College of Education and Human Development

Family Social Science

Extension

University of Minnesota Extension partners with counties and tribal communities to deliver local programming throughout the state and build a better future through science-based knowledge, expertise and training.

Lynne Borden Lynne Borden

  • Professor and Associate Dean of Research and Engagement, UMN Extension
  • she, her, hers
  • 612-624-7707
  • lmborden@umn.edu

Borden's research and discovery endeavors to better understand the relationships young people have in various contexts and how those relationships affect their overall development.

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borden

Jodi Dworkin Jodi Dworkin

My research and outreach focuses on promoting positive family development, parenting adolescents and college students, and the role of technology in these relationships.

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dworkin

Jenifer McGuire Jenifer McGuire

Advising statement Transgender youth and families: I study the well-being of young people who identify as transgender with a specific focus on ways that family environments can best support healthy development.

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Jennifer Mcguire

Avelina Rivero Avelina Rivero

Rivero is an assistant professor and extension specialist in the Department of Family Social Science.

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