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Todd Spencer

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Teaching

FAMS 475R

Current Topics in Family Studies, Spring 2025

FAMS 475R

Current Topics in Family Studies, Spring 2025

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Spring 2025

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Spring 2025

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Spring 2025

Presentations

Astorga, Mary (Co-Presenter), Allen, Zach (Co-Presenter), Spencer, Todd (Co-Author), Utah Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "Influence of Attachment Styles on Emotional Suppression", Utah Council on Family Relations, Cedar City, Utah. (March 21, 2025)

Morgan, Heather (Co-Presenter), Spencer, Todd (Co-Author), Utah Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "Qualitative Analysis of Post-Divorce Growth", Utah Council on Family Relations, Cedar City, Utah. (March 21, 2025)

Holt, Alexis (Co-Presenter), Spencer, Todd (Co-Author), Utah Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "The Influence of Early Life Trauma and Divorce Initiation Status Among Parents", Utah Council on Family Relations, Cedar City, Utah. (March 21, 2025)

Hamilton, Eva (Co-Presenter), Spencer, Todd , Utah Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "The Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Perceptions of Romantic Partner's Communication Quality", Utah Council on Family Relations, Cedar City, Utah. (March 21, 2025)

Holt, Alexis (Co-Presenter), Spencer, Todd (Co-Author), Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research Annual Conference, "The Influence of Early Life Trauma and Divorce Initiation Status Among Parents", Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research, Cedar City, Utah. (February 28, 2025)

Hakala, Becca (Presenter & Author), Black, Moroni (Presenter & Author), Spencer, Todd (Author Only), Utah Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "The relationship among attachment style, cognitive reappraisal, and emotional suppression", Utah Council on Family Relations, Provo, Utah. (April 5, 2024)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Spencer, Todd , Brosi, Matt , Jones, Ethan , (2023) "Alternatives to Divorce" . New York, New York: ABC Clio.

Jones, Ethan , Spencer, Todd , Brosi, Matt , (2023) "Dating After Divorce" . New York, New York: Bloomsbury Academic.

Barton, Melissa , Ewell, Brendan , Spencer, Todd , (2023) "Divorce and Legal Planning" . New York, New York: Bloomsbury Academic.

Ewell, Brenden , Sanchez, Whitney , Spencer, Todd , (2023) "Elopement" . New York, New York: Bloomsbury Academic.

Anderson, Michael , Barton, Melissa , Spencer, Todd , (2023) "Marriage and Legal Planning" . New York, New York: Bloomsbury Academic.

Brosi, Matt , Jones, Ethan , Spencer, Todd , (2023) "Parenting plans and custody arrangements" . New York, New York: Bloomsbury Academic .

Awards

Higher Education Academy Fellow

Office of Teaching and Learning - May 7, 2024

Flexible Teaching Award - Best Delivery 1st Place

University Flexible Learning Council - February 21, 2024

Postive Feedback Letter - Steven Clark

Dean of CHSS - January 11, 2024

Students reported that I had provided excellent teaching during the MFT 6900 during Fall 2022

Positive Feedback Letter - Stephen Clark

Dean of CHSS - November 21, 2023

Students reported positive feedback that I had provided excellent instruction during the Summer 2023 section of FAMS 4670.

OTL T3 - Spotlight - FAMS 4670

UVU Office of Teaching and Learning - September 29, 2022

I was invited by OTL to create a video for their T3 conference to highlight some of the high impact practices implemented into my FAMS 4670 course. Faculty could watch the video as part of their T3 attendance certificate.

OTL - Exemplar Course Objects

UVU Office of Teaching and Learning - August 24, 2022

The Office of Teaching and Learning ask permission to include some of the course design elements used in my FAMS 4670 course to be included in the Exemplar Course Objects database for faculty to reference for high impact practices to consider implementing in thir own course design.

FAMS 475R

Current Topics in Family Studies, Fall 2024

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Fall 2024

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Fall 2024

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Fall 2024

FAMS 490R

Independent Study, Fall 2024

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills, Fall 2024

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Summer 2024

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Summer 2024

MFT 692R

Practicum II, Summer 2024

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Spring 2024

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Spring 2024

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Spring 2024

FAMS 4500

Family Life Education Methodology WE, Spring 2024

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Spring 2024

FAMS 483R

Research Assistant Independent Study, Spring 2024

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Fall 2023

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Fall 2023

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Fall 2023

FAMS 490R

Independent Study, Fall 2023

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Fall 2023

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Fall 2023

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Summer 2023

FAMS 490R

Independent Study, Summer 2023

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Summer 2023

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Summer 2023

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Spring 2023

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Spring 2023

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Spring 2023

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Spring 2023

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Fall 2022

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Fall 2022

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Fall 2022

MFT 690R

Pre-Practicum, Fall 2022

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Summer 2022

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Summer 2022

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Summer 2022

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Spring 2022

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Spring 2022

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Spring 2022

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Spring 2022

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Fall 2021

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Fall 2021

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Fall 2021

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Fall 2021

MFT 6930

Practicum III, Fall 2021

MFT 6900

Pre-Practicum, Fall 2021

FAMS 4670

Family Dynamics and Systems, Summer 2021

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Summer 2021

MFT 6300

Working with Diversity in MFT, Summer 2021

MFT 6010

Contemporary Approaches to MFT, Spring 2021

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Spring 2021

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Spring 2021

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Spring 2021

MFT 6910

Practicum I, Spring 2021

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Fall 2020

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Fall 2020

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Fall 2020

MFT 6930

Practicum III, Fall 2020

MFT 6900

Pre-Practicum, Fall 2020

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Summer 2020

MFT 6920

Practicum II, Summer 2020

MFT 6300

Working with Diversity in MFT, Summer 2020

MFT 6010

Contemporary Approaches to MFT, Spring 2020

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Spring 2020

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Spring 2020

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Spring 2020

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Spring 2020

MFT 6910

Practicum I, Spring 2020

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Fall 2019

FAMS 1150

Marriage and Relationship Skills SS, Fall 2019

MFT 6900

Pre-Practicum, Fall 2019

Dean's Award of Excellence for Scholarship

CHSS Dean's Office - March 3, 2022

Spot it Award - Emergency Clinical Director

Department of Behavioral Science - December 7, 2021

Letter of Recognition - Wayne Vaught

Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs - November 9, 2020

Students reported that I had been helpful with the transition to online education during Covid-19.

Letter of Recognition - Wayne Vaught

Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs - May 7, 2020

Students reported that I had been helpful with the transition to online education during Covid-19.

Hakala, Becca (Presenter & Author), Spencer, Todd (Author Only), Utah Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "The relationship among attachment style, couple satisfaction, and perceived stress", , Utah Council on Family Relations, Provo, Utah. (April 5, 2024)

Statham, Brandi (Presenter & Author), Hakala, Bekka (Presenter & Author), Spencer, Todd (Author Only), Utah Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "The relationship among attachment style, sexual satisfaction, and frequency.", , Utah Council on Family Relations, Provo, Utah. (April 5, 2024)

Stratham, Brandi (Presenter & Author), Hakala, Becca (Presenter & Author), Spencer, Todd (Author Only), Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "The relationship among attachment style, sexual satisfaction, and frequency", , Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, Orem, Utah. (February 16, 2024)

Spencer, Todd (Author Only), Black, Moroni (Presenter & Author), Hakala, Becca (Presenter & Author), Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "The relationship among attachment style, cognitive reappraisal, and emotional suppression", , Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, Orem, Utah. (February 16, 2024)

Schuler, Jordan (Presenter & Author), Brosi, Matt (Author Only), Hubler, Daniel (Author Only), Spencer, Todd (Presenter & Author), National Council in Family Relations Annual Conference, "Emotion Expression Suppression and Adult Attachment Styles in Romantic Relationships.", , National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, Florida. (November 8, 2023)

Schuler, Jordan (Presenter & Author), Morgan, Preston (Presenter & Author), Brosi, Matt (Presenter & Author), Hubler, Daniel (Author Only), Spencer, Todd , National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "Does Attachment Style Moderate the Association Between Perceived Emotional Empathy and Relationship Satisfaction Among Couples?", , National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, Florida. (November 8, 2023)

Spencer, Todd (Presenter & Author), Brosi, Matt (Co-Author), Hubler, Daniel (Co-Author), National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "Relationship Efficacy as a Mediator Between Stress and Perceived Partner Communication Quality", , National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, Florida. (November 8, 2023)

Woods, Rosemary (Co-Presenter), Poulter, Hailey (Co-Presenter), Spencer, Todd (Co-Presenter), Utah Council on Family Relations, "Perception of partner communication and relationship satisfaction", , Utah Council on Family Relations, Orem, Utah. (March 31, 2023)

Hakala, Rebekkah (Co-Presenter), Wilcox, Lindsey (Co-Presenter), Spencer, Todd (Co-Presenter), Utah Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "Pornography use within couples and Sexual Satisfaction.", , Utah Council on Family Relations, Orem, Utah. (March 31, 2023)

Spencer, Todd (Co-Presenter), Wilcox, Lindsey (Co-Presenter), Brosi, Matt (Co-Author), Hubler, Daniel (Co-Author), Utah Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "Relationship efficacy as a mediator between stress and perceived partner communication", , Utah Council on Family Relations, Orem, Utah. (March 31, 2023)

Lee, Jaden (Co-Presenter), Woods, Rosemary (Co-Presenter), Spencer, Todd (Co-Presenter), Utah Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "The relationship between partner communication, emotional closeness, and sexual satisfaction", , Utah Council on Family Relations, Orem, Utah. (March 31, 2023)

Spencer, Todd , Utah Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "Trauma Informed Care within Family Life Education", , Utah Council on Family Relations, Orem, Utah. (March 31, 2023)

Hakala, Becca (Presenter & Author), Spencer, Todd (Author Only), Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "The relationship among attachment style, couple satisfaction, and perceived stress", , Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, Orem, Utah. (February 16, 2023)

Payne, Dj (Co-Presenter), Crawford, Kayla (Co-Presenter), Spencer, Todd (Co-Author), National Conference of Undergraduate Research Annual Conference, "Does Communication Quality Mediate the Relationship Between Emotional Suppression and Sexual Satisfaction", , National Conference of Undergraduate Research , Virtual. (April 7, 2022)

Crawford, Kyla (Co-Presenter), Smith, Terri (Co-Presenter), Spencer, Todd (Co-Author), National Conference of Undergraduate Research Annual Conference, "Does Communication Quality Mediate the Relationship Between Emotional Suppression and Sexual Satisfaction", , National Conference of Undergraduate Research , Virtual. (April 7, 2022)

Smith, Terri (Co-Author), Payne, Dale (Co-Author), Spencer, Todd (Co-Author), National Conference of Undergraduate Research Annual Conference, "Does communication quality mediate the relationship between emotional suppression and sexual satisfaction? ", , National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Virtual. (April 7, 2022)

Hubler, Daniel (Co-Author), Spencer, Todd (Co-Author), Brosi, Matt (Co-Author), National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, " Testing How Listening Styles Moderate the Link Between Stress and Relationship Satisfaction in Romantic Couples", , National Council on Family Relations, Virtual. (November 2, 2021)

Spencer, Todd (Co-Presenter), Barton, Melissa (Co-Presenter), Ewell, Brendon (Co-Presenter), Sanchez, Whitney (Co-Presenter), Andersen, Michael (Co-Presenter), UVU Showcase of Scholarly and Creative Works, "Relationship Efficacy as a Mediator Between Stress and Couple Satisfaction", , UVU, Orem, Utah. (April 6, 2021)

Harward, A (Co-Presenter), Broadbent, Clint (Co-Presenter), Spencer, Todd (Co-Author), Utah Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "Exploring the effects of attachment & empathy on sexual satisfaction", , Utah Council on Family Relations, Virtual. (April 2, 2021)

Spencer, Todd (Co-Presenter), Barton, Melissa (Co-Presenter), Ewell, Brendan (Co-Presenter), Sanchez, Whitney (Co-Presenter), Anderson, Michael (Co-Presenter), Utah Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "Relationship Efficacy as a Mediator Between Stress and Couple Satisfaction", , Utah Council on Family Relations, Virtual. (April 2, 2021)

Spencer, Todd (Co-Presenter), Brosi, Matt (Co-Presenter), Hubler, Daniel (Co-Presenter), National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "Relationship Efficacy as a Mediator Between Stress and Communication Within Romantic Relationships", , National Council on Family Relations, Virtual. (November 12, 2020)

Jones, Ethan (Presenter & Author), Brosi, Matt (Co-Author), Spencer, Todd (Co-Author), Texas Association of Marriage and Family Therapy Annual Conference, "Haunted by the past_ A Batterer’s Nodal Events", , Texas Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, Houston, Texas. (January 15, 2020)

Spencer, Todd (Co-Presenter), Brosi, Matt (Co-Presenter), Hubler, Daniel (Co-Presenter), Broadbent, Clint (Co-Presenter), Gardner, Brandt (Co-Presenter), National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "Does relationship efficacy moderate the relationship between partners’ pornography use and sexual satisfaction? ", , National Council on Family Relations Annual, Dallas, Texas. (November 21, 2019)

Spencer, Todd (Co-Presenter), Array, Matt (Co-Presenter), Cox, Ron (Co-Author), National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "Longitudinal assessment of divorcing parents’ reconciliation beliefs and interest in reconciliation services. ", , National Council on Family Relations, Dallas, Texas. (November 21, 2019)

Jones, Ethan (Co-Presenter), Montoya, Brooke (Co-Presenter), Spencer, Todd (Co-Presenter), Brosi, Matt (Co-Presenter), National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, "Positivity: the affects of positive perceptions of co-parents on co-parenting and positive parenting. ", , National Council on Family Relations, Dallas, Texas. (November 21, 2019)

Ewell, Brenden , Andersen, Michael , Spencer, Todd , (2023) "Wedding Party" . New York, New York: Bloomsbury Academic.

Sanchez, Whitney , Ewell, Brenden , Spencer, Todd , (2023) "Wedding Reception" . New York, New York: Bloomsbury Academic.

Schuler, Jordan , Brosi, Matt , Spencer, Todd , Hubler, Daniel , (2021) "Pornography and Romantic Relationships_ A Qualitative Examination of Individual Experiences" (Issue: 6, vol. 47). Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2021.1930308

Henry, Carolyn , Spencer, Todd , Liu, Chao , Plunkett, Scott , (2021) "Factor Structure and Reliability of the Advantages of Children Scale with Latino and Caucasian Male Emerging Adults" (Issue: 2, vol. 56). Marriage & Family Review. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01494929.2020.1712301

Cox, Ron , Brosi, Matt , Spencer, Todd , Masri, Katie , (2021) "Hope, Stress, and Post-Divorce Child Adjustment_ Development and Evaluation of the Co-Parenting for Resilience Program" (Issue: 2, vol. 62). Journal of Divorce & Remarriage. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10502556.2021.1871831

Barth, Kyle , Brosi, Matt , Spencer, Todd , Cox, Ron , Beasley, Lana , (2019) "A Qualitative Analysis of Divorcing Parents’ Readiness to Co-parent" (Issue: 4, vol. 61). Journal of Divorce & Remarriage. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10502556.2019.1699373