Current positon: Assistant Professor, School of Family Life, Brigham Young University
Brief bio: Dr. Gibby's research considers how sociodemographic characteristics—focusing mainly on adoption status and gender— shape family structure and family practices. One primary branch of her research focuses on adoption and its relation to societal biases and family functioning. Because adoption involves decision-makers' assessments of who is a fit parent and who is a desirable child, it is possible to examine how societal biases bleed into family life. The second branch of her research considers how gender ideology (i.e., how people think about gender) shapes family practices and experiences. Here, she examines how parents' gender ideologies relate to children's outcomes, how couples navigate gender ideologies together and how they influence one another, as well as how this relates to individual- and couple-level outcomes.
Website: https://fhssfaculty.byu.edu/directory/ashley-larsen
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