GRADUATE STUDENTS....
enter our multidisciplinary graduate program and study social and cultural influences on families, children and elders with a diverse group of faculty and graduate students
Degree Programs
Master
of Education: Interdisciplinary Studies in Education and Development
in Birth-Kindergarten (B-K ISED
Master of Science
(non-thesis): Family Life/Parent Education
Master of Science
(thesis)
Doctor of Philosophy
Research and Course Work Emphases
- Social Policies and Families
- Interdisciplinary Studies in Early Education
- Peer and sibling relationships
- Racial, ethnic, and gender differences in children and families
- Cross-cultural studies of children and families
- Work and family linkages and family stress
- Teaching children with disabilities
- Youth and adolescent development
- Caring for elderly family members
- Connections between home, preschool, and school for young children
- Family diversity and cultural strategies in Black families
- Inter-generational and multi-generational family systems
- Marital dynamics in divorce and remarriage
- Child care quality and teacher-child interactions
- Multi-cultural education for children
- Parenting practices and children's social, emotional, and cognitive development
- Connections between ethnicity, culture, and health among the elderly
- Mid-life parenting and friendship relationships
- Social
Policy in Early Care and Education
CONTACT:
David H. Demo, Director of Graduate Studies
Phone: 336-256-0089
Email: dhdemo@uncg.edu
OR Write to: Department of Human Development and Family Studies
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170