Mar 29, 2024  
2012-2013 Graduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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:

Yvonne Amanor-Boadu, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*Jared R. Anderson, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
*Joyce Baptist, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Sonya Britt, Ph.D., Texas Tech University
L. Ann Coulson, Ph.D., University of Missouri - Columbia
Duane Crawford, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
*Mary F. DeLuccie, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Gayle Doll, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Jared A. Durtschi, Ph.D., Florida 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 Goff, Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Charles L. Griffin, MS, Kansas State University
Linda A. Hoag, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Elaine M. Johannes, Ph.D., Kansas State University
So-Hyun Joo, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
*Carol Kellett, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
Brad Klontz, Psy.D., Wright State University
*Maurice MacDonald, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Melinda Markham, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
Terrie McCants, MS, Nova Southeastern University
*William Meredith, Ph.D., University of Nebraska
*Virginia M. Moxley, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*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
R. Nazarinia Roy, 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
*Sandra M. Stith, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Amber Vennum, Ph.D., Florida 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:

Marcia Dvorak, Ph.D. University of Kansas
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
Larry Baker, Middle Tennessee State University
Holly Bastow-Shoop, North Dakota State University
Richard Bischoff, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kristine Bjelde, North Dakota State University
Sheran Cramer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Marilyn Coleman, University of Missouri-Columbia
Christine Cook, Iowa State University
Teresa Cooney, University of Missouri-Columbia
Rochelle Dalla, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Sharon Devaney, South Dakota State University
Bernadine Enevoldsen, South Dakota State University
Margaret Fitzgerald, North Dakota State University
David Fournier, Oklahoma State University
Heather Fuller-Iglesias, North Dakota State University
Lawrence Ganong, University of Missouri-Columbia
Deborah Haynes, Middle Tennessee State University
Jane Hegland, South Dakota State University
Joel Hektner, North Dakota State University
Melissa Herzog, University of Missouri-Columbia
Lori Hoisington, Michigan State University
Robin Horstmeier, Univeristy of Missouri-Columbia
Karen Hyllegard, Colorado State University
Byoungho Jin, Oklahoma State University
Joanne Keith, Michigan State University
Tim Killian, University of Missouri-Columbia
Jaeha Lee, North Dakota State University
Nancy Lyons, South Dakota State University
Linda Manikowske, North Dakota State University
Jennifer Margrett, Iowa State University
Peter Martin, Iowa State University
Karen Mills, Michigan State University
Kathryn Morrison, South Dakota State University
Sissy Osteen, Oklahoma State University
Shiretta Ownbey, Oklahoma State University
Debra Pankow, North Dakota State University
Ann Perkins, Montana State University
Brandy Randall, North Dakota State University
Cynthia Reeser, University of Missouri-Columbia
Duane Rudy, University of Missouri-Columbia
Greg Sanders, North Dakota State University
Jean Scott, Texas Tech University
Deanna Sharpe, University of Missouri-Columbia
Susan Strickler, South Dakota State University
Patricia Swanson, Iowa State University
Cynthia Torges, North Dakota State University
Kenneth Tremblay, Colorado State University
Karin VanMeter, Iowa State University
Rachelle Vettern, North Dakota State University
Francisco Villarruel, Michigan State University
Ruth Xia, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Rui Yao, Univeristy of Missouri-Columiba
Tansel Yilmazer, University of Missouri-Columbia

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

Master of Science

Graduate Certificate

Courses

Family Studies and Human Services

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