Robert Milardo

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

Robert Milardo Professor Emeritus of Family Relations

Bio: Dr. Robert Milardo is Professor Emeritus of Family Relations at the University of Maine, his academic home for more than 30 years. He has published extensively in leading journals and books, and served as the founding editor of the Journal of Family Theory & Review owned by the National Council on Family Relations. He was elected fellow of NCFR in 2005. Bob is active in the developing science of personal relationships and elected as the first president of the International Association for Relationship Research. He served as a visiting Hofstede Research Fellow at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute in The Hague and as visiting research professor in the School of Psychology at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. He is the author of The Forgotten Kin: Aunts and Uncles (Cambridge University Press, 2010) and Crafting Scholarship in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (Routledge, 2015). His commentaries on family issues have appeared in Psychology Today, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today and a variety of local and regional media.

Education
Pennsylvania State University, 1982, Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies
Connecticut College, 1977, M.A. in Social Psychology
Southern Connecticut State University, 1972, B.A. in Psychology

Sample publications

Journal articles and Book Chapters

Milardo, R. & Wellman, B. (2005). The personal is social. In S. Duck & W. Dragon (Eds.), Understanding research in personal relationships (pp. 244-246). Sage Press.
Milardo, R. (2005). Comparative methods for delineating social networks. In S. Duck & W. Dragon (Eds.), Understanding research in personal relationships (pp 247-253). Sage Press.
Milardo, R. M. (2005). Generative uncle and nephew relationships. Journal of Marriage and Family, 67, 1226-1236.
Milardo, R. M. (2004). Conjugal roles and social networks. In G. Ritzer (Ed.), Blackwell encyclopedia of sociology. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Books

Milardo, R. M. (2009). The Forgotten Kin: Aunts and Uncles. Cambridge University Press.
Milardo, R.M. (Ed. ) ( 2001). The Decade in Review: Understanding Families into the Next Millennium. Lawrence, Kansas: Allen Press, and sponsored by the National Council on Family Relations.
Milardo, R. M. & Duck, S. (Eds.) (2000). Family as Relationships. London: J. Wiley.