Extension collaborations
The Department of Family Social Science includes faculty from the University's Extension Service who ensure research is translated into programs that support and improve the lives of families and communities. Learn more about them below.
Jodi Dworkin
Jodi Dworkin’s research and outreach focuses on risk-taking among adolescents and college students, promoting positive family development, parenting adolescents and college students, and the role of technology in these relationships. A critical piece of her work is developing research-based outreach services to promote positive family development.
Current projects
Parenting College Students: When your child goes to college
This website provides research-based comprehensive resources to parents of college students to support and empower successful transitions to college, increasing responsibility, and good decision-making skills.
Teen Talk Fact Sheet Series
There are resources for parents and professionals designed to build family strengths and more confident parenting, including better family communication and decision-making, and parent-teen relationships.