Human Development and Family Science

FCS Professor Receives Prestigious Award

Published: May 29, 2018 | 8:22 pm | Posted in: Human Development and Family Science

Family and Child Sciences professor Dr. Frank Fincham was recently selected as the recipient of the International Association for Relationship Research 2018 Distinguished Career Award. The award recognizes those who have a full career of eminent, notable contributions to research and theory in relationship science. Its intended to acknowledge a long span of work that has enriched our understanding […]

Honors & Awards 2018 (photo gallery)

Published: May 1, 2018 | 8:04 pm | Posted in: Human Development and Family Science, Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Photo Gallery

The College of Human Sciences held its 25th Annual “Honors & Awards” event on April 6th, 2018.

UC Berkeley features FCS research

Published: February 12, 2018 | 3:42 pm | Posted in: Human Development and Family Science, NIP Research

The following is an article published by the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley and written by Jill Suttie. You can find the article here. Could Mindfulness Help You Control Your Anger? New studies suggest that mindfulness may help us keep our cool during relationship conflicts. I still remember the time I hit one of […]

A Secret Affair: Who Cheats and Why?

Published: January 29, 2018 | 3:49 pm | Posted in: Human Development and Family Science, NIP Research

The following is from an article in Psychology Today featuring the research of Dr. Frank Fincham and Dr. Ross May. You can read the entire article here. (…) Research on the predictors of infidelity has linked the behavior to an array of personality, situational, and demographic variables. While some of those, such as low religiosity […]

A look back at 2017 | Dr. Gregory J. Harris

Published: December 15, 2017 | 3:19 pm | Posted in: Human Development and Family Science, Nutrition and Integrative Physiology

Many know Dr. Gregory J. Harris as the Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs, but his role extends well beyond addressing student issues in the College. He is also a faculty member in the Department of Family and Child Sciences and commits a great amount of effort toward improving the classroom experience. Earlier this year, […]

Spirituality, Prayer, Relationships and Health

Published: December 6, 2017 | 2:06 pm | Posted in: Human Development and Family Science

Over the course of dozens of studies, Frank Fincham has compiled an impressive list of ways that prayer and forgiveness make a difference. Frank Fincham, who holds an endowed chair of the Florida State University College of Human Sciences, is a former Rhodes Scholar with an Oxford doctorate and a long track record of insightful […]

2017 Donation Drive

Published: November 1, 2017 | 7:26 pm | Posted in: GSAC, Human Development and Family Science, Nutrition and Integrative Physiology

[row] [column md=”12″] The CHS Graduate Student Advisory Council is hosting a drive to benefit The Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Big Bend. Items needed: clothing, shoes, and blankets You can bring in your donated items now through December 1st. Drop off locations can be found in each department. Download Flyer [/column] [/row] [row] [column md=”12″] [/column] [/row]

Undergrad wins competitive grant competition

Published: August 17, 2017 | 12:36 pm | Posted in: Human Development and Family Science

Allison Janzen, a junior Family and Child Sciences major, has been selected by the Association for Psychological Science as the undergraduate student winner of the Student Grant Competition. Her proposal, titled “Sustainable Consumption: Dyadic Evaluation and Inducement” highlights the importance of evaluating sustainable consumption within the context of relationships. The project extends understanding of sustainable […]

FCS Student earns prestigious Boren scholarship to study abroad

Published: August 17, 2017 | 12:33 pm | Posted in: Human Development and Family Science

Rayne Neunie, a senior majoring in family and child sciences from Hollywood, Fla., is headed to Tanzania to study Swahili this fall. She started to learn the language during an internship to Kenya last summer. During that educational experience, Neunie developed a “Mother’s Care Program” and taught 16 traditional birth attendants how to safely deliver […]

Riding a romantic roller coaster? Relationship anxiety may be to blame

Published: August 17, 2017 | 12:17 pm | Posted in: Human Development and Family Science

Loves me, loves me not. Turns out that anxiety over that very question may be detrimental to the long-term success of a relationship. In a recent study in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Florida State University graduate student Ashley Cooper explores how high levels of fluctuation in how secure an individual feels in his […]

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