
Kerri
Ashurst
Senior Extension Specialist
- kgoodman@email.uky.edu
- (859) 257-3032
- (859) 257-3095
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233 Scovell Hall
Lexington KY 40546-0064 - Family and Consumer Sciences Extension
Professional Profile
Kerri's focus is building state-wide capacity for reaching underserved or at-risk children, youth, families, and communities. Kerri's primary areas of interest include families who are coping with major crises such as illness or death of a family member; positive youth and young adult development; couple communication and relationship building; and stress management. She has had a lifetime of exposure to select portions of Extension programming as her father served as a 4-H Youth Development Specialist at UK for over 30 years and Kerri herself participated in 4-H as a youth.
Extension Emphases
- Extension Military Family Programs
- Capacity Building for Reaching Underserved Audiences
- Parenting Programs
- Homeless and Unstably Housed Youth
- Family Systems Processes and Research
- Relationship Skills and Development.
- Family Communication and Crisis.
Education
Ph.D. Univerity of Kentucky Family Sciences
M.S. University of Kentucky Marriage and Family Therapy
B.A. University of Kentucky Psychology