Through the Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture Series, CRF brings nationally recognized speakers with expertise in family research to campus each year. The speakers provide public lectures, highlighting the importance of research on the family and its implications for public policy, and provide research consultation to CRF Family Research Scholars. The lecture series began in 1999 though an endowment established in memory of Tay Gavin Erickson.
Clancy Blair, Ph.D.
Professor of Applied Psychology, NYU
The Center for Research on Families warmly welcomes Clancy Blair, Professor of Applied Psychology at New York University, to the UMass campus as part of the Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture Series.
James E. Rosenbaum, Ph.D.
Professor of Education and Social Policy and Sociology
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
The Center for Research on Families warmly welcomes Dr. James E. Rosenbaum, Professor of Education and Social Policy and Sociology at Northwestern University to the UMass campus as part of the Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture Series.



