Welcome to the Department of Family Social Science
The Department of Family Social Science provides outstanding undergraduate, master's and doctoral level education dealing with all aspects of family life in the U.S. and around the world, with the full range of factors affecting families, with family therapy, and family education. In national rankings the department is considered the premier family department in America. Departmental faculty are leaders in family research, family theory, family therapy, family education, and consultation on family issues.
Our mission is to enhance the well-being of diverse families in a changing world through teaching, research and outreach. Family Social Science is an international leader in:
- Undergraduate, graduate, and extension education
- Discovery and application of new knowledge
- Innovative engagement with communities
Upcoming Events
- May 30
Negotiating Boundaries: Developing the Next Generation of Engaged Scholars - June 1
Introduction to Parent Education, FSOS 5932 - June 13
Everyday Experiences of Families, FSOS 5942 - July 5
Parent Learning and Development: Implications for Parent Education, FSOS 5943 - July 24
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy Externship training
News
- Former FSoS Professor Gerry Neubeck featured in NCFR Report
- FSoS Juyoung Jang and Sharon Danes publish in ERJ
- FSoS Abi Gewirtz and Yaliu He present a workshop in Beijing
- FSoS Charles Sim and Yunxi Yang to present in China
- FSoS Jennifer Sampson and Janet Yeats present posters and workshops at ICHC
- FSoS Kyle Zrenchik presents a poster and two presentations at two conferences with Ruth Hall Funding Award
- FSoS's Diego Garcia-Huidobro to present in San Francisco and Prague, Czech Republic
- FSoS Charles Sim to present at symposium in Myanmar
- FSoS Kari Smalkoski awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
- FSoS Cigdem Yumbul presented in Spain