Positions

Overview

  • Dr. Jamison is a family and relationship scholar who writes and presents nationally on research that explores the well-being of young adult couples and families. Her research specifically focuses on how individuals learn and grow through their romantic relationships to develop healthier, more authentic partnerships.

    Dr. Jamison is an expert qualitative researcher whose methodological work has been featured through academic books, webinars, and invited presentations. She is actively engaged in public scholarship through her blog on Psychology Today (Assembly Required), her role as the Co-editor of the Digital Scholarship Board for the Journal of Family Theory and Review, and her leadership on Relevate, a team that provides free access to research written for lay audiences.

    In 2023 Dr. Jamison received the Class of 1938 Professorship es acknowledgement for excellence in teaching.
  • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2024 Adverse Childhood Experiences and Intimate Partner Violence: Exploring Implications for Young Adults' Romantic Outlook.Journal of Interpersonal Violence: concerned with the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of physical and sexual violence.  8862605241285875. 2024
    2024 Attitudes Toward Unhealthy Relationship Behaviors and Boundary-Setting: Variation Among High School Students.Journal of Interpersonal Violence: concerned with the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of physical and sexual violence.  8862605241257598. 2024
    2023 Young Adults’ Cohabitation and Dating Decisions During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploration of Romantic and Developmental ContextEmerging Adulthood.  11:1489-1501. 2023
    2023 Resilience Through Relationship Experiences: A Qualitative Exploration of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Romantic DevelopmentLGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal.  19:351-366. 2023
    2023 Understanding singlehood as a complex and multifaceted experience: Insights from relationship scienceJournal of Family Theory and Review.  15:562-577. 2023
    2023 The utility of participatory family diagramming in qualitative research: Multidisciplinary applications and practical adviceJournal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research.  17:1-15. 2023
    2022 Intimate inequalities: Millennials' romantic relationships in contemporary timesJournal of Family Theory and Review.  14:294-301. 2022
    2022 Empowering, Pragmatic, or Disappointing: Appraisals of Singlehood During Emerging and Established AdulthoodEmerging Adulthood.  11:103-109. 2022
    2021 Relationship form and function: Exploring meaning-making in young adults' romantic historiesPersonal Relationships.  28:840-859. 2021
    2021 Feeling Stuck: Exploring the Development of Felt Constraint in Romantic RelationshipsFamily Relations.  70:880-895. 2021
    2021 Identifying a Typology of Emerging Adult Romantic Relationships: Implications for Relationship EducationFamily Relations.  70:305-318. 2021
    2021 Exploring parents' ongoing role in romantic development: Insights from young adultsJournal of Social and Personal Relationships.  38:84-102. 2021
    2020 Beyond cold feet: Experiences of ending engagements and canceling weddingsJournal of Social and Personal Relationships.  37:2921-2940. 2020
    2020 Is Breaking Up Hard to Do? Exploring Emerging Adults' Perceived Abilities to End Romantic RelationshipsFamily Relations.  69:1028-1040. 2020
    2018 Stepchildren Claiming StepparentsJournal of Family Issues.  39:1712-1736. 2018
    2018 Cohabitation Transitions Among Low-income Parents: A Qualitative Investigation of Economic and Relational MotivationsJournal of Family and Economic Issues.  39:73-87. 2018
    2017 Unmarried Coparenting in the Context of Poverty: Understanding the Relationship Between Stress, Family Resource Management, and ResilienceJournal of Family and Economic Issues.  38:439-452. 2017
    2016 Renegotiating Nonresidential Father–Child Relationships During Emerging AdulthoodFamily Relations.  65:673-687. 2016
    2016 Assessing differences in intimate partner obligations based on relationship status, gender, and parental statusJournal of Social and Personal Relationships.  33:867-891. 2016
    2015 Divorced mothers' coparental boundary maintenance after parents repartner.Journal of Family Psychology.  29:221-231. 2015
    2015 Identifying Demographic and Attitudinal Correlates of Young Adults' Safer-Sex Self-EfficacyInternational Journal of Sexual Health.  27:36-42. 2015
    2014 Transitioning to Postdivorce Family Life: A Grounded Theory Investigation of Resilience in CoparentingFamily Relations.  63:411-423. 2014
    2013 Stayovers in emerging adulthood: Who stays over and why?Personal Relationships.  20:155-169. 2013
    2013 Stayovers in emerging adulthood: Who stays over and why?Personal Relationships.  20:155-169. 2013
    2012 Communication Technology and Postdivorce CoparentingFamily Relations.  61:397-409. 2012
    2011 "We're not living together:" Stayover relationships among college-educated emerging adultsJournal of Social and Personal Relationships.  28:536-557. 2011

    Chapter

    Year Title
    2018 Uprooting grounded theory: Understanding low-income couples’ cohabitation decisions.  142-156. 2018

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    Teaching Activities

  • Family Internship Taught course
  • Family Internship Taught course
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course
  • Human Sexuality Taught course
  • Human Sexuality Taught course
  • Independent Study Taught course
  • Independent Study Taught course
  • Intimate Relationships & Fam Taught course
  • Intimate Relationships & Fam Taught course
  • Intimate Relationships & Fam Taught course
  • Student Research Experience Taught course
  • Student Research Experience Taught course
  • Student Research Experience Taught course
  • Advanced Research Experience Taught course 2024
  • Family Internship Taught course 2024
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2024
  • Intimate Relationships & Fam Taught course 2024
  • Student Research Experience Taught course 2024
  • Independent Study Taught course 2024
  • Human Sexuality Taught course 2024
  • Family Internship Taught course 2023
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2023
  • Human Sexuality Taught course 2023
  • Independent Study Taught course 2023
  • Intimate Relationships & Fam Taught course 2023
  • Human Sexuality Taught course 2022 - 2023
  • Human Sexuality Taught course 2022 - 2023
  • Family Internship Taught course 2022
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2022
  • Independent Study Taught course 2022
  • Intimate Relationships & Fam Taught course 2022
  • Practicum Taught course 2022
  • Human Sexuality Taught course 2022
  • Family Internship Taught course 2022
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2022
  • Race, Class, Gender & Families Taught course 2022
  • Human Sexuality Taught course 2021 - 2022
  • Human Sexuality Taught course 2021 - 2022
  • SpcTop/Prof Writ in Human Serv Taught course 2021
  • Human Sexuality Taught course 2021
  • Human Sexuality Taught course 2021
  • Family Internship Taught course 2021
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2021
  • Independent Study Taught course 2021
  • Race, Class, Gender & Families Taught course 2021
  • Race, Class, Gender & Families Taught course 2021
  • Adult Development and Aging Taught course 2020
  • Family Internship Taught course 2020
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2020
  • Race, Class, Gender & Families Taught course 2020
  • Family Internship Taught course 2020
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2020
  • Independent Study Taught course 2020
  • Race, Class, Gender & Families Taught course 2020
  • Adult Development and Aging Taught course 2019
  • Family Internship Taught course 2019
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2019
  • Grad Internship/Adolescent Dev Taught course 2019
  • Graduate Internship/Child Devl Taught course 2019
  • Independent Study Taught course 2019
  • Race, Class, Gender & Families Taught course 2019
  • Family Internship Taught course 2019
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2019
  • Graduate Internship Taught course 2019
  • Independent Study Taught course 2019
  • Race, Class, Gender & Families Taught course 2019
  • Adult Development and Aging Taught course 2018
  • Family Internship Taught course 2018
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2018
  • Race, Class, Gender & Families Taught course 2018
  • Family Internship Taught course 2018
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2018
  • Race, Class, Gender & Families Taught course 2018
  • Adult Development and Aging Taught course 2017
  • Family Internship Taught course 2017
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2017
  • Race, Class, Gender & Families Taught course 2017
  • Top/ISci of Happily Ever After Taught course 2017
  • Adult Development and Aging Taught course 2016
  • Family Internship Taught course 2016
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2016
  • Race, Class, Gender & Families Taught course 2016
  • Independent Study Taught course 2016
  • Top/ISci of Happily Ever After Taught course 2016
  • Family Internship Taught course 2016
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2016
  • Independent Study Taught course 2016
  • Race, Class, Gender & Families Taught course 2016
  • Family Programs and Policies Taught course 2015 - 2016
  • Family Programs and Policies Taught course 2015 - 2016
  • Adult Development and Aging Taught course 2015
  • Family Internship Taught course 2015
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2015
  • Family Programs and Policies Taught course 2015
  • Family Internship Taught course 2015
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2015
  • Race, Class, Gender & Families Taught course 2015
  • Adult Development and Aging Taught course 2014
  • Family Internship Taught course 2014
  • Family Internship Seminar Taught course 2014
  • Education And Training

  • B.A. Psychology, Miami University - Ohio
  • M.S. Human Development&Family Study, University of Missouri - Columbia
  • Ph.D. Human Development&Family Study, University of Missouri - Columbia
  • Full Name

  • Tyler Jamison
  • Mailing Address

  • University of New Hampshire

    Human Development and Family Studies

    55 College Rd # 201

    Durham, NH  03824-2621

    United States