Ryan Carlson, Ph.D. – Director
Professor and Department Chair at the University of South Carolina
Our History
The Consortium for Family Strengthening Research was founded in 2014 by Ryan Carlson, Andrew Daire, and Naomi Wheeler to continue the collaborations and mentorship relationships that began at the University of Central Florida’s Marriage & Family Research Institute. Membership expanded to include additional faculty and doctoral students who shared a common interest in pursuing family strengthening research, particularly for low-income and ethnically diverse families.
Membership
Membership in the Consortium is arranged according to the grant funding that members have been able to acquire and/or sustained records of scholarly productivity.
- Senior Fellows are faculty who have served as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on federal grants in excess of $1 million with associated sustained record of peer-reviewed publications.
- Fellows are faculty who are early stage investigators in family sciences and/or relational health research; are making progress towards external grants; and a record of peer-reviewed publications.
- Scholars are doctoral students or clinical faculty, working under the mentorship of a fellow or senior fellow with a primary research interest in family science and/or relational health.
- Affiliates are individuals or agency representatives from related disciplines with expertise that advances the mission and goals of the consortium.
The Consortium for Family Strengthening Research currently includes students who work with affiliate faculty. If you are a student interested collaborating with our faculty, please contact Ryan Carlson, CFSR Director, for more information at rcarlson@sc.edu.
Current Membership
Andrew P. Daire, Ph.D. – Senior Fellow
Provost and Vice Chancellor, University of Wisconsin
Dixie Meyer, Ph.D. – Senior Fellow
Professor at St. Louis University School of Medicine
Naomi Wheeler, Ph.D. – Senior Fellow
Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Sandy-Ann Griffith, Ph.D. – Fellow
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine
Nakita Carroll – Scholar
Doctoral Student at Florida State University
Jenene-Case Pease, Ph.D. – Scholar
Clinical Assistant Professor at Virginia Polytechnic University
Nicole Silverio – Scholar
Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina
Xun Liu, Ph.D. – Fellow
Research Assistant Professor of Research, Assessment and Evaluation at Virginia Commonwealth University