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Child and Family Science
Email: rbillen@csufresno.eduPhone: 559-278-3228Office: Family Food Sciences 201
Education: Ph.D. Child and Family Studies, Universityof Tennessee-Knoxville; M.S. Child and FamilyStudies, University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleB.S. Marriage, Family, and Human Development,Brigham Young University
Experience and Research: Joining the Fresno Statefaculty full-time in the fall of 2016, Rhett served theprevious year as a lecturer for child growthand development, family crisis, adolescent learningand development classes at Fresno State and ClovisCommunity College. He also taught classes at Tennessee in family stress, human sexuality, parent-child relations, and served as a graduate research assistant. At Fresno State, Rhett enjoys teaching family science courses and the upper division writing course. His research has focused on families with young children with developmental disabilities and determinants of parental involvement among families of children receiving early intervention services. In August 2017, Rhett became a provisional Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) through the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). He is working towards collaborating with families of children with disabilities in the central valley to conduct research and develop family life education materials.