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As I was looking for positions, I was&nbsp;
graduating with my PhD from the University&nbsp;&nbsp;

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of Wisconsin-Madison and it was actually coming&nbsp;
back home because I'm from the state of Alabama.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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And so I saw this position and I thought this is a&nbsp;
really great opportunity to have a position where&nbsp;&nbsp;

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I can teach, I can research, I can mentor graduate&nbsp;
students, and I can do outreach in communities.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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So, it was a great opportunity to come&nbsp;
back home and to actually, you know,&nbsp;&nbsp;

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do good work in my home state. One in three kids&nbsp;
actually experiences bullying. There are a lot&nbsp;&nbsp;

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of suicides that happen in the state of Alabama&nbsp;
for children under the age of 13 and it was all&nbsp;&nbsp;

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bullying related. That's why we have this new law&nbsp;
called Jamari's Law that actually like has legal&nbsp;&nbsp;

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consequences for people who engage in bullying&nbsp;
behavior towards kids. I want parents and youth&nbsp;&nbsp;

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to understand how serious the issue is and how&nbsp;
people are actually taking their lives because&nbsp;&nbsp;

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the issue is so dire. It's different now. And I&nbsp;
think it's important for parents to understand&nbsp;&nbsp;

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that and realize that and for kids to take it&nbsp;
more seriously and step in and be advocates&nbsp;&nbsp;

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for other kids. I created this parent publication&nbsp;
series called Helping Parents Understand Bullying.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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It's from the perspective of not just your kid&nbsp;
being the victim, but your kid being the aggressor&nbsp;&nbsp;

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and your kid being a bystander. At the end of the&nbsp;
day, as a parent, the most important thing is to&nbsp;&nbsp;

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help your kid understand that you don't want&nbsp;
to be a part of the problem. You want to be&nbsp;&nbsp;

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a part of the group of people who's either not&nbsp;
contributing to the problem or working in some&nbsp;&nbsp;

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way to alleviate someone else's suffering. When&nbsp;
I think about what I'm doing in the community,&nbsp;&nbsp;

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it just makes me really grateful for the&nbsp;
opportunity to be of service to my home state.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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I came back home basically to make a difference,&nbsp;
make an impact. and I believe I've been able to do&nbsp;&nbsp;

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that. My name is Adrienne Duke-Marks and I'm an&nbsp;
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in&nbsp;&nbsp;

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the College of Human Sciences. I am the recipient&nbsp;
of the award for Excellence in Faculty Outreach.