Mary Haskett

Bio

After more than 30 years on the faculty at NC State, Dr. Haskett retired in 2024. She continues as advisor to graduate students and is actively engaged in research. Dr. Haskett also continues to be involved in advocacy for families experiencing homelessness and for college students’ basic needs.

Dr. Haskett and her students conduct research designed to (a) identify resilient functioning of children who have faced adverse childhood experiences and (b) test the effects of parenting interventions to reduce the risks associated with those experiences. Haskett is a Health Service Provider licensed Psychologist and is a Disaster Mental Health volunteer with the American Red Cross.

In addition to her primary areas of expertise, Dr. Haskett conducts research related to college students’ food insecurity and homelessness. She co-founded the NC State Steering Committee on Student Food and Housing Security. See the summary of 2017 data collected by Dr. Haskett on food insecurity and homelessness among NC State students here . She collected new data on student homelessness and food insecurity during COVID and the findings are here.

To review the Call to Action submitted by Steering Committee members, click here

Extension and Community Engagement

NC State Academy of Outstanding Faculty in Extension and Engagement, 2015

Advisory Council Member, REACH (Resilience, Empowerment, Access for Children Experiencing Homelessness)

Co-Chair, NC Yay Babies initiative to increase early intervention and early education services delivered to children birth-5 years experiencing homelessness. Through a contract with the NC DHHS, Haskett recently produced a strategic plan for NC to better meet the needs of these children (see report here).

In response to high rates of homelessness among college students in our local community, Dr. Haskett co-founded HOST (Housing Options for Students Today).

Publications

(NCSU Graduate students in italics)

Finster, H., Buccelli, A. R., Hobbs, E., & Haskett, M. E. (2023). In parents’ words: Reflections on the social-motional health system for young children experiencing homelessness. Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy. DOI: 10.1016/j.sel.2023.100023

Haskett, M. E., & Dorris, J. (2023). College student homelessness and food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pre-print retrieved from psyarxiv.com/4ja9m  https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/4ja9m 

Haskett, M. E., Bucelli, A. R., & Renbarger, R. L. (2022). Higher education liaisons for students experiencing homelessness: Role preparation and professional development needs. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 52(1) https://doi.org/10.55504/0884-9153.1761

Owens, C., McKenzie, S., & Haskett, M. E. (2022). “I just want my parenting to be able to be better than what it is”: A qualitative exploration of parenting strengths and needs of mothers experiencing homelessness. Child & Family Social Work, 27, 771-782. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12924

Haskett, M. E., Hall, J., Owens, C., Finster, H., & Buccelli, A. (2022). “It brought my family more together”: Mixed-methods study of low-income U.S. mothers during the pandemic. Family Relations,71, 849-864. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12684

Haskett, M. E., Majumder, S., Kotter- Grühn, D., & Gutierrez, I. (2021). Wellness as a mediator in the link between food/housing insecurity and academics. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, published online first. https://doi.org/10.1080/10530789.2020.1733815

Armstrong J., Owens, C., & Haskett, M. E. (2021). Effects of a brief parenting intervention in shelters for mothers and children experiencing homelessness. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 30, 2097–2107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02021-2

Area(s) of Expertise

Haskett and her students conduct research designed to (a) identify resilient functioning of children who have faced adverse childhood experiences and (b) test the effects of parenting interventions to reduce the risks associated with those experiences. Haskett is a Health Service Provider licensed Psychologist and is a Disaster Mental Health volunteer with the American Red Cross.