Human Development and Family Science
Distinguished professor, department head Jay Mancini passes away
Mancini served as HDFS department head from 2009-16
Lean on me: Child Life classmates forge unique bond
Black Child Life students Aspen Thompson and JaQuira Wallace are surrounded by supporters as they seek to break barriers in the field.
Few-Demo named Fellow of National Council on Family Relations
April Few-Demo, professor and head of the department of human development and family science in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the National Council on Family Relations.
Bales honored for commitment to public service and outreach
Diane Bales, UGA Extension human development specialist, Child Life program director and professor of human development and family science, has received the Engaged Scholar Award from UGA Public Service and Outreach.
Creative Teaching Award
Jennifer George, a senior lecturer in human development and family science, is one of four faculty recipients of the 2021 Creative Teaching Award from the UGA Office of Instruction
‘She never stopped pushing’
Holley sisters persevered through trials to reach a milestone together
Faculty member focuses on poverty, mental health
Desiree Seponski has a passion for improving access to mental health care and its relationship to poverty.
Virtually Perfect
Leslie Anderson defended her dissertation from her childhood home in Mississippi
A community where everyone belongs
UGA Institute on Human Development and Disability celebrates 50 years.
Enhancing Coastal Communities
Denise Lewis likely won’t ever forget one of her first trips to Cambodia.
Building Bridges
Bermudez’s passion for Latino community fueled by her own immigrant story
UGA receives $8.2 million grant to support families in Georgia child welfare system
A team of UGA faculty members, led by FACS researcher Ted Futris, has received an $8.2 million grant to improve the lives of children and families in the child welfare system in Georgia
The Natural
Infant teacher Siobian Minish named National Child Care Teacher of the Year
Margaret Caughy
Caughy spent her pre-teen years reading books on children with developmental disabilities and would tell anyone who asked that she wanted to be a child psychologist someday
