by Godfrey J. Ellis In 1983, I served as the guest editor of the September edition of Youth and Society: A Quarterly Journal that was dedicated to “Youth in the Electronic Environment.” I wrote the lead article: “Youth in the Electronic Environment: An Introduction” (below). I am only including a scan of the first page below – […]
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Television Characters as Significant Others and the Process of Vicarious Role Taking (article in Television and the Family, Edited by Godfrey J. Ellis, June 1983)
by Godfrey J. Ellis I wrote the introduction to the issue (below) as well as one of the articles (also below). This was an article that I particularly enjoyed writing – it is one of my favorites. The other names in that article were my graduate students of the time. I am only including a […]
Building Family Strengths Through the Positive Use of Television
by Godfrey J. Ellis I was honored to submit a chapter in an edited book entitled Family Strengths 4: Positive Support Systems (Edited by Nick Stinett and others). The second author of my chapter was one of my graduate students. I am only including a scan of the first page below – for space concerns. […]
Cultural Diversity in Family Life (article in Journal of Home Economics, Winter 1981)
by Godfrey J. Ellis My department (Family Relations) was housed in the College of Home Economics when I was teaching in the doctoral program at Oklahoma State University. (Yes, I got free sample knifes and deals on cookware!) The Dean invited me to submit an article for her national journal and I thought it would […]
Getting the Whole Family on One Tree
by Godfrey J. Ellis This article appeared in the February 1978 Ensign magazine, now called the Liahona magazine. This article was published in the Ensign magazine in February 1978. It discusses a monthly family newsletter that we edited each month. I drew a different design on the cover each time and collected any contributions that were sent […]
Supervision and Conformity: A Cross-cultural Analysis of Parental Socialization Values
by Godfrey J. Ellis The American Journal of Sociology is the most prestigious journal in the field of Sociology. This article was based on my doctoral dissertation at Washington State University. My advisor (second author) encouraged me to submit the following article, which was based on the dissertation. The third author was another grad assistant and friend. […]
Le Point Minou
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 14×18 oil 1977 This painting is the site of the baptism of Lili Le Roy in 1970, when I was a missionary in France. In my journal, I wrote: “Thurs, 6 Aug 1970: In the afternoon, we went out to see Point Minou. It was more beautiful than before, if […]
Pinky, the White Mouse
by Godfrey J. Ellis – oil 1976 When I was 26 years old, Merry and I traveled to BYU to work on a post-doctoral research project studying family interaction. The project director was one of my old professors, Darwin Thomas. As a part of the project, I painting an elaborate game board onto the surface […]
Vancouver Skyline at Night
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 oil 1974 This painting is English Bay and the Grouse Mountain Chairlift in Vancouver, Canada, from was a Christmas gift for my parents. In 1974, this is how Vancouver looked; today, the lights of the buildings and up on the mountain have grown exponentially. My mother, who was also […]
Bent Tree on a Mountain Trail
by Godfrey J. Ellis – 16×20 oil 1974 This painting was a Christmas gift for Mom and Dad Huntamer. We were a young couple (25 and 23) and still in grad school. We had little money. We thought paintings would be good and relatively inexpensive gifts to give. So I picked up few paint brushes […]