We study the effects of resilience and health on individuals and families to inform on processes that create healthy and happy relationships.
Our researchers focus on the resilience and health of individuals and families from marginalized populations, with emphasis on Latinx families, culture, economic disadvantage, and sexual and gender minority populations. Research projects in this area focus on identifying individual, family, or contextual assets or processes that promote resilience, healthy development and relationships.
Melissa Barnett, Ph.D.
Professor, Human Development and Family Science
Norton Endowed Chair in Fathers, Parenting and Families
Director, Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth & Families
Nicholas Bishop, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science
Melissa Curran, Ph.D.
Professor, Human Development and Family Science
Melissa Delgado, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science
HDFS Graduate Director
Katharine H. Zeiders, Ph.D.
Professor, Human Development & Family Science
Co-Chair of the Francis McClelland Institute Latinx Families' Initiative
Norma Perez-Brena, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science
Kate Speirs, Ph.D.
Associate State Specialist for Early Childhood, FCS Cooperative Extension
Associate Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences
Russell Toomey, Ph.D.
Professor, Human Development & Family Science
Michele Walsh, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Cooperative Extension Family, Consumer and Health Sciences
Professor, Human Development & Family Science
Specialist, Evaluation, Cooperative Extension