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Child, Youth and Family Studies

Strengthening the lives of individuals, families, schools and communities

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Douglas  A  Abbott
Professor
Child, Youth and Family Studies

134 Home Economics
Lincoln, Ne  
68583-0801
UNL
(402) 472-1665
dabbott1@unl.edu


Department web page 		Current Assignment in the College of Education and Human Sciences:  
1. Teaching various classes in family studies including family policy, family theories, research methods, marriage and family, and Islam and Muslim families.
2. Research on adolescent sexual behavior, and cross-cultural mate selection, and the effects of violence on Israeli and Palestinian families.
3. Developed and teaching a diversity class on Islam and Muslim families.

Philosophy Statement:
"The cure for almost anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea" (Isak Dinesen, Danish writer 1885-1962)