Assistant Professor
  Department of Child and Family Studies
  Weber State University
  1301 University Circle
  Ogden, UT 84408-1301

  Office: 209 McKay Education Building
  Phone: 801-626-7386
  Email:  weiqiu@weber.edu

Courses Taught Currently

CHF 1500 Human Development
CHF 2500 Development of the Child: Birth through Eight
CHF 2610 Guidance: Development Theory
CHF 3640 Working with Parents
CHF 3850 Current Research Methods
CHF 4890 Cooperative Work Experience

Education

Ph.D., Human Development and Family Studies, University of Delaware (2008)
M.S., Human Development and Family Studies, University of Delaware (2005)
M.A., English, Nanjing University (1997)
B.A., English, Nanjing University (1995)

Current Research Activities

My primary area of interest is health and well-being of children during the early years of life.  Starting from summer 2009, I have been working with two colleagues on an interdisciplinary project that focuses on preventing childhood obesity among low-income children and families in the Ogden-Weber Community Action Partnership (OWCAP) Head Start program.  The objectives of the project are to increase children’s physical activity, reduce sedentary media time, promote healthy eating, and inform teachers and parents of effective ways to prevent childhood obesity.  The project is funded by the Hemingway Collaborative Grant through Weber State University. 

My research also includes studying the impact of culture, social changes, and economic development on children and families in different countries.  I am principal investigator of a research project that explores intergenerational effects of the one child policy on children and families in China.  The focus of the project is on parental attitudes and childrearing practices of  first-generation Chinese only children as well as developmental outcomes of their offspring.  Another research project I am now involved in compares perceptions of marriage and families among parents and children living in four countries (United States, Ecuador, China, and Turkey).