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Agricultural and Human Sciences

Autumn Guin, PhD, BCC

AG

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Evaluation Consultant

CYFAR PDTA Coach

4181 Broughton Hall

919-515-9152

Bio

Dr. Guin currently serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Youth, Family, and Community Sciences Graduate Program, as the Program Design & Evaluation Specialist for North Carolina 4-H’s Healthy Living and STEM Programs, and as a National Coach and Evaluation Consultant for the Children, Youth, and Families At-Risk Professional Development and Technical Assistance Center. Dr. Guin teaches Family Life Coaching, co-directs multiple grant funded programs, and coaches professionals across the country who are developing programs for underserved youth, families, and communities. Dr. Guin holds a B.S. in Psychology, an M.S. in Community Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Educational Research and Policy Analysis with a specialization in educational evaluation and educator professional development. She is a Board Certified Coach and has 24 years of qualitative and quantitative research and evaluation experience.

Programs and Initiatives

  • Coach & Evaluation Consultant, Children, Youth, and Families At-Risk Professional Development and Technical Assistance Team
  • Co-PI, Co-Director, 4-H Empowering Youth and Families Program
  • Co-PI, Program Design and Evaluation Specialist, NC 4-H Healthy Living Programs
  • Co-Chair, Research and Evaluation Subgroup, PLWG Advancing the 4-H Thriving Model Taskforce

Primary Teaching Responsibilities

  • AEHS 545: Family Communication and Coaching
  • AEHS 547: Family Life Coaching

Contributing Websites

Professional Honors/Offices/Recognitions

  • 2021: State Award for Excellence in Healthy Living Programming, NC Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals
  • 2021: Susan Barkman Award for Research and Evaluation, NC Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals
  • 2021: Research Friend of Extension Award, NC Cooperative Extension

Selected Publications

  • Greenaway, H., Guin, A., Gonzalez, M., Kotzian, S., Chilcote, A., Toriello, P. (submitted). Program Models in the Time of COVID: Design, Development, and Implementation. Journal of Extension.
  • Ferarri, T. M., Guin, A. H. (May 2021). Advice for Writing a Journal Article – Journal of Youth Development Editors Weigh In. The Pulse, May 2021. National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Specialists. Available at: https://www.nae4hydp.org/news/news.asp?id=564422
  • Guin, A. (2000). Professional Development for North Carolina 4-H Educators Who Teach Science: A Mixed-Methods Case Study of 4-H Science Curricula Training [Doctoral dissertation, North Carolina State University]. Available at: https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/bitstream/handle/1840.20/38314/etd.pdf?sequence=1
  • Gonzalez, M., Guin, A., Allen, K., Chilcote, A., Toriello, P., Mead, E. (2020). Best Practices for Engaging Communities of Color in Opioid Prevention Programs. Journal of Extension, 58(3). Available at: https://archives.joe.org/joe/2020june/tt5.php
  • McCarthy, K. J., Perkins, D. F., Roberts, M., Potter, S., Guin, A. G, Carroll, J. B., Deringer, N. C., & Borden, L. M. (2020) Evaluation of a Coach-Based Technical Assistance Model: An Evolving Focus on Coachability and Goal Setting. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 8(2), 28-50.
  • Guin, A., Allen, K., Barnes, J. (2018). Development and pilot evaluation of the Very Important Parents Program (VIP): An intensive parent education program for teens. Family Science Review, 22(3), 103-123.
  • Barnes, J., Guin, A., & Allen, K. (2018). Training Needs and Online Learning Preferences of Early Childhood Professionals. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 39(2), 114-130.
  • Barnes, J., Guin, A., Allen, K., & Jolly, C. (2016). Engaging parents in early childhood education: Perspectives of childcare providers. Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 44(4), 360-374.
  • Skidmore, M., Brennan, A., Brown, R., Cuthbertson, C. Dellifield, J., Elswick, A., Ruffin, N., Klemme, R., Kowalkowski, B., Lindsay, A., Rennekamp, R., Shipley, A., Sulzer, S., Chilcote, A. Crist, G., Guin, A., Gabel, C., Hockaday, C., Perkins, D., Spears, L., Spoth, R., Wright, M., & Young, D. (2018). Report to the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy from the Extension Opioid Crisis Response Workgroup.
  • Kirby, S. & Guin, A., Chilcote, A. (2015). Creating the next generation of residential energy stewards using the Energy Transformation Curriculum. Housing and Society. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2015.1121687

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Education

BS Psychology Fayetteville State University

MS Community Psychology North Carolina State University

PhD Educational Research and Policy Analysis North Carolina State University

Area(s) of Expertise