2017-2018 Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Department of Family and Consumer Sciences


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Faculty

DIANE RICHARDSON (1985)
  Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences; Chair, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences.
B.S., 1973, Olivet Nazarene University
M.A.E., 1985, Olivet Nazarene University
Ed.D., 2000, Nova Southeastern University
   
CATHERINE ANSTROM (2000)
  Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences
B.S., 1978, Eastern Illinois University
M.B.A., 1995, Olivet Nazarene University
M.S., 2005, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Ph.D., 2010, Capella University
Registered and Licensed Dietitian
   
DEBBIE KIMBERLIN (2013)
  Assistant Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences
B.S., 2003, Olivet Nazarene University
M.S., 2005, Eastern Illinois University
Registered and Licensed Dietitian

The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences offers several majors. These include Dietetics, Child Development, Fashion Merchandising, Interior Design, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Family and Consumer Sciences Education.

Each area of specialization prepares graduates to pursue professional careers in family and consumer sciences in such fields as education, business, extension services, research, kitchen, bath, contract, and residential design, social welfare, public health, international service, and careers in a variety of other agencies, organizations, and institutions.

Family and consumer sciences is the field of knowledge and service focusing on families as they function in various forms. Family and consumer sciences integrates knowledge from its own research and other areas such as the physical, biological, and social sciences, and the arts, and applies this knowledge to the enrichment of the lives of individuals and families. The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences is involved effectively in the scientific, cultural, social, and economic dynamics of a changing society.

Programs

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