The Ohio State University Center for Family Research

The Center for Family Research (CFR) is co-directed by Dr. Stephen Gavazzi of the College of Education and Human Ecology and Dr. Scott Scheer of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. The CFR is dedicated to the advancement of scholarship efforts that: a) focus specifically on the context of the family; b) are interdisciplinary in nature; c) are competitive for state and federal funding; d) provide high quality undergraduate and graduate student experiences; and e) serve as a catalyst for outreach and engagement strategies to strengthen individuals and families through research-based educational programming. Ultimately, the goal of the CFR is to create a research program that would take its place at the helm of the land-grant university mission in the 21st century – providing practical knowledge about families to citizens in Ohio and beyond— while concurrently increasing the public’s access to Ohio State’s community of scholars. For more information about the CFR, please visit our website at http://familyresearch.osu.edu