Dr. Kate Fogarty-Read
Associate Professor and State Extension Specialist, Youth Development
Biography
Kate Fogarty is an associate professor and youth development specialist with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) within the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences. Her appointment is currently divided into 35% Extension, 50% teaching, and 15% research. Kate’s extension work specializes in preventing adolescent risk and promoting resiliency through relationships (with parents, mentors, schools, communities, including applied uses of artificial intelligence). Her role as faculty advisor for UF/IFAS Initiative 7, PWG1 Youth Development guides the process of developing situation statements, indicators, and outcomes in Extension youth development programs. Her scholarly work focuses on understanding program features and processes to promote positive youth development and adolescent resilience. Specific areas of research are: 1. features of nonformal educational programs (e.g., mentoring) that prevent risk and promote positive youth development and 2. contextual predictors of risk and resilience among adolescents and emerging adults.
Contact Information
kfogarty@ufl.edu
(352) 273-3527
Office:
3014-D McCarty Hall D
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Education
- B.A. Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
- M.S. Human Development & Family Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- Ph.D. Human Development & Family Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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Professional Experience
- Graduate Assistant/Independent Course Instructor and PhD Candidate (2002 - 2004) University of Georgia, Dept. of Human Development & Family Science
- Assistant Professor (2004 - 2010) Dept. of Family, Youth & Community Sciences
- Associate Professor (2011 - Present) Dept. of Family, Youth & Community Sciences
- Graduate Coordinator (2021-2025) Dept. of Family, Youth & Community Sciences
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Teaching
- FYC6234 Theoretical Approaches to Youth Development
- FYC6223 Promoting Positive Youth Development
- FYC3115 Human Services
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Research
Departmental Research Areas:
- Prevention Science
- Youth Development
Research Focus:
I examine programmatic features that promote positive youth development processes and outcomes. I also examine the interactions between risk and protective factors in the lives of adolescents and emerging adults that potentially produce resilience in development. Developmental resilience is defined as competence in achieving stage-salient tasks (school readiness, graduation, career exploration).
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Extension
Departmental Extension Areas:
- Youth Development and 4-H
Extension Focus:
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Program features and processes that contribute to positive youth development outcomes (Lerner's 6 Cs).
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Aim to identify features and processes in nonformal programs that promote positive youth development and the 5 Cs plus the 6th C of youth contribution to community. Specific areas of research and extension program evaluation (that inform situation statements and provide evidence-base for youth programs) are: 1. features of nonformal educational programs (e.g., mentoring) that prevent risk and promote positive youth development and 2. contextual predictors of risk and resilience among adolescents and emerging adults.
- Publications
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Awards and Honors
- UF/IFAS Research Impact Award 2026
- North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture. NACTA Educator Award 2025
- Graduate Teacher/Advisor of the Year 2020
- Meritorious Service Award National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals 2020
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Other Professional Activities
- Intercultural Development Inventory Qualified Administrator 2020
- Roche Teaching Scholar 2025
- UF Leadership Academy 2024-25