Human Development and Family Science

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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

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‘She never stopped pushing’

Holley sisters persevered through trials to reach a milestone together

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Faculty member focuses on poverty, mental health

Desiree Seponski has a passion for improving access to mental health care and its relationship to poverty.

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Virtually Perfect

Leslie Anderson defended her dissertation from her childhood home in Mississippi

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A community where everyone belongs

UGA Institute on Human Development and Disability celebrates 50 years.

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Enhancing Coastal Communities

Denise Lewis likely won’t ever forget one of her first trips to Cambodia.

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Building Bridges

Bermudez’s passion for Latino community fueled by her own immigrant story

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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

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The Natural

Infant teacher Siobian Minish named National Child Care Teacher of the Year

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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

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