Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family&Consumer Sciences

Karen DeBord

Professor & Extension Specialist, Child Development, Director of Graduate Programs

Dr. Karen DeBord has been with North Carolina Cooperative Extension at NC State University since 1995. Previous to her work in North Carolina, she was an Extension faculty member at Virginia Tech and also with the University of Missouri.

Dr. DeBord supports Extension Agents in North Carolina's 100 counties who conduct educational programs for parents, families and child care professionals. She is also the Director of Graduate Programs for a Master's Degree in Family Life and Parenting Education. She is known nationally as an expert in parenting education and is a parent and grandparent herself.

Another area of study has been children's outdoor play spaces. As the lead author of the Preschool Outdoor Environment Measurement Scale (POEMS), she and others in the state are working to raise the quality of outdoor children's environments. See www.poemsnc.org for more information.

Phone: (919) 515-9147

Fax: (919) 515-2786

Email: karen_debord@ncsu.edu

Mailing Address:

NCSU Campus Box 7605

Raleigh, NC 27695-7605