Meet the Team
Mindy Markham, Co-Director
Kansas State University
Hometown: Wamego, Kansas
Research Interests: Coparenting, divorce education, relationships following divorce or separation, utilization of communication technology within families.
Hobbies & Personal Interests: Mindy enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, attending K-State sporting events, going to the lake, and snow skiing.
Super Fun Fact: Mindy started skiing when she was 3 1/2 years old, got engaged on a ski trip at the top of Copper Mountain, and she goes on a family ski trip every year.
Anthony Ferraro, Co-Director
Kansas State University
Hometown: Bristol, Connecticut
Research Interests: Families experiencing structural and developmental transitions, with a focus on divorced and military families; program development and evaluation.
Hobbies & Personal Interests: Anthony enjoys attempting to do athletic things including basketball, football, hiking, and snowboarding. Anthony also enjoys traveling with his family to explore new cities, food, and art scenes, and take in new cultural experiences.
Super Fun Fact: Anthony has an encyclopedic knowledge of useless sports facts that is really only helpful during intensive trivia battles.
Grace Sevart 
Kansas State University
Hometown: Wichita, Kansas
Research Interests: Divorce education, interpersonal relationships, the efficacy of EMDR therapy in treating depression.
Hobbies & Personal Interests: I work as a florist and could tell you the name of just about any flower! I enjoy hanging out with my friends, listening to music, and doing puzzles.
Super Fun Fact: I am the fourth child in my family to attend K-State.
Luke Russell
Illinois State University
Hometown: South Windsor, Connecticut
Research Interests: Health and resilience in structurally diverse families (post-divorce, single parent, remarried, cohabiting families); navigating management of chronic illness or conditions.
Hobbies & Personal Interests: Luke enjoys spending time with his family and friends, board games, and table tennis.
Super Fun Fact: Luke brews his own homemade Kombucha!
Erin Guyette
University of Minnesota
Hometown: Plymouth, Minnesota
Research Interests: Divorcing process, specifically decision making during divorce, divorce transitions, and post-divorce adjustment.
Hobbies & Personal Interests: Erin enjoys traveling, cooking, being outside, and taking her dogs for walks.
Super Fun Fact: Erin has traveled to 13 different countries with her family.
Jonathon Beckmeyer
West Virginia University
Research Interests: Resiliency following parental divorce; adolescent and young adult social relationships.
Renée Wilkins-Clark, Director of Research
University of Colorado - Denver
Hometown: Brownsville, Tennessee
Research Interests: Sibling relationships during times of transition (e.g., emerging adulthood and parental divorce) and trauma (e.g., racial and ethnic discrimination and adverse childhood experiences).
Hobbies & Personal Interests: Renée loves to read. She and her son try to read a new book series together each year. Renée has a love-hate relationship with traveling because she is an introvert who enjoys new adventures. She is also a paper enthusiast and loves art.
Super Fun Fact: At age 8, Renée created her own simplified Dewey Decimal Classification to categorize her growing book collection.
Francisca Lawson Tettevie
Kansas State University
Hometown: Ghana, West Africa
Research Interests: Divorce education, parenting, healthy relationships, and co-parenting.
Hobbies & Personal Interests: Francisca loves spending time with friends and family. She is always excited about learning new things and is currently findings interest in musical instruments. Francisca also enjoys cooking and taking walks.
Super Fun Fact: Francisca has a whole album of pictures of different foods on her phone.
Bethany Rice
Kansas State University
Hometown: Moundridge, Kansas
Research Interests: Co-parenting styles, divorce, effectiveness and impact on children when coparenting is involved.
Hobbies & Personal Interests: Bethany enjoys going to different coffee shops around Manhattan with friends, she also loves going out to Tuttle Creek to walk around or watch the sunrise/sunset!
Super Fun Fact: I went sky-diving this summer and as it turns out, I am still scared of heights!
Angelina Williams
Kansas State University
Hometown: Overland Park, KS
Research Interests: Co-Parenting after divorce or separation, Divorce Education, Intimate Partner Violence, Impact of divorce on children.
Hobbies & Personal Interests: Angelina enjoys spending time with her family and friends. Her favorite hobbies include playing the ukulele, singing, concerts, musicals, and going on walks.
Super Fun Fact: Angelina has been to 38 concerts/theatre performances in the last 5 years.
Andy Brimhall
East Carolina University
Hometown: Overland Park, KS
Research Interests: Understanding how families navigate relational translations. These include: Divorce and Remarriage; Parent-child interactions; Attachment-based Couple and Family Interactions; Filial Play Therapy; Sexual Adicctions and other Compulsive Behaviors; Trauma; and Qualitative Methodology
Hobbies & Personal Interests: Andy loves to travel with his family. His family set a goal to get their picture taken in front of all 50 state capitols. After an amazing trip to Alaska this summer, they are currently at 49. He is also a sports enthusiast and loved to watch and play multiple sports.
Super Fun Fact: Besides having a picture in front of almost every state capital (Hawaii here I come), I also have four beautiful children, each of whom was born in a different state. As a result, I have the best souvenir possible from the four states I've lived in.
Alumni Members
Ayoka Lee
Hometown: Byron, Minnesota
Research Interests: Co-parenting and divorce
Hobbies & Personal Interests: Ayoka enjoys traveling and reading as well as cooking and trying new food.
Super Fun Fact: The name Ayoka means "one who causes joy."
Hilary Pippert
Hometown: Parker, Colorado
Research Interests: Sacrifice, military wives, and interpersonal family processes.
Hobbies & Personal Interests: Hilary enjoys hiking and playing games with her family.
Super Fun Fact: Hilary broke her collar bone when she was 11 months old.
McKenzie Zimmermann
Hometown: Junction City, Kansas
Research Interests: Co-parenting, divorce, topics involving fathers (father engagement and involvement and father roles and identities), community engagement, and program implementation and evaluation.
Hobbies & Personal Interests: McKenzie enjoys spending time with her family and dog, taking walks, and experimenting with baking.
Super Fun Fact: McKenzie is the oldest of five siblings and there is a 20 year age gap between her and her youngest sibling.
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