Department of Psychology [Faculty]

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Social Relations
Harvard University- Cambridge, Massachusetts

M.A. Social Relations
Harvard University- Cambridge, Massachusetts

B.A. Sociology and Anthropology
Antioch College- Yellow Springs, Ohio

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Finley currently conducts research on fatherhood; fathers, children, and divorce; false abuse allegations in the context of divorce and custody disputes; adoption; and has an interest in cross-cultural comparisons. He also is developing nurturant mothering and mother involvement scales to parallel the highly successful scales recently developed for fathers he has published under the title "The father involvement and nurturant fathering scales: Retrospective measures for adolescent and adult children" in Educational and Psychological Measurement.

He previously has served as Editor of the Interamerican Journal of Psychology/Revista Interamericana de Psicologia and Adoption Quarterly. He also has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Psychology of Men and Masculinity as well as Fathering. He previously has taught at the Universities of British Columbia, University of Toronto, and the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Finley currently teaches undergraduate courses in the Psychology of Parenting and Parenthood, Life-Span Human Growth and Development, and the Psychology of Adoption. He currently teaches graduate seminars in Parent-Child Relations and Fatherhood. He has co-authored or co-edited four books/monographs and has over seventy five other publications.

SELECT COURSES TAUGHT

Infancy and Childhood
Developmental Psychology Laboratory
LifeSpan Cognitive Development
Human Growth & Development
Psychology of Parenting & Parenthood
Psychology of Adoption
Culture and Childhood
Applied LifeSpan Developmental Psychology
Proseminar in Parent-Child Relations
Research Seminar in the Psychology of Adoption
Research Seminar in the Psychology of Fatherhood.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Finley, G. E. (2008). Parental rights: An endangered species? [Review of the Book Taken into custody: The war against fathers, marriage, and the family. PsycCRITIQUES— Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 53 (No. 29), Article 3.

Finley, G. E., Mira, S.D., & Schwartz, S. J. (2008). Perceived paternal and maternal involvement: Factor structure, mean differences, and parental roles. Fathering, 6(1), 62-82

Finley, G. E., & Schwartz, S. J. (2007). Father involvement and long-term young adult outcomes: The differential contributions of divorce and gender. Family Court Review, 45 (no. 4), 573 - 587.

Finley, G. E. (2007). “Divorce: The rest of the story.” [ Review of the Book by Clarke-Stewart, A., & Brentano, C. Divorce: Causes and consequences.] PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 52, (no. 33), Article 155.

Finley, G. E. (2006). Joint custody. In N. Salkind (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Human Development, Volume 2, pp. 745 – 747. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Finley, G. E., & Schwartz, S. J. (2006). Parsons and Bales revisited: Young adult children’s characterization of the fathering role. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 7 (1), 42 – 55.

Schwartz, S. J. & Finley, G. E. (2006). Father involvement, nurturant fathering, and young
adult psychosocial functioning: Differences among adoptive, adoptive stepfather, and non-adoptive stepfamilies. Journal of Family Issues, 27 (5), 712 – 731.

Finley, G. E. (2006). “The myth of the good divorce.” [Review of the book Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of the Children of Divorce. PsycCRITIQUES--Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 51 (no. 35), Article 17.

Schwartz, S. J. & Finley, G. E. (2005). Fathering in intact and divorced families: Ethnic differences in
retrospective reports. Journal of Marriage and Family, 67 (1), 207 – 215.

Finley, G. E. (2005, September 28). “Why can’t a father be more like a mother?” [Review of the book The good father: On men, masculinity, and life in the family]. PsycCRITIQUES -- Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 50 (no. 39), Article 5.

Schwartz, S. J. & Finley, G. E. (2005). Divorce-related variables as predictors of young adults’ retrospective fathering reports. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 44 (1/2), 145 – 163.

Finley, G. E., & Schwartz, S. J. (2004). The father involvement and nurturant fathering scales: Retrospective measures for adolescent and adult children. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 64 (1), 143 – 164.

Finley, G. E. (2003). Father-child relationships following divorce. In J.R. Miller, R.M. Lerner, L.B. Schiamberg, & P. M. Anderson (Eds.). Encyclopedia of human ecology, Volume 1: A - H. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 291 – 293.