FCS News Stories

"A&T to Host First HBCU Conference on Breastfeeding,"
NC Agricultural and Technical State University, 2024. Link

"Risk identification in Japanese consumer product injury data throughout an ontology-based knowledge base," Journal of Risk Research, Aug 2024, Link

"DeKalb Cooperative Extension announces free online Family and Consumer Sciences Classes," University of Georgia, Aug 2024, Link

"Attrition of Career & Technical Education (CTE) Teachers: A Phenomenological Analysis of Former Secondary CTE Teachers," Texas Tech University, May 2024.  Link

"Impact of Floods on Food Security in Rural Afghanistan," International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Aug 2024, Link

"What went wrong in 2022 baby formula crisis?," Cornell Chronicle, Aug 2024.  Link

"Students’ Perspectives on the Experience of Being a Financial Coaching Scholar: A Phenomenological Study,"
Lamar University, 2024. Link

"Enhancing Productivity and Sustainability in the Peruvian Textile Industry: A Lean Green Approach for Small and Medium Enterprises ," 5th South American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Bogota, Colombia, May 7-9, 2024, Link

"Assessing the Impact of Financial Capabilities Services for Newly Arrived Humanitarian Migrants," University of Wisconsin-Madison, Apring 2024.  Link

"Adopting place-based learning as a pedagogical strategy in Textile Technology teacher education,"
Journal of Consumer Sciences, Aug 2024. Link

"Assessment of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Qualities of Cushion-Chair Cover Produced with Tie/Dyed Fabric for Interior Decoration," School of Vocation, June 2024, Link

In the News 2024: "Clinical associate professor shares the importance of food safety in warm weather," UGA Today, 2024, Link

In the News 2024 "Grandmother's Influence Leads to Fulfilling Career for Graduate in Arkadelphia," Univ of Arkansas, Aug 2024, Link

In the News 2024: "Association lauds Makinde for recruiting teachers in Home Economics," Nigerian Tribune, Aug 2024.  Link

In the News 2024: "Women Entrepreneurship Center inaugurated at Home Economics University,"
Associated Press of Pakistan, Aug 2024. Link

"According to [IFHE], home economics is a field of study and a profession situated in the human sciences," New Vision, Aug 2024.  Link

"Human development and family science: A story of disciplinary fragmentation and kinship," Journal of Family Theory & Review, July 2024, Link

"Housewives and Scientists," André, J.P. (2024). In: Sisters of Prometheus. Springer, Cham.  Link

"Quality Characteristics of Butter Sponge Cakes Added with Whey Protein Concentrate (WPC)," Human Ecology Research, 2024, Link

In the News 2024: "Rutledge receives $3M NIH grant to improve early childhood feeding practices,"
Louisiana Tech Unversity. Link

In the News 2024: Dr Elaine Mooney, a lecturer in the School of Home Economics, appointed to the Safefood Board. Aug 2024, Link

"Is there a LINKAGE between credit access, land use, and crop diversification in achieving food security? Evidence from cocoa-producing households in Nigeria,"
August, 2024. Link

In the News 2024: "A large collaborative K-State 105 project is bringing together 12 partners [...] to help improve rural and agriculture-connected health across the state," Aug 2024, Link

"Intuitive Eating Education: An Exploratory Study of School-Based Implementation with Early Adolescent Females," A Dissertation, May, 2024 . Link

In the News 2024: "The Dean of Students Affairs of the Ho Technical University (HTU), Dr Elizabeth Obinnim, says the digital era has transformed lifestyles and communication skills and that has impacted the field of home economics," Business Ghana, August 2024. Link

"Corrosion of Household Utensils: Causes, Effects and Remedies,"
Liberty Kanyamumba1, Chika O. Ujah2*, Daramy V.V. Kallon2, Mohamed Dumbuya3. Link

In the News 2024: "Lisa Robinson is a bright, new face in the Kay County Extension office in Newkirk," The Ponca City News, July 2024. Link

"Farm Households Food Security Status Automation Through Supervised Learning Approach: A Look at Agroecological Farms. Link

Oakley, A., (2024) “Household science: a new occupation for women? ”, New Vistas 10(2). doi Link 

"Infrastructuring at the Margins: Studies in Community Networking"
Jang, Esther Han Beol.   University of Washington ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,  2024. 31300495. Link

"Women, income use and nutrition quality: effects of women’s decision-making in rural households in Cameroon," Springer Link, 18 July 2024, Volume 13, Article 29, (2024). Link

"Research Trends and Co-author Network Analysis of the Journal of the Korean Home  Economics Association: Articles Published from 2010 to 2022," Human Ecology Research, 2024. Link

"Housewife's Awareness of The Role of Consumer Protection Associations And its Relation to the rationalization of household consumption," Eman Hassan Abdallah Almarakby 
Faculty of Home Economics, Menoufia University. Link

In the news 2024: The Virginia Association for Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences (VATFACS) held its annual Professional Development Institute conference in Harrisonburg this week. Link

"Level up your lifestyle: Accelerating sustainability in home economics through gamification," IFHE XXV World Congress Session, June 2024. Link

New School Security Standard: A Necessary Advancement for Safer Schools. Link

The Science of Housework, The Home and Public Health, 1880-1940, publication date July 2024. Link

Oakley, A., (2024) “Household science: a new occupation for women? ”, New Vistas 10(2). doi Link 

"Women in Extension Persevering in Leadership Roles," West Virginia University, 2024, Lexis Danielle Trickett. Link

"Fostering Well-Being for Immigrant Families," 2024, NC State University. Link

"Development and validation of a health literacy scale for family caregivers of older people with chronic illness," BMC Nurs 23, 447 (2024). Link

"AGE: Age-Gender Effect on Faculty Career
Progression in American Universities," H. Rahmani, Member, IEEE, A. J. Olejniczak, and G. R. Weckman, Link 

"Case Study - Standardizing an Ethic of Care: How the Food Is Medicine Coalition Established a Comprehensive, Industry Accreditation Program," June 2024 Link

"AN INTERPRETATIVE PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ROLES FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES TEACHERS PLAY IN SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION IN TEXAS," Dissertation, Tiffany McDonald, May 2024 . Link

"The History of Women’s Education and the Gender Characteristics Theory," Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, No. 18, March 2024. Link 

"Addressing Europe’s Declining Fertility Rates: A Case Study of Housing Support Policy in Hungary," May 2024. Link

"Autonomy and Care: Bioethical Principles for Understanding Masculinities in Unemployed Men," July 2024, Giovane Mendieta-Izquierdo, PhD, Juan María Cuevas-Silva, PhD Link

In the News 2024: "Three Generations of Career and Technical Education Teachers Attend Idaho State University," Idaho State University, June 2024. Link

"Does agroforestry contribute to household food security? A micro-perspective from southern Rwanda," Elsevier, Forest Policy and Economics
Volume 165, August 2024, 103252 . Link

"Dietetics director details the health benefits of spicy foods," UGA Today, May 2024. Link

"A comprehensive analysis of food insecurity in the drought–prone rural areas of Tigray," Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2024. Link 

The PodCAST: A conversation with Naya Lechuga-Knight, Family and Consumer Sciences alum. Link

"Cooperative Extension professionals’ knowledge and attitudes toward the opioid epidemic: Implications for capacity development and outreach" Frontiers in Phsychiatry, Brief Research Report, Washburn LT, Franck KL, Upendram S and Yenerall JN (2022) . Link 

2024 In the news: College of Education and Human Sciences honors Outstanding Seniors for 2024. Link

“Our county hasn’t had a Family and Consumer Sciences educator in about 25 or 30 years,” she said. “And there is such a need.”  Clay said that Lawrence County is ranked 81 out of 88 for health outcomes in the state of Ohio. Link

Vanessa Jackson, CAFE director of faculty diversity and inclusion and acting UK vice president/associate provost for diverse faculty success professor, was awarded with the 2023 Council of Administrators of Family and Consumer Sciences (CAFCS) Excellence in Administration award. Link

A Day in the Life of Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher, Traci Kingdon. Link

"Family and Consumer Sciences in the Middle: Opportunities for Guiding Career Development" Link

Proceedings of the 2024 2024 CA-AFCS Conference. Link

2024 In the news: Family & Consumer Science leaders meet in Lewistown. Link

The design and development of a dashboard for improving sustainable healthy food choices, Science of the Total Environment 930 (2024) 172726. Link

"Curriculum and Gender Norms: 
The Effect of Co-Education of Home Economics," Hiromi Hara, Nuria Rodriguez-Planas, 2019. Link

Credit, gender, and food security: Empirical
evidence of determinants to access,
affordability, and consumption in Cameroon, World Food Policy. 2024;1–38. Link

Family and Consumer Scientist Darryl Wilkinson ’07 selected as a 2024 Illinois State University’s College of Applied Science and Technology (CAST) inductee. Link

Assessment of Indigenous Hill People of Meghalaya, India regarding Household Food Access, Journal of Nutrition and Food Security, 2024, Volume (9) issue (2). Link

2023 In the news: NDSU Extension honored Mark Birdsall, former North Dakota Rep. Tracy Boe, and former North Dakota Sen. Rich Wardner with the Friend of Extension award. The North Dakota Nutrition Council received the Friend of the North Dakota Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences award. Link

Christina Masich, extension agent, Family and Consumer Sciences division of the North Dakota State University Extension Service discusses ways to 'Stay physically active this winter' Link

2024 In the News: "Extension family and consumer sciences personnel with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture are collecting drinking water and hygiene supplies for residents of Helena-West Helena"  Link

“Purdue University men’s basketball center Will Berg, a sophomore majoring in hospitality and tourism management in the College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS), knows the importance of family meals." Link

Kristi Weaver, Career & Technical Education Director, was recognized as the 2023-2024 Administrator of the Year for the Colorado Association Teachers of Family & Consumer Sciences (CATFACS) Organization. Link

FCS teaches important life skills, promotes healthy relationships, encourages financial responsibility, supports work-life balance, promotes nutrition and health, and shapes value and character  Link

Impacts of Landscape and Household Climate-smart Water Management Practices in the Awash River Basin, Ethiopia, International Water Management Institute, 2024. Link

Food security and livelihoods in protracted crisis: the experience of rural residents in Syria’s war zones, Ibrahim, K., Bavorova, M. & Zhllima, E., Food Sec. (2024). Link

We need home economics now more than ever
“Cooking is an essential life skill that children need to learn to be self-sufficient adults" Link

Bring Back Home Economics Education,  Author manuscript; available in PMC 2019 Dec 2. Link

"The historic discipline of Home Economics has undergone an evolution and today is known as Family and Consumer Sciences." Colorado State University discusses its Family and Consumer Sciences program which has two concentrations: FCS and FCS Education. Link 

Katelyn Gorder, Grafton High School Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Teacher, wins Milken Award during the 2023-2024 school season. Link

"A recent study in the University of Georgia’s College of Family and Consumer Sciences showed that occasional overeating can have long-lasting health effects." Link

2023 In the news: NDSU Extension honored Mark Birdsall, former North Dakota Rep. Tracy Boe, and former North Dakota Sen. Rich Wardner with the Friend of Extension award. The North Dakota Nutrition Council received the Friend of the North Dakota Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences award. Link

Emma Laing, clinical professor and director of dietetics in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, discusses proper nutrition when readying for a rock climbing workout. 2024. Link

Bailey Leasher, a Windsor Junior-Senior High School and FCS Teacher, was awarded in 2024 a Shelby County Retired Teachers Association Grant. Bailey plans to use the grant to  update the kitchen lab utensils for the Foods and Nutrition class. Link

Bailey Leasher, a Windsor Junior-Senior High School and FCS Teacher, was awarded in 2024 a Shelby County Retired Teachers Association Grant. Bailey plans to use the grant to  update the kitchen lab utensils for the Foods and Nutrition class. Link

"The NEAFCS-AR Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences works through the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service to offer information that will help families achieve a positive, healthy lifestyle," Alison Crane, family and consumer sciences agent. Link

Importance of Home Economics to Individuals, Families, and the Nation.

Within Nigeria. 2024. Link

Students from around the U.S. visited the capital on Feb. 21, 2024 and met with "elected officials, highlighting the positive impact of FCS education on individuals, families, and communities." Link

2024 In the news: "Aron Knoche, the Family & Consumer Science Teacher at Palmyra High School, utilizes CHART Teen Task Force’s Real Care Baby Infant Simulators as part of her curriculum." Link

University of Montevallo announced that the University's Department on Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) will welcome a new concentration for FCS students, Hospitality and Tourism. Link

Supporting the Community: An overview of the Ohio State University Extension Office of Coshocton County. "Emily Marrison, family and consumer sciences educator, said her focus is healthy people, healthy finances and healthy relationships." 2023. Link

2014 In the news: Five Family and Consumer Sciences teachers prepare to teach e-textile lessons in Thompson School District. Link

Author Ginnefer O. Cox, PhD, RD, Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Georgia, explained, “Peer educators are key stakeholders in the recipe development process because of their close relationship with the community and their hands-on involvement with recipe demonstrations.” 2023. Link

Sheri Deaton, University of Arkansas family and consumer sciences instructor, named Arkansas 2020 Association of Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year. Link

Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher collaborates with N.C. Cooperative Extension’s Family and Consumer Sciences to teach Teen Cuisine classes. Link

“People are our passion, we see ourselves as a college that really addresses the whole human, the whole person, and Family and Consumer Sciences is a big part of it,” said Dr. Jon Pedersen, dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences. Link

“Family and consumer sciences is really looking at the different career opportunities that fall within our curriculum, whether it’s human services, hospitality, child development education, housing and interior design,” Nancy Sandeen. Link

"The Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) Manufacturing Innovation Institute is partnering with the leadership of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) programs across the United States to ensure that the FCS textile curriculum is recognized as a valuable entry point to STEM-based careers in advanced functional fabrics." 2023. Link