Sandra Stith
Professor of family studies and human services
A nationally known expert on understanding and treating intimate partner violence,
Sandra Stith is a professor of family studies and human services and director of the
marriage and family therapy program at K-State.
In the last decade, Stith has garnered nearly $10 million in grants. She has edited three books on intimate partner violence and authored more than 60 articles and book chapters on the subject. Stith has received funding to develop and test a couple's treatment program for intimate partner violence. She has worked with the U.S. Air Force Family Advocacy Program since 1998, managing and conducting a variety of family violence-related research projects.
Before coming to K-State, she was a professor and director of the master's program in marriage and family therapy at Virginia Tech University in Falls Church, Va.
In 2004, Stith received the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy's Outstanding Contribution to Marriage and Family Therapy Award. In 2007, she received the American Family Therapy Association's Distinguished Contribution to Family Systems Research Award and K-State's Distinguished Alumni Award. She also was recognized for teaching excellence at Virginia Tech.
Stith grew up in Oklahoma. She received her bachelor's degree in 1970 in education from Oklahoma State University, and her master's degree in life span human development in 1982, and her doctorate in marriage and family therapy in 1986, both from K-State.
She can be reached at sstith@k-state.edu or 785-532-4377.