Human Development & Family Studies

News: New Minors in HDFS and Nonprofit Studies

In an effort to better prepare students to meet the needs of area nonprofit and human service organizations we will be offering minors in Human Development and Family Studies, and Nonprofit Studies.  These minors are open to students from any major interested in contributing to the quality of life and well being of individuals and families across the lifespan. Please contact Dr. Rhonda Richardson at rrichard@kent.edu or Kathy Bergh at kbergh@kent.edu for more information.

News: The IIHSWRD Receives National Research Competition Grant

Kent State University's International Institute for Human Service Workforce Research and Development, under the leadership of Dr. Dale Curry and in collaboration with the Child and Youth Care Certification Board, has been awarded funding by the Robert Bowne Foundation to assess out-of-school-time practitioner perceptions of the value of national child and youth worker certification.

News: Studying Well-Being of Custodial Grandmothers & Grandchildren

University researchers in the College of Education, Health, and Human Services are engaged in a multimillion-dollar study of interventions for improving the psychological well-being of custodial grandmothers and the grandchildren for whom they provide full-time care. [Read more]