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Malina Her, FSOS doctoral candidate and Cahya Yunizar, FSOS graduate student, have collaborated with Zha Blong Xiong, FSOS associate professor, to co-author a paper exploring Hmong families. Their paper, “Parental involvement with children’s schooling: Exploring the experiences of Hmong parents in charter schools,” twill be published in the School Community Journal.  In addition, Her is first author on […]

Tai Mendenhall was a member of the writing team that authored “Couple and family interventions for high mortality health conditions: A strategic review (2010-2019)” that has been recognized as the most cited article for 2021-22 in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 48, 307-345. 

Tai Mendenhall’s 2021 paper, “We are in this together: Maintaining our health care teams’ wellness during challenging times,” came in at #38 of the top 100 most downloaded articles from the journal, Families, Systems, & Health in 2022. He is also associate editor of the journal.

Colorado State University’s College of Health and Human Sciences has honored Lindsey Weiler, associate professor in Family Social Science, with the 2022-2023 CHHS Outstanding Alumna award. The award recognizes alumni who represent the mission of the College through dedication and excellence. Weiler received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Concordia University, St. Paul, and both […]

Lindsey Weiler, Family Social Science associate professor, and Lila Khan, FSOS graduate student, presented “Supporting Autistic Youth and Adults in Mentoring Relationships” at the National Mentoring Summit in Washington D.C. in January. They were joined by members of Weiler’s Autism Mentoring Program (AMP) team.

Chalandra Bryant, professor and Pauline Boss Faculty Fellow in Ambiguous Loss in the Department of Family Social Science, was honored with two awards during the National Conference on Family Relations’ Annual Conference in Minneapolis. Bryant was presented with the Felix Berardo Mentoring Award and the Inclusion and Diversity Committee’s 2022 Social Justice Award. Committees of […]

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred its prestigious fellow status on Jodi B. Dworkin, professor and extension specialist in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota. She was honored at the opening plenary of the NCFR annual conference in Minneapolis. Dr. Dworkin has made exceptional contributions to Family Science […]

University of Minnesota Extension faculty, educators and staff were honored with the 2022 Dean’s Distinguished Awards last week. Jenifer McGuire, professor and extension specialist in Family Social Science, is a member of the Parents Forever educators who won the 2022 Team Award. In making the award, Extension Dean Beverly Durgan noted that for the past […]

Zamzam Dini, a Family Social Science doctoral student specializing in Couple and Family Therapy, represented the Women’s Initiative for Self-Empowerment (WISE) in a partnership to facilitate capacity-building training and healthy relationships education to community service providers in Liberia this past summer. The Liberian initiative was a collaboration between WISE and the Liberian-based non-governmental organization (NGO), Organization […]

The Department of Family Social Science welcomes three new faces to the halls of McNeal Hall on the UMN St. Paul campus. Jennifer George, Michelle Pasco, and Kay Simon join Xiaoran Sun, who became a member of the FSOS faculty in December 2021. Jennifer George George is an assistant teaching professor and will be teaching […]