Kyle Kostelecky Kyle L. Kostelecky
Families Extension Specialist/Adjunct Lecturer

Education:
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1997
M.S., Iowa State University, 1994
B.A., Washington State University, 1991

Office: 1095 LeBaron
Phone: (515) 294-4824
Email: klk@iastate.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests:

  • The examination, through a life span perspective, the networks and systems of healthy family and intergenerational relationships including roles and responsibilities, functions and expectations, and the maintenance of these relationships.

Courses taught in the last five years:

  • Family Perspectives in Adulthood & Aging
  • Life Span Human Development
  • Human Growth & Development
  • Family Relationships
  • Human Identity & Relationships
  • Adolescence
  • Family Relationships in Crisis
  • Parent-Child Relations
  • Child Development

Professional Organizations:

  • Gerontological Society of America
  • National Council on Family Relations
  • Society for Research on Adolescence
  • Society for Research in Child Development
  • Family Science Association
  • Gerontology Society of Iowa

Special Skills:

  • Certified Family Life Educator
  • PREPARE/ENRICH Counselor

 

Recent Presentations & Publications

Kostelecky, K. L., & Lempers, J. D. (in press). The relationship of family, friends, substance use, and delinquency in rural older adolescents. Adolescent & Family Health.

 

Bentrott, M., Margrett, J. A., & Kostelecky, K. L. ( 2008, November ). Grandparents' influence on grandchildrens’ beliefs. The Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, National Harbor, MD (November 2008).

 

Branscum, A., & Kostelecky, K. L. (2008, November). The effect of birth order on marital satisfaction. The 70 th Annual National Council on Family Relations Conference, Little Rock, AR.

 

Crocker, A. B., Kostelecky, K. L., & McClelland, J. (2008, June). A new model for teaching eXtension technology. The 2008 National Community of Practice Conference, Louisville, KY.

 

Kostelecky, K. L. (2008, May). eXtension Family Caregiving: Timely Resource at Your Fingertips! The 2008 Iowa Governor's Conference on Aging, West Des Moines, Iowa. (May)

 

Kostelecky, K. L. (2007, Fall). One thing leads to another: Research on aging informs Family Extension programming. Adult Development & Aging News, Division 20, Adult Development & Aging, American Psychological Association, 35 (3).

 

Cameron, B., Kostelecky, K. L., & Morgan, K. (2007, October). Online student perceptions of group projects: implications for distance education. Outreach Scholarship Conference - Access through Engagement, University of Wisconsin-Extension/University of Wisconsin Colleges, Madison, WI.

 

Kostelecky, K. L. (2005). Brief Report: Parental attachment, academic achievement, life events, and their relationship to alcohol and drug use during adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 28(5), 665-669.

 

Kostelecky, K. L., & Hoskinson, M. J. (2005). A "novel" approach to motivating students. Education, 125(3), 438-442.

 

Kostelecky, K. L., & Bass, B. L. (2004). Grandmothers and their granddaughters: Connected relationships. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships: Programs, Policy, & Research, 2(1), 47-61.

 

Kostelecky, K. L., Hoskinson, M. J., & Purvis, E. J. (2004, November). Adult grandson’s and granddaughter’s satisfaction with maternal and paternal grandparents. The Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC.

 

Kostelecky, K. L. (2004, November). Family, friends, substance use, and delinquency in rural older adolescents. The 66 th Annual National Council on Family Relations Conference, Orlando, FL.

 

Bass, B. L., Barnes, H. L., Kostelecky, K. L., & Fleming, W. M. (2004). Service learning and portfolios: Enhancing the scholarship of integration and application. Journal of Teaching in Marriage and Family: Innovations in Family Science Education, 4(1), 79-99.

 

Kostelecky, K. L., & Bass, B. L. (2003, November). Differences in relationship provisions for grandmothers and their granddaughters. The Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, CA.

 

Kostelecky, K. L., & Fleming, W. M. (2003, November). The comic genogram: A tool for understanding family processes. The 65 th Annual National Council on Family Relations Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.