Penn State Scranton Human Development and Family Studies

Check out Penn State Scranton HDFS faculty featured in the media!

Associate Professor of HDFS Ray Petren shared his expert insights in a featured article on WalletHub. Dive into the discussion on changing parental roles and work-life balance.

Check out the article now!
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-states-for-working-dads/13458 =Ray_Petren

Dr Raymond Petren, Associate Professor of HDFS at Penn State Scranton received the 2024 Faculty Award for Scholarship. Shown with his wife Sarah and son Stanley. Congratulations!

Congratulations to the 2024 Penn State Scranton HDFS award recipient Alison Marshman. Kudos!

We are so proud of our HDFS student, Emily Hallman who will be representing the campus and HDFS at the Regional Research Fair. Congratulations Emily

HDFS, CAPS and Police Services provided information to students on sexual assault for Sexual Assult Awareness month

HDFS Honor Society fundraiser at Texas Roadhouse for Keystone Mission
From left: Danielle Keith-Alexandre Ceo/Executive Director (Keystone Mission), Lasha Wyman Klein ( Keystone Mission), Janet Melnick , PH.D, Francesca Orellana, Emily Hallman and Jessica Reed

HDFS Honors Program ( Kappa Omicron Nu) at the Texas Roadhouse f7mdraiser for Keystone Mission.
Left to Right: Jessica Reed ,Lasha Wyman Klein (Keystone Mission) , Emily Hallman, Francesca Orellana

Congrats to HDFS student Emily Hallman who earned the second place Library Literacy Award for her research project on parenting stress and child and adolescent mental health at the Penn State Scranton Research Fair and Exhibition!

Sending a special thank you to Janet G. van Hell and Zachary K. Maher from Penn State Department of Psychology and Center for Language Science for speaking to our HDFS faculty and students.

We enjoyed having you as guest speakers and appreciate your insightful lecture about code-switching among bilingual and bidialectal speakers.

Our Kappa Omicron Nu honor students are hosting a fundraiser for Keystone Mission at Texas Roadhouse in Dickson City on Wednesday, April 10th.

Show a picture of this flyer to your server and 10% of your bill will be donated to Keystone Mission!

Attend the Undergraduate Research Fair and Exhibition on April 4 to see the wide variety of research our students and faculty have done in all academic areas. Click the link below for more information and the schedule of exhibits and events taking place during the fair.

Upcoming Research Fair Students from all majors will present and celebrate their undergraduate research, scholarship and creativity on April 4. Penn State Scranton's annual Undergraduate Research Fair and Exhibition communicates and celebrates the participation of undergraduate students from across campus in scholarly inq...

The 2024 Ann Hawk Lecture, "Code Switching in Bilingual and Bidialectical Speakers," will take place on Monday, March 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Sherbine Lounge. The presenters will be Dr. Janet Van Hell and Dr. Zachary Maher, from PSU's department of psychology and the Center for Language Science.

All students, faculty and staff are invited to the lecture, but if you are planning on staying for lunch, you MUST RSVP as there is a limit on the number of lunch attendees.

For those wishing to attend lunch, please RSVP by emailing Dr. Janet Melnick at [email protected] by Tuesday, March 12.

Sharing our campus' recent Valentine's Day website feature story on faculty, staff and students from our campus who love their pets -- and the health benefits our furry friends provide.

And two of those individuals happen to be HDFS professors Dr. Janet Melnick and Dr. Ray Petren, who shared why they love Hazel, Fiona and Jango. Read more here:

On this Valentine's Day -- sharing the love of our furry friends! DUNMORE, Pa. – Love knows no bounds, and for the Penn State Scranton community, that love extends to their cherished pets. On this Valentine’s Day, some of our faculty, staff and students share heartwarming stories about their furry friends, highlighting the joy and companionship they bring. Agn...

Congratulations to Penn State Scranton's first inductees into the campus chapter of the national HDFS honor society -- Kappa Omicron Nu!

Campus initiates members into its new HDFS honor society, Kappa Omicron Nu Penn State Scranton's Human Development and Family Studies program now has its own honor society on campus, Kappa Omicron Nu (KON), and seven newly inducted members and officers.

A proud moment for our HDFS students!

Check out the remarkable journey of our students who recently participated in the finals of a global competition in Cairo, Egypt.

HDFS students share their knowledge in international competition DUNMORE, Pa. – A group of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) students from Penn State Scranton, led by Assistant Teaching Professor of HDFS Melissa LaBuda, recently made their mark in Cairo, Egypt, participating in the finals of a global competition against student teams from around the w...