Aran Garnett-Deakin
Aran Garnett-Deakin
Department of Human Development and Family Science
acgarnet@vt.edu
Aran (She/Her) is a fourth year PhD student in Family Science. She studies fathering identity and is currently focusing on how masculinity is transmitted through intergenerational family processes. Broadly, she is interested in relational and interactive identity, gender, and how individuals interact with other individuals, small groups, and communities to create meaning in their lives. Her major advisor is Caroline Sanner.
- Fathering
- Identity
- Men in Families
- M.S. Human Development, Virginia Tech
- B.S. Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 2021
- Recipient, Garnett-Deakin, A. (Principle Investigator) & Sanner, C. S. (2022-2023). Fathering in the “other America”: A qualitative analysis of fathering in rural Appalachia. [Grant]. Graduate Research and Development Award. https://gpss.vt.edu/programs/grdp.html
- NCFR Honors Student Recognition Program, Spring 2020
- HDFS Outstanding Undergraduate Award, University of North Carolina- Greensboro. Spring 2020
Rice, T. M., & Garnett-Deakin, A., (In press), History and cohort effects in romantic relationships. Ogolsky, B. (Ed.) The Sociocultural Context of Romantic Relationships. Cambridge University Press.