Emeriti Faculty
Pauline Boss Pauline Boss
- Professor emeritus
- pboss@umn.edu
Pauline Boss, PhD, was a member of the FSOS faculty from 1981 to 2005. She is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association, the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, andthe National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) of which is…
Sharon Danes Sharon Danes
- Professor emeritus
- sdanes@umn.edu
During her over 40-year academic career, Sharon Danes’ research focused on the intersection of family and business systems that affect the viability of family businesses, as well as the intersection of social and economic decision-making in family…
Abigail Gewirtz Abigail Gewirtz
- Professor emeritus
- agewirtz@umn.edu
Abigail Gewirtz, PhD, joined the University of Minnesota faculty in 2002 and retired from FSoS in 2022. She is an expert on prevention science, prevention and intervention, trauma, resilience, parenting, and children’s resilience.
Harold Grotevant Harold Grotevant
- Professor emeritus
- halatumass2@gmail.com
Harold D. Grotevant, PhD, served as department head and professor of Family Social Science twice – from 1990 to 1995 and again from 2001-2003.
Jan Hogan Jan Hogan
- Professor emeritus
- jhogan@umn.edu
Hogan was Family Social Science department head twice, from 1984-1989, and again, 1995-2001. and served as interim dean and associate dean of the College of Human Ecology. She retired in 2006.
Jan McCulloch Jan McCulloch
- Professor emeritus
- jmccullo@umn.edu
Professor McCulloch served as department head and professor in Family Social Science from 2003-2013 and was on faculty until she retired in 2015.
David Olson David Olson
- Professor emeritus
- dolson977@gmail.com
David Olson dedicated his life to reducing the incidence of divorce and his work was grounded in the system of bridging research, theory, and practice.
Paul Rosenblatt Paul Rosenblatt
- Professor emeritus
- prosenbl@umn.edu
Paul Rosenblatt joined the University of Minnesota faculty in 1969 and was among the founding faculty of the Department of Family Social Science when it was organized as a separate department in Home Economics in 1970.
Martha Rueter Martha Rueter
- Professor emeritus
- mrueter@umn.edu
Martha Rueter Joined Family Social Science as an assistant professor in 1999, was promoted to associate professor in 2003, and retired in 2019.
Joyce Serido Joyce Serido
- Professor emeritus
- she/her/hers
- jserido@umn.edu
Advising statement I am interested in financial behavior as a bidirectional and unfolding family process. Specifically, I study how families communicate and interact about finances and how these processes affect financial behavior.
Marlene Stum Marlene Stum
- Professor emeritus
- mstum@umn.edu
A professor emerita who retired in June 2022, Stum’s research-based outreach and engagement focused on family economics and social gerontology.
Susan Walker Susan Walker
- Professor emeritus
- skwalker@umn.edu
Walker joined the UMN faculty in 2007 and retired in 2023. An associate professor in the Family Social Science parent and family education program, she served as director from 2011-2017.
