Family and Consumer Sciences Department

College of Education and Professional Studies
Ellensburg
Michaelsen Hall, room 100
Mail Stop 7565
509-963-2766
Fax 509-963-2787
https://www.cwu.edu/academics/family-consumer/

Faculty and Staff
Chair
Sarah Feeney, PhD

Program Coordinators
Kimberlee Bartel, PhD, business and marketing education
Amy Claridge, PhD, child development and family science program, family resource center director
Andrea Eklund, MA apparel, textiles and merchandising
Carla Jellum, PhD, hospitality, tourism and events
Kristine Miller, MBA, wine studies
Jodi Musser, MA, family and consumer sciences education, career and technical education

Professors
Kimberlee Bartel, PhD, business and marketing, career and technical education
Andrea Eklund, MA, apparel, textiles and merchandising

Associate Professors
Amy Claridge, PhD, LMFT, child development and family science
Duane Dowd, PhD, CLFE, child development and family science
Sarah Feeney, PhD, CLFE, child development and family science
Carla Jellum, PhD, hospitality, tourism and event management

Assistant Professors
Astrid Vidalon-Shields, MA, apparel, textiles and merchandising

Senior Lecturers
Jodi Musser, MA, business and marketing, family and consumer sciences education, career and technical education
Katy Tenhulzen, MS, CCLS, child development and family science

Lecturers
Natalie Fish, child development and family science
Se Eun Lee, PhD, hospitality, tourism and event management
Kristine Miller, MBA, hospitality, tourism and event management, wine studies
Olivia Powell, MS, child development and family science

Emeritus Professors
Joan Amby, PhD, family studies
Dorothy Chase, PhD, recreation and tourism
Willa Dene Powell, PhD, family and consumer sciences education
Carolyn Schactler, MS, apparel design
William Vance, EdD, recreation and tourism
Marla Wyatt, PhD, family and consumer sciences education

Staff
Alex Lange, secretary senior

Department Information
The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences’ programs lead to baccalaureate degrees in: apparel, textiles and merchandising; family and consumer sciences career and technical education teaching; business and marketing teacher preparation; family and child life (with concentrations in family science, child development and child life); wine studies (with concentrations in global wine trade and wine industry management); and hospitality, tourism, and event management.

Students may complete a minor in any of the following areas: apparel textiles and merchandising; apparel design; child development; event planning; family and consumer sciences; family and consumer sciences education; family science; program development; sustainable toursim; tourism management; and wine trade and tourism.

Admission Policy for Family and Consumer Sciences

A completed family and consumer sciences (FCS) major application form must be signed by a program advisor after an initial advising meeting. The advisor will submit it to the FCS chair for approval.
Students should apply for the major early in their academic career, and first-year students are encouraged to apply.
Students seeking a major or minor should see specific requirements in the appropriate program section of this catalog.
For information on teacher certification for marketing education or business education, contact Professor Jodi Musser.

Course Offerings
Frequency of course offering information can be found at the department website: https://www.cwu.edu/academics/family-consumer/ or by contacting the department directly.

Courses

Recreation Tourism and Events (RTE)