Marshall P. Duke is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology at Emory University, where he has served as Director of Training in clinical Psychology and as Chair of the Department of Psychology. As a member of Emory’s psychology faculty and as a core faculty member with The Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life (MARIAL), he has studied a variety of family issues, most notably the development of a child’s intergenerational self and how family narratives—or knowing the ups and downs of one’s family story—can help build resilience in children and teens.

More to Consider

• Read the full text of Marshall’s paper on the power of family history in adolescent well-being and identity, here.
• Watch Marshall Duke’s TedX Talk on Family Narratives.
• Check out the 20 “Do You Know” scale of questions to ask your students and children.
• Questions and Answers with Dr. Marshall Duke (Laird Norton WM)
• The Family Stories that Bind Us (New York Times, March 17, 2013) 
• Children Benefit if They Know About Their Relatives (Emory University, March 3, 2010)
• Childhood Self-Esteem and Family Togetherness (Well Being Journal, Jan/Feb 2006)