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Director's Message
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
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