🍽✨ You’re invited to the 23rd Annual Unity Dinner hosted by the Office of Multicultural Enrichment and Advocacy (OMEA)! 🗓 Thursday, November 27 🕛 12:00 PM 📍 Brody Hall Classrooms ✅ RSVP spr.ly/633257cxSW

Our online graduate programs come highly recommended by our alumni! Meet one of them, Sandra Westover: spr.ly/633287PcUg Explore our online master's and graduate certificate programs: spr.ly/633267PcUo #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience #OnlineGraduateSchool

On MSU's campus, we're involved in offering financial literacy classes, resources and events for undergrads. Financial literacy fairs are one example of how we partner with others across campus to serve students: spr.ly/633267MAma. #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

The Youth Equity Project's The Family Voices Project explored the ways parents and caregivers help elementary-age children cope with bullying and racism and is featured in this month's Engaged Scholar e-newsletter: spr.ly/633277zM8X. #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

Our Couple and Family Therapy Program students and faculty shared their research and expertise at the Intervention Research in Systemic Family Therapy Conference: spr.ly/6332571dJl #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

Welcome Shannon Nobles, our new HDFS business manager! Her mix of policy work, community organizing, interpersonal violence advocacy, human resources management & operational oversight bring a skill set to HDFS that bridges the administrative work with strategic support to faculty & staff.

Congrats to Drs. Adrian Blow, Andrea Wittenborn & Chi-Fang Tseng who published in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy! Efficacy: spr.ly/633267D1n2 Training: spr.ly/633277D1nN #HDFS #CFT #EFT #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

Dr. Jamie Wu recently co-authored a research article making an impact in Michigan education. Read the story, Lack of childcare access limits Michigan’s labor force: spr.ly/63320Ah54a. #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience #HDFS

Thank you to everyone who came out to our Collective Empowerment Mentoring Program kickoff event! We are so grateful for this community we're building together. 💚 #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

TOMORROW 1PM ET: Join us for our COAMFTE-Accredited Ph.D. in Couple and Family Therapy Program virtual open house: spr.ly/63329ALApV #MSUHDFS #HDFS #MSUSocialScience

Congratulations to Dr. Deborah Johnson for being awarded the American Psychological Association (APA) Fellow distinction with Divisions 7 (Developmental Psychology) and 45 (Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race)! spr.ly/63325AU4FW #HDFS #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

Pursue your purpose through our COAMFTE-Accredited Ph.D. in Couple and Family Therapy. Join us for our virtual open house: spr.ly/63324AclEK #MSUHDFS #HDFS #MSUSocialScience

Join the HDFS Collective Empowerment Mentoring Program that connects undergrad mentees with grad student mentors, supported by HDFS faculty & staff to build a community! To sign up, email Jinny Han ([email protected]) & RSVP for the kick-off event: spr.ly/63329AcupH.

Visit our booth TODAY 1-5PM at the MSU Education Abroad Expo to learn more about Child Development in an African Context: spr.ly/63325AiytD. #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

Congrats to @dr-maas.bsky.social who published her research, “Sexual Misconduct Policies in Secondary Schools: A Mixed-Method Analysis of In-Person and Online Behaviors and Consequences” in the Journal of School Health: spr.ly/63328A9Kkr

Meet Jessica — 2025 Homecoming Court Member and HDFS major! spr.ly/63326AwsAj #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

Congrats to Deja Young on winning the 2025 Intervention Research in Systemic Family Therapy conference Student Poster Competition for her poster, “Emotion as Legacy: Theoretical Insights into Parent-Emerging Adult Relationships in African American Families" #MSUHDFS #HDFS

A major in human development and family studies prepares you for your career and the rest of your life. Learn more at our Sept. 24 open house in Room 9 Human Ecology, 2:30-4:00 or visit spr.ly/63322Ap05i #MSUHDFS #HDFS

Thank you to our alumni for hosting HDFS faculty and grad students at their annual tailgate and chili cook-off last weekend! Dr. Claire Vallotton’s chili took second place🌶️ #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

A major in human development and family studies prepares you for many different careers. Learn more: spr.ly/63327ADrSR #MSUHDFS #HDFS #MSUSocialScience

Congratulations to Simone Bibbs and Prince Owusu on their selection as 2025–2026 Urban Community Engagement Fellows Program! #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

Do you want to pursue a career of purpose? Make a difference in the lives of children, families and communities with a major in Human Development and Family Studies: spr.ly/63329f4Fcf

Get to know the student resources available to you: spr.ly/63326fNmfa. #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

Enjoy snacks and swag while you explore a major or minor in human development and family studies (HDFS), meet other majors, and learn about career paths and our close-knit community. #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

Welcome to a new semester! Get connected: Follow us on Facebook, X, BlueSky, Instagram and LinkedIn Explore HDFS by attending one of our open houses: spr.ly/63324fFaaK Connect with a friendly adviser: spr.ly/63329fFaaP Check your inbox for your Motivational Monday email

Drs. Lori Skibbe and Ryan Bowles partnered with the MSU Innovation Center to create and share a new early literacy assessment. Read the full story: spr.ly/63328fvebQ #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Douglas on being selected as a Fulbright Scholar: spr.ly/63322fnuin. #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience #HDFS

Tune into ChilcagoNOW on Fox32 on Monday, July 28, 10:20 a.m. CDT to watch Dr. Claire Valloton's interview about the pros and cons of talking to babies like you talk to adults, and the benefits of “baby talk.” www.fox32chicago.com/live. #MSUHDFS #HDFS #MSUSocialScience

Congrats to @loriskibbe.bsky.social on her research, "Measurement invariance of the home literacy environment for preschoolers with and without speech and/or language impairment," published in Journal of Research in Reading: http://spr.ly/6332447heM #MSUHDFS #HDFS #MSUSocialScience

Should You Talk to Your Baby Like an Adult? Check out what Dr. Claire Vallotton recommended when interviewed by http://spr.ly/633224A6na: http://spr.ly/633284A6n2. #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

Watch Dr. Sarah Dunkel-Jackson's interview with WILX about receiving the NHL's Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award: http://spr.ly/633224qjr8 #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

Dr. Claire Vallotton was interviewed by USA Today for news story "Millennial parents want to give their children a '90s kid summer. What does that mean?" Read her recommendations for parents: http://spr.ly/633284c1lA #MSUHDFS #HDFS #MSUSocialScience

Congrats Drs. Ryan Bowles, @loriskibbe.bsky.social & Yatma Diop (Ph.D. alumnus) on publishing “Within-group variability in communication style among caregivers & its relation to the language abilities of Wolof-learning toddlers in Senegal” in Developmental Psychology spr.ly/60174nazB

Today we celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the freedom of the last enslaved black Americans in the South. We celebrate how far we've come doing the work that equality & freedom require, & we connect to hope & determination for the work we all still have left to do. #MSUSocialScience

MSU’s Child Development Lab is making an exciting expansion to Lansing’s Eastside, bringing its top-tier early childhood education programs to a new state-of-the-art facility on Michigan Avenue. To read more, click here: buff.ly/yqXOZOZ #ChildDevelopmentLab #EarlyChildhoodEd #LansingEastside

We are thrilled to announce that @lindachalgunseth.bsky.social will be the co-chair and assisted by #MSUHDFS & #YEP faculty for the next Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in 2027, an event that draws attendees from countries throughout the world! #HDFS #MSUSocialScience

Congrats to Drs. Claire Vallotton & Holly Brophy-Herb on publishing "How are Early Head Start teachers’ professional development experiences associated with their work-related stress & qualities of teacher-child interactions?" in Early Childhood Research Quarterly: spr.ly/9188 #HDFS #MSUHDFS

🎉Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Dunkel-Jackson & Hockey Challenge Camp on receiving the Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award! The NHL is donating $25,000 to The SAFE Challenge programs including Hockey Challenge Camp & Baseball Challenge League that MSU RADD Lab supports! #MSUHDFS #HDFS

Congrats to PhD student Sylvia Lin on being named #MSUSocialScience Access Torch for May Asian Pacific Desi Islander Heritage Month! Hear about her story & research which centers on ethnic-racial identity development among Asian-American youth: socialscience.msu.edu/news-events/... #MSUHDFS

Congratulations to Dr. @andreawittenborn.bsky.social on receiving the Southeast Missouri State University Dr. Bernard DuBray Lifetime Achievement Award! #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

Dr. Sarah Dunkel-Jackson and Hockey Challenge Camp have been nominated for the Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award, watch the video about this program for children with disabilities and vote: www.nhl.com/community/wi.... #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

Congratulations to HDFS PhD alumna Haiden Perkins, associate professor at Arizona State University, on winning their Student impact award!

So grateful to celebrate with our master's and doctoral degree graduates! We loved being part of your journey! #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience

MSU Child Development Lab expands to Lansing’s Eastside neighborhood: msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/ms... #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience #HDFS

Congratulations to Sophia Ryan, selected as MSU HDFS Outstanding Senior! Read her story: spr.ly/61872OpwW

🚨New video on YouTube describing our majors!🚨Whether you're interested in health or community services, law and policy, therapy and social work, or education, we have the foundation to help you pursue your purpose. Watch: bit.ly/42qCUYw #MSUHDFS #HDFS #MSUSocialScience

Did you know that there is an early childhood educator staffing shortage in Michigan? Learn more about how our graduates are being equipped to make a difference in the lives of Michigan kids and their families: hdfs.msu.edu/news-events/... #MDUHDFS #MSUSocialScience #HDFS

We had a busy March! So proud of our department members! Check out our latest publications and good news: hdfs.msu.edu/news-events/... #MSUHDFS #MSUSocialScience #HDFS

Dr. Chi-Fang Tseng, (#HDFS) & Dr. Ning Hsieh (Sociology) are co-investigators for a new research project funded by the MSU College of Social Science to investigate the mental health needs of Southeast Asian refugees in Lansing & what barriers prevent them from services: hdfs.msu.edu/news-events/...

Congrats to Sarah Douglas & Emily Jensen who published, “’I need everybody to understand that he's a whole child’: A mixed-methods study exploring caregivers' experiences with their children with medical complexities,” in Journal of Pediatric Nursing: www.pediatricnursing.org/article/S088.... #HDFS