School of Family and Consumer Sciences

Faculty

The Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) program currently employs 12 full-time faculty members in addition to 2 full-time Child Development Center staff members. Faculty members are committed to helping students succeed. Students receive advising from HDFS faculty and College of Education and Human Development’s Undergraduate Student Services office, which provides a variety of services to assist students in meeting their professional goals.

The HDFS faculty is an interdisciplinary team with teaching and research expertise in individual and family development across the life span. Faculty members are involved in local, regional, state, and national service to direct-service agencies, government agencies, advisory boards, and professional organizations. They also are involved in collaborative community partnerships involving both service and research.

The HDFS faculty studies research topics of national concern among scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers. Individual and collaborative research projects and grants have included the following topics:

· cultural issues in parenting and education of children
· evaluation of early intervention programs
· family policy
· grandparents raising grandchildren
· infant and child attachment
· parent and caregiver attributions
· post-abortion psychological responses
· poverty and welfare reform
· risk and resilience in adolescents
· social interaction with preschoolers in inclusive settings

(Alphabetic listing of HDFS faculty)
Thomas Chibucos, Professor
Priscilla Coleman, Professor
Jean Gerard,  Associate Professor
Molly Laflin, Professor
Laura Landry-Meyer, Associate Professor
Dawn Murrell, Lecturer
Susan Peet, Senior Lecturer
Beth Pinheiro, Instructor
Jacqueline Roe, Coordinator, Associate Professor
Michael Sturm, Instructor
Ruben Viramontez Anguiano, Associate Professor

(CDC Staff)
Cynthia Baum, CDC Specialist
Vicki Knauerhase, CDC Specialist