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FSOS graduate student awarded fellowship

Zamzam Dini, FSoS doctoral student in the Couple and Family Therapy specialization, has been awarded The Family Process Institute’s New Writers Fellowship.

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FSOS graduate students’ research to be published

Malina Her, FSOS doctoral candidate and Cahya Yunizar, FSOS graduate student, have collaborated with Zha Blong Xiong, FSOS associate professor, to co-author a paper exploring Hmong families.

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Journal of Marital and Family Therapy honors FSOS professor

Tai Mendenhall was a member of the writing team that authored “Couple and family interventions for high mortality health conditions: A strategic review (2010-2019)” that has been recognized as the most cited article for 2021-22 in the Journal of…

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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.

Mendenhall research attracts attention

Tai Mendenhall’s 2021 paper, “We are in this together: Maintaining our health care teams’ wellness during challenging times,” came in at #38 of the top 100 most downloaded articles from the journal, Families, Systems, & Health in 2022.

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FSOS associate professor honored

Colorado State University’s College of Health and Human Sciences has honored Lindsey Weiler, associate professor in Family Social Science, with the 2022-2023 CHHS Outstanding Alumna award.

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FSOS faculty, grad student address national conference

Lindsey Weiler, Family Social Science associate professor, and Lila Khan, FSOS graduate student, presented “Supporting Autistic Youth and Adults in Mentoring Relationships” at the National Mentoring Summit in Washington D.C. in January.

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FSoS professor honored twice during national conference

Chalandra Bryant, professor and Pauline Boss Faculty Fellow in Ambiguous Loss in the Department of Family Social Science, was honored with two awards during the National Conference on Family Relations’ Annual Conference in Minneapolis.

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FSoS professor honored

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred its prestigious fellow status on Jodi B. Dworkin, professor and extension specialist in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota.

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