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Jacinta D. Hinson; Karen L. Alexander – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2025
Household food waste (HFW) presents a global sustainability challenge, significantly impacting the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Particularly, HFW hampers the progress of SDG 2 (zero hunger) and SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production). With an estimated global annual food waste of 931 million tons, consumers are…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Food, Hunger, Family and Consumer Sciences
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Jennifer Harmon; Ayesha Siddika – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2025
Consumers are increasingly willing to pay more for sustainably produced goods, yet many find these alternatives too costly and less effective. The fashion industry struggles to balance sustainability and performance, particularly in textiles, where synthetic fibers dominate. Education is key to informed consumer choices, and biomaterials, like…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Sustainability, Costs
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Sue L. T. McGregor – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2025
Reputable scholars are developing typologies of ignorance for different reasons including philosophizing about ignorance as well as understanding ignorance within professions, the scientific endeavour, and women's health (discussed herein). These four agnotological typologies (i.e., the study of ignorance) proved useful for revealing and…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Knowledge Level, Futures (of Society), Theories
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Kathleen Flachmeier; Maria Carpiac; Marine Aghekyan; Jesse Archer – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2025
In the dynamics of family relationships, the death of a spouse or partner affects not only the surviving partner, but other family members as well. Understanding how older people cope with this loss and their desire, or lack of desire, to repartner can be challenging for everyone involved. Little attention has been giving to the romantic interests…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Family Relationship, Widowed, Spouses
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Elizabeth Smith; Domanique Richard; Garvita Thareja; Erik C. Dempsey; Christina Tayler Byrd – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2025
Often, students entering college find themselves in a transitional phase, gaining new independence and responsibilities, including purchasing food and beverages and making decisions that may not have been necessary before. Blue Raiders Drink Up (BRDU) is a grant-funded program by the Tennessee Department of Health, under the Project Diabetes…
Descriptors: College Students, Eating Habits, Nutrition Instruction, Cooking Instruction
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Kyle L. Roberson; Sydney D. Cox – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2024
As a field established on improving the lives of individuals, families, and communities, Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) is well-positioned to address the challenges and opportunities faced by justice-involved families (Nickols et al., 2009). From reentry and rehabilitation to parenting and family relationships, the support of justice-involved…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Family Needs
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Elizabeth S. Hagan – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2024
Family and consumer sciences (FCS) continues to experience a teacher shortage. Previous research indicated that over half of all states struggle to hire qualified FCS teachers. For schools with FCS teachers, retention remains a challenge. Administrators and college-preparatory programs can address teacher retention by providing resources and…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Teacher Shortage, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Persistence
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Ruben P. Viramontez Anguiano; Jorge M. Chavez; Melissa A. Martinez; Sarah M. Harrison – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2024
This dynamic research study focused on understanding Latino fatherhood in familial and educational contexts. The sample consisted of 40 Latino fathers who resided in rural northwest Iowa. Various qualitative methods were utilized including an overarching culturally responsive ethnography, testimonios, interviews, and other qualitative inquiry.…
Descriptors: Fathers, Hispanic Americans, Family Relationship, Rural Areas
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Gus Vouchilas; Connie Ulasewicz – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2024
According to the authors, the apparel and retail industries are integral to our lives, yet they contribute to environmental issues from discarded clothing items that still have life within them. Gen Z and Millennials today are at the forefront of the pre-worn apparel movement, often documented as thrift shopping. This shift from new to pre-worn…
Descriptors: Clothing, Pollution, Ecological Factors, Family and Consumer Sciences
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Sheri Lokken Worthy; Heejae Lee – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2024
Family and consumer sciences (FCS) professionals support individuals in making good decisions about their well-being in order to achieve an optimal quality of life (AAFCS, n.d.). The Body of Knowledge (BoK) includes individual well-being as one of its core concepts and wellness as a cross-cutting theme (McGregor, 2022; Nickols et al., 2009).…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Life Style, Well Being, Dietetics
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Rebecca Smith; Portia Johnson; Sheri Worthy; Bryce L. Jorgensen; K. A. Schindler – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2024
This feature addresses issues related to family resource management (FRM) by building on two panel presentations given at the 2022 and 2023 Family Economics and Resource Management Association (FERMA) virtual conferences. During the panel discussions, each contributor used their unique perspective to describe changes to the field of FRM and…
Descriptors: Family Financial Resources, Home Management, Family and Consumer Sciences, Financial Education
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Lionel K. Asare – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2024
This study looks at the relationships between family structure (organization and control), family process (cohesion, expressiveness, and conflict) with maternal sense of competency for mothers (n = 138) engaged in a home visiting program. Research questions were answered using multivariate analysis of canonical correlational analysis (CCA) to…
Descriptors: Family Structure, Family Relationship, Mothers, Self Efficacy
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Jennifer Harmon – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2024
The interdisciplinary nature, breadth of topics and frequently evolving industries Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) courses engage with make it difficult for one approach to be appropriate in all circumstances. The Advanced Textiles, 4000 level course participating in this study focused mainly on color science, dyes and dyeing, in addition to…
Descriptors: Textiles Instruction, Experiential Learning, College Students, Family and Consumer Sciences
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Elizabeth A. Ramsey; Melinda Swafford – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2024
This article provides a historical review of the FCS profession beginning with the Progressive Era and founder Ellen Swallows Richards. The review includes a summary of significant historical events and legislation, that reveal how the FCS profession addressed the needs of individuals, families, and communities from inception to the present. From…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Educational History, Educational Legislation, Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers
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Portia L. Johnson; Kimberly Watkins; Megan McCoy; Kenneth J. White; Jamie Lynn Byram; Bertranna Muruthi – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2024
This brief is derived from findings in White et al. (2020), "How Financial Socialization Messages Relate to Financial Management, Optimism, and Stress: Variations by Race," in which the authors examined explicit family financial socialization (e.g., overt communication messages provided by caregivers). More specifically, the focus was on…
Descriptors: Socialization, Money Management, Investment, Banking
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