Diane Schott
Lecturer
M.A.., University of Northern Colorado
Phone: 970-351-2192
E-mail: diane.schott@unco.edu
Office: Candelaria 2008
Diane Schott has been involved in a number of presentations about family abuse as well as about a campus hostage crisis. She is currently co-faculty advisor for the Sociology Club, Socially Constructed.
COURSES TAUGHT
- SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology
- SOC 120 Introduction to Family Studies
- SOC 221 Sociology of Gender
- SOC 278 Sociology of Emotions
- SOC 326 Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence
- SOC 332 Social Psychology
- SOC 351 Classical Social Theory
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
- Marriage and Family Issues
- Childhood and Adolescence
- Divorce/Blended Family Issues
- Crisis Intervention
- Group Facilitation
RESEARCH AREAS/INTERESTS
- Divorce/Re-marriage/Blended Families
- Successful Marriages
- Gender Issues
- Expression of Emotion
PUBLICATIONS
- From Buckie to God: A Case Study of Child Sexual Abuse, May 1995
This study examined the lasting effects of child sexual abuse and abuse by biological fathers to that of abuse by step-fathers.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
- Presented paper at the Western Social Science Association Annual Meeting, April 1995, about an in-depth case study on the effects of child sexual abuse as compared to the current research.
- Presented at UNC, April 1995, about a research project designed and completed with the objective of assessing the effectiveness of Weld County’s current custody evaluation system from the perspectives of the parents involved, lawyers representing parents, evaluators, and the judicial system itself.
- Present “How a University Counseling Center Dealt With a Hostage Crisis on Campus” as part of a panel presentation at the Colorado-Wyoming Counseling Association Meeting. Each member of the panel, including the Director of the counseling center, presented on their experiences and reactions to being part of such an event and what was learned from the experience on a professional level. Diane personally presented her account of the experience from an extern’s position at the counseling center.
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATIONS
- Coping With Loss: Developed and presented a workshop “Coping with Loss” for individuals and families dealing with significant losses in their lives such as death of a child or partner. Workshop was based on current research in the area of grief and bereavement. The three hour workshop has been offerend in churches and as part of Diane’s private counseling practice.
- Children of Divorce: This eight week counseling group was developed as a therapy group for children whose parents were going through, or had gone through, a divorce. Children are separated into appropriate age groups and guided through activities and discussions that are age appropriate. Groups have consistently filled to capacity and feedback from parents has been very positive in terms of seeing the beneift for their children from participating in the group.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION PARTICIPATION
- Association for Interdisciplinary Scholarship, Western Social Science Associations, 1994-present
- Association for Humanistic Education & Development, American Counseling Association, 1996-present
- American Sociological Association, 1999-present
