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The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) awarded the 2021 Dale P. Parnell Faculty Distinction Recognition to Jeremy Pagel, a member of the Lakeshore Technical College faculty, Cleveland, WI. Lakeshore is one of Wisconsin’s 16 technical colleges. A 2000 graduate of the Family Social Science Bachelor of Science program and a 2001 graduate of the […]

Christina Norris graduated in May 2021 with a bachelor’s in Family Social Science and already has set her sights on a double masters degree. But her path has been anything but conventional. The first-gen college student never stopped striving for a college degree despite health and family setbacks and life’s career detours.    Although she […]

Bill Doherty, professor in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota, testified Thursday before the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress about what Congress can do to depolarize itself. He spoke at the second of two hearings that the Select Committee was holding on this topic. The proceeding is available at the Committee’s YouTube […]

Bill Doherty, professor in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota, will testify Thursday before the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress about what Congress can do to depolarize itself. It will be streamed live and later available on YouTube. The Select Committee is holding two hearings on depolarizing Congress. The first – held Thursday, […]

A research team led by the University of Minnesota Medical School has been awarded a $5 million grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to conduct a clinical trial that hopes to identify the most effective approach to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in childhood obesity. Lead investigator of the study, Jerica Berge, PhD, […]

Tell us a little bit about yourself: My name is Oo Meh. I identify as Karenni. When I was nine years old, my family immigrated to the United States purposely to provide better education and a better life for me and my siblings. I am currently a senior and will graduate in May with a […]

The Outstanding Service to University Senate Governance Recognition honors faculty, P&A, and civil service employees who have made a significant impact on University Senate governance. This year’s recipients include Dr. Tabitha Grier-Reed, professor in Family Social Science. Terry Beseman of MINITEX, U of M Libraries, and Etty DeVeaux, the Graduate School were also honored. From […]

The Department of Family Social Science is proud to announce that two alumni are being honored with College of Education and Human Development’s Rising Alumni Awards for 2021. Holli Kelly received her doctorate in Family Social Science in 2014, and Amanda Koonjbeharry received her bachelor’s in Family Social Science in 2009 (and also received a […]

Dan-neya Yancey, a 2020 graduate in Family Social Science, is working to improve access to health services to residents of Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park who have traditionally been underserved, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yancey is the program coordinator for a Brooklyn Bridge Alliance for Youth pilot collaboration with the Cities of Brooklyn Center […]

Graduate students in Family Social Science are presenting their research at a variety of conferences this spring – from an inaugural conference on family therapy in Saudia Arabia to the World Therapy conference, they are demonstrating the strength and breadth of their scholarship.   Aalaa Alshareef to present at historic Saudi family therapy conference Aalaa […]