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FSOS grad student leads international initiative in Liberia

Zamzam Dini, a Family Social Science doctoral student specializing in Couple and Family Therapy, represented the Women’s Initiative for Self-Empowerment (WISE) in a partnership to facilitate capacity-building training and healthy relationships…

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FSOS welcomes three new faculty

The Department of Family Social Science welcomes three new faces to the halls of McNeal Hall on the UMN St. Paul campus. Jennifer George, Michelle Pasco, and Kay Simon join Xiaoran Sun, who became a member of the FSOS faculty in December 2021.

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FSoS PhD alumna honored

Jerica Berge is a PhD alumna (2004) of the Department of Family Social Science. Among her many accolades is now the 2022 Carole J. Bland Award for Outstanding Faculty Mentorship from the University of Minnesota Medical School, where Dr.

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Connect Magazine Connect Magazine

CEHD Connect Magazine is published in print three times a year and online by the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development for alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the college.

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CEHD Connect SpSu2025 magazine cover, including 6 U of M athletes performing in sports on a smoky blue background with stadium lights.

FSOS student and professors emeriti honored by AAMFT

The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and its Research & Education Foundation annually honors individuals for their contributions to MFT research and practice.

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Xiaoran Sun to join FSOS faculty

Stacey Horn, Family Social Science Department Head, announced that Xiaoran Sun will join the department as an assistant professor, December 30, 2021. She will be taking advisees in the department’s doctoral programs for fall 2022.

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