Professor, Assistant Chair, Program Director for Family-Professional Collaboration Graduate Program
Ph.D., Family Science, University of Maryland, College Park
M.S., Family and Child Studies, Miami University
B.A., Classical Languages, Miami University
B.A., Women鈥檚 Studies, Miami University
Family well-being in the midst of cancer and chronic illness
The impact of cancer diagnoses, treatment, and survivorship on individual and
dyadic coping
Stress and burnout in the field of child life
The integration of family science and public health, health literacy, and how
families select health insurance and healthcare providers
Amanda Ginter, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Department of Family Science. She teaches a number of theory and research methods courses. She is also the program director for the Family-Professional Collaboration graduate certificate.
Dr. Ginter began her research career studying how older mothers of breast cancer patients cope with their daughters鈥� illness. She has since led several research studies examining the impact of cancer survivorship on family relationships. Since 2022, Dr. Ginter has also been studying issues of stress and burnout among child life professionals, leading a team of undergraduate and graduate research assistants.
From 2013 to 2014, Dr. Ginter was a faculty research associate with the University of Maryland Extension. In this role, she assisted the Health Insurance Literacy Initiative leaders and the University of Maryland Extension Director for Assessment and Evaluation in designing, collecting data, processing, and reporting for an evaluation program on Smart Choice Health Insurance.
Ginter, A. C., Cahlander, B., & Dumas, K. (2024). 鈥淥ut of touch鈥� vs. 鈥渟till practicing鈥�: How child life specialists perceive supervisors鈥� roles in mitigating workplace stress and burnout. The Journal of Child Life: Psychosocial Theory and Practice, 5(2).
Ginter, A. C.,Kegan, D. H., Martinelli Beasley, L. A., Ramirez Gomez, D., & Gourley, V. (2024). Applying family theories to the field of child life. Family Science Review, 28(2).
Ginter, A. C., Armant, E., Agate, A., & Tippett, L. (2024). 鈥淲ho do you tell? When do you tell them? What do you tell them?鈥� How people with chronic lymphocytic leukemia manage communication about their health. Journal of Oncology Navigation & Survivorship, 15(8), 224鈥�232.
Ginter, A. C., Dumas, K., Ramirez Gomez, D., Frank, S., Zablocki, Z., & Cahlander, B.(2024). Workplace stress and burnout in child life: Perspectives from new professionals. Journal of Child Life: Psychosocial Theory and Practice, 5,
Ginter, A. C., Tippett, L., Armant, E., & Agate, A. (2023). 鈥淭he good cancer鈥� vs. 鈥渁 better cancer鈥�: Living with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Journal of Oncology Navigation and Support, 14(9), 267-275.
Gourley, V., Ginter, A. C., & Valencia, M. R. (2023) 鈥淲e鈥檙e going through tough times right now鈥�: How students of color navigate the field of child life. The Journal of Child Life: Psychosocial Theory and Practice, 4.
American Psychosocial Oncology Society
National Council of Family Relations