H. Wallace Goddard

H. Wallace Goddard, PhD

Dr. H. Wallace (Wally) Goddard has served as a Professor of Family Life in both Arkansas and Alabama. He develops programs on parenting, marriage, youth development, and family relations. He is well known for his many creative and effective books and programs.

Wally has authored or co-authored several books including Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage, Soft-Spoken Parenting, Between Parent and Child, and a text on family life education.

Wally helped Stephen Covey write The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families.

He is well-known across Arkansas and the U.S. for his public television series entitled Guiding Children Successfully.

He worked with Extension colleagues to create the award-winning Parenting Journey, See the World through My Eyes, The Personal Journey, and The Marriage Garden.

Wally has been recognized by his colleagues as well. He was granted fellow status by the National Council on Family Relations and given the Career Achievement Award by the national association of family life specialists. He was also awarded the prestigious Margaret E. Arcus Outstanding Family Life Educator Award.

Wally and his wife, Nancy, have three adult children, 14 grandchildren, and have cared for twenty foster children over their 50 years of marriage.