Stephen Gavazzi

Dean and director, Ohio State University at Mansfield

The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has conferred its prestigious Fellow status on Stephen Gavazzi, dean and director at Ohio State University at Mansfield.

Dr. Gavazzi earned his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut's School of Family Studies, a master's in marriage and family therapy also from the University of Connecticut, and his bachelor's degree in psychology from Pennsylvania State University. Since 1991, he has served Ohio State as a professor of family science in the Department of Human Development and Family Science, director of the Center for Family Research in the College of Education and Human Ecology, and in his current capacity.

An expert in the area of child and adolescent well-being in families, Dr. Gavazzi has combined his research and clinical practice to design positive interventions for children and families that are at risk for problem behaviors and psychopathology. He has developed several widely used programs for children and families, such as the Growing Up FAST Program as well as the Global Risk Assessment Device (GRAD).

Dr. Gavazzi also is highly regarded as a leader and advocate for the education of family science professionals, and for initiating NCFR's Academic Administration and Leadership Focus Group.

In addition to his many family science and administration publications, Dr. Gavazzi has published influential books on families with adolescents. He is on the advisory board of the Journal of Adolescentology, and has been an associate editor of NCFR's Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies.

NCFR Fellow status is awarded to relatively few NCFR members on the basis of their outstanding and enduring contributions to family science, in areas including scholarship, teaching, outreach, practice, and professional service.

The National Council on Family Relations is the premier professional association for the multidisciplinary understanding of families. NCFR has a membership of more than 3,000 family researchers, practitioners and educators. For more information on the National Council on Family Relations or its scholarly publications, contact NCFR at 1-888-781-9331 or visit its website at www.ncfr.org.