Margaret K. Keiley

Margaret K. Keiley was a professor of marriage and family therapy in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Auburn University. She previously served as an associate professor of marriage and family therapy at Purdue University. A leading researcher, methodologist, and therapist, she pioneered the Multiple Family Group Intervention (MFGI) for incarcerated adolescents and their families, implementing it at a juvenile correctional facility in Alabama. Her work focused on risk and protective factors in the development of behaviors across childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, with a commitment to advancing evidence-based treatment for individuals, couples, and families. She received the Distinguished Research Award from the American Educational Research Association and the Walter S. Rosenberry Award for Distinguished Contributions in the Field of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences. Keiley earned her MEd in family theory and counseling from the University of Massachusetts Boston and both an EdM in counseling and consulting psychology and an EdD in human development and psychology from Harvard University. In her honor, the Margaret K. Keiley Endowed Graduate Research Award was established to support graduate students in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Auburn University.

updated 2019