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Director's Message

 
 
Dr. Emilie Smith

Welcome! We are very excited that you are visiting our Family Research Center website. Through this interactive venue, we hope to keep you abreast of current programs offered through the Center along with announcements of upcoming special events.

Just as this website is developing and changing, so too are the dynamics of our nation's families. By facilitating collaborative research, the Center seeks to enhance the lives of these families through developing partnerships with researchers and policy makers in community and nationally recognized programs.

The Center provides the opportunity to work with individuals who represent all levels in our developing science, from the most senior scholars to the most junior ones. And like the families we study, our Center's programs contain a strong element of generativity that fosters a community of researchers who help families meet the challenges in our diverse society.

We are eternally grateful to our Founding Director, Dr. Linda M. Burton, for creating our Center and bringing it to national prominence.  We are privileged to have the opportunity to work with so many ambitious, dedicated people who share our Center's vision.  Through their work and inspiration, our Center continues to flourish.

Yours in life and learning,

Emilie Phillips Smith
Professor of Human Development & Family Studies
Director, Center for Human Development & Family Research in Diverse Contexts