist, A. W. (PI), Page, M., Topham, G., Humenikova, L. & Hubbs-Tait, L. (8/1/07-7/31/08). Families and Schools for Health: Follow-Up and Follow-Forward into 2nd and 3rd Grade. Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). $45,000.
  • Harrist, A. W. (PI), Topham, G., Kennedy T., Hubbs-Tait, L., & Page, M (1/1/05-12/31/08). Psychosocial factors in obese and at-risk overweight children’s lives: Family- and school-based interventions. [Working title: Families & Schools for Health]. U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). $1,000,000.
  • Hubbs-Tait, L. (PI), Kennedy, T., Richardson, D., Hermann, J., Brown, B., & Stoecker, B. (8/01/2006 – 10/15/2007). Parenting practices for cognitive, emotional, and nutritional health: Effects on child nutrient status, overweight, and behavior. Agriculture Experiment Station – USDA CSREES, $98,039.
  • Hubbs-Tait, L. (external evaluator). (08/01/05-07/31/07). Evaluation of Hukasa Child Learning Center Demonstration Project. United States Department of Education, Subcontract through Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, $70,000.
  • Harrist, A. W., Topham, G., Kennedy T., Page, M., & Hubbs-Tait, L. (01/01/05-12/31/08). Psychosocial factors in obese and at-risk overweight children’s lives: Family- and school-based interventions. U. S. Department of Agriculture, approximately $1,000,000.
  • Michael Hambidge (PI); CoPIs: Nancy Krebs, Yewelsew Abebe, Girma Abebe, Barbara Stoecker, Tay Kennedy & Laura Hubbs-Tait (09/30/03-08/31/06). Zinc and Maternal-Child Brain Function in Southern Ethiopia. Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, $50,000 (OSU subcontract).
  • Hubbs-Tait, L. (07/01/01–08/31/06). Competence in Head Start children. United CAP Head Start. $133,434.

Publications (click to view)


Course(s) Taught:
  • Infant and Child Development HDFS  3413
  • Child Behavior and Development HDFS  5213
  • Theories of Child Development HDFS  5223
  • Neurotoxicants, Nutrients, and Child Cognition HDFS  6250
  • Seminar in Human Development HDFS  6283
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