Welcome to the Department of Family Social Science!
We have relaunched our website as of February 2012, and hope you find it helpful and informative. Please update any bookmarks or links, as many have changed.
If you have questions or feedback about the website, please be in touch.
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
News
- Project ADAPT seeking more MN National Guard and Reserve families to evaluate parenting resources
- Liveblogging Thailand Families and Healthcare
- Kari Smalkoski awarded spring fellowship
- Undergrad's research in Mongolia explores culture across generations
- Keynote in Italy, Collaborations in Sweden for Danes