Student Research Support

Knee Scholars

For information about how to join our team as a Knee Scholar, contact Dr. Christina Miller at crmiller@ou.edu

The Knee Scholars program is designed to support graduate students in GRA positions within the Ruth Knee Institute. These students work for an academic year and support multiple research initiatives of the center. Scholars are often co-authors on published reports and academic products and highly involved in community engaged research. These positions are stipend supported.

Student Research

Aging & Lifespan Issues

The Ruth Knee Institute is committed to engagement in scholarship of issues that people encounter across the lifespan. This includes multiple areas of gerontological social work and positive aging as well as healthy child development and youth empowerment, among others. This work has been a mainstay of the Ruth Knee Institute since inception.

Family Safety & Healthy Relationships

Some of the greatest protective factors in people’s lives come from their families and personal relationships. The Ruth Knee Institute is committed to purposeful research that addresses the epidemic(s) of family, domestic, and relational violence as well as the development of mechanisms to support healthy relationship development and personal power.

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