The Department of Consumer & Family Sciences has thirteen professors and one full-time staff person. You may contact any one of them in writing at: Academic Complex, Rm. 302F, 1 Big Red Way, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101-3576 or by using their individual e-mail addresses listed below.

If you want to contact the department by e-mail, you may do so here: 

Sheila Duncan,webpage
Instructor
Joined WKU in 1997
Received M. S. from University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Teaches Textiles and Apparel Merchandising
Sheila.Duncan@wku.edu

Sheila Flener webpage
Instructor
Joined WKU in 2004
Received B. S. from Western Kentucky University
Teaches Interior Design
Sheila.Flener@wku.edu

 Louella Fong webpage
Professor and Head
Joined WKU in 1970
Received Ph. D. from Purdue University
Teaches Family Studies
Louella.Fong@wku.edu

Janet Fugate webpage
Instructor
Joined WKU in 1999
Received Ed. S. from Western Kentuck University
Teaches Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education
Janet.Fugate@wku.edu

Darbi Haynes-Lawrence webpage
Assistant Professor
Joined WKU in 2004
Received Ph. D. from Indiana University
Teaches Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education
Darbi.Haynes-Lawrence@wku.edu

Amy Hood webpage
Visiting Assistant Professor
Joined WKU in 2004
Received Ed. D. from NOVA Southeastern University
Teaches Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education
Amy.Hood@wku.edu

Cindy Jones webpage
Instructor
Joined WKU in 1991
Received M. S. from Western Kentucky University
Teaches Textiles and Apparel Merchandising
Cindy.Jones@wku.edu

Danita Kelley, R.D webpage.
Associate Professor
Joined WKU in 1994
Received Ph.D. from University of Kentucky
Teaches Dietetics
Danita.Kelley@wku.edu

Karen Mason, R.D. webpage
Assistant Professor
Joined WKU in 2002
Received Ph. D. from University of Kentucky
Teaches Nutrition/Dietetics
Karen.Mason@wku.edu

Rachel Neal, Ph.D. webpage
Assistant Professor
Joined WKU in 2004
Received Ph. D. from Oklahoma State University
Teaches Family and Consumer Sciences
Rachel.Neal@wku.edu

Tracy Pace webpage
Instructor
Joined WKU in 2002
Received B. S. from Western Kentucky University
Teaches Interior Design
TracyPace@aol.com

Richard Patterson, R.D. webpage
Associate Professor
Joined WKU in 1992
Received Ed. D. from George Washington University
Teaches Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management
Rich.Patterson@wku.edu

Doris Sikora webpage
Associate Professor
Joined WKU in 1998
Received Ph. D. from The University of Tennessee
Teaches Family and Consumer Sciences Education
Doris.Sikora@wku.edu

Patty Silfies (ABD) webpage
Instructor
Joined WKU in 1995
Receiving Ph. D. from Pennsylvania State University
Teaches Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management
Patty.Silfies@wku.edu

Jane Simmons webpage
Instructor
Joined WKU in 2003
Received M.S. from Western Kentucky University
Teaches Nutrition and Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management
Jane.Simmons@wku.edu

Connie Jo Smith webpage
Visiting Assistant Professor
Joined WKU in 2004
Received Ed. D. from NOVA Southeastern University
Teaches Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education
Connie.Smith@wku.edu

Jin Su
Assistant Professor
Joined WKU in 2005
Received Ph. D. from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Teaches Textiles and Apparel Merchandising
Jin.Su@wku.edu

Lauri Warden  webpage
Office Associate
Joined WKU in 1988
Received A.B. from Western Kentucky University
Lauri.Warden@wku.edu

Travis Wilson webpage  
Assistant Professor
Joined WKU in 2005
Received MArch from the University of Oklahoma
Teaches Interior Design
Travis.Wilson1@wku.edu

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