Family Studies and Human Services

304 Justin Hall
785-532-5510
Fax: 785-532-5505
fshs@ksu.edu
www.humec.k-state.edu/fshs

Director:

Maurice MacDonald

Graduate faculty:

Jared R. Anderson, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Joyce Baptist, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
L. Ann Coulson, Ph.D., University of Missouri - Columbia
Gayle Doll, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*Mary F. DeLuccie, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*Bronwyn S. Fees, Ph.D., Iowa State University
Jane Garcia, Ph.D., University of South Alabama
Robert G. Garcia, AUD, A.T. Still University
*Briana Nelson-Goff, Ph.D., Texas Tech University
*John E. Grable, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Charles L. Griffin, MS, Kansas State University
Linda A. Hoag, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Elaine M. Johannes, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*Anthony P. Jurich, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
*Carol Kellett, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
*Maurice MacDonald, Ph.D., University of Michigan
*Esther M. Maddux, Ph.D., Purdue University
Terrie McCants, MS, Nova Southeastern University
*William Meredith, Ph.D., University of Nebraska
*Virginia M. Moxley, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*Ann D. Murray, Ph.D., Macquarie University, Australia
*Karen Myers-Bowman, Ph.D., Purdue University
Nancy O’Conner, MS, Kansas State University
Charlotte Shoup Olsen, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Kristy L. Pederson-Archuleta, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*Candyce S. Russell, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
*Rick J. Scheidt, Ph.D., University of Nebraska
*Walter R. Schumm, Ph.D., Purdue University
Debra M. Sellers, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Ann Bosma Smit, Ph.D., University of Maryland
Charles A. Smith, Ph.D., Purdue University
*Sandra M. Stith, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*Farrell J. Webb, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

*Denotes graduate faculty that are certified to serve as the major professor for doctoral students.

Graduate Faculty Associate:

C.R. Macchi, Jr., Ph.D., Kansas State University
David E. Thompson, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Kelly J. Welch, Ph.D., Kansas State University

Inter-Institutional Faculty:

Doug Abbott, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Richard Bischoff, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kristine Bjelde, North Dakota State University
Sheran Cramer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Rochelle Dalla, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bernadine Enevoldsen, South Dakota State University
Margaret Fitzgerald, North Dakota State University
David Fournier, Oklahoma State University
Joel Hektner, North Dakota State University
Melissa Herzog, University of Missouri-Columbia
Joanne Keith, Michigan State University
Harriet McLeod, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Glenn Muske, Oklahoma State University
Sissy Osteen, Oklahoma State University
Shiretta Ownbey, Oklahoma State University
Ann Perkins, Montana State University
Deanna Sharpe, University of Missouri-Columbia
Patricia Swanson, Iowa State University
Bordere Tashel, University of Missouri-Columbia
Rachelle Vettern, North Dakota State University
Francisco Villarruel, Michigan State University
Ruth Xia, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Overview

The School of Family Studies and Human Services is a multidisciplinary program that provides graduate training for M.S. and Ph.D. students. The professional specializations are addressed to broad issues concerning individuals and families, and the courses are taught by a faculty of sociologists and psychologists, educators and economists, health specialists and gerontologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, speech language pathologists and audiologists.

Extensive research and professional practice opportunities are provided through seven centers operated by the program: Early Childhood Laboratory; The Family Center, Stone House Early Childhood Education Center and the C.Q. and Georgia Chandler Institute for Child and Family Studies; Speech and Hearing Center; Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic. Opportunities are also available through the university-wide Galichia Center on Aging.

The school offers graduate work toward M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in a broad range of the human sciences and human services. The M.S. degree in family studies and human services includes specializations in communication sciences and disorders, early childhood education, family life education and consultation, life span human development, marriage and family therapy, personal financial planning, and youth development. The school offers the following specializations leading to the Ph.D. degree in human ecology: family life education and consultation, life span human development, and marriage and family therapy.

Distance education and certificate programs

The school collaborates with the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance (GPIDEA) to offer the M.S. degree in family studies and human services in the following specializations: personal financial planning, and youth development. The inter-institutional M.S. programs draw upon the expertise of graduate faculty from seven universities. The programs are taught entirely via the Internet. Students enrolled in the program through Kansas State University will receive their degrees from Kansas State University. Also available through the GPIDEA are certificates in youth development.

Students completing the personal financial planning M.S. are eligible to sit for the certified financial planner certification examination.

Programs

Doctor of Philosophy

Graduate Certificate

Master of Science

Courses

Family Studies and Human Services

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