Center for Research on Families

Promotes interdisciplinary family research to address pressing social problems and systemic inequalities through family research and community engagement programming.

The Center for Research on Families is uniquely positioned in its dedication in promoting interdisciplinary research with and for families and children by combining insights from social, behavioral, and natural sciences. CRF reflects UMass Amherst’s land grant mission through our center’s advocacy for community engaged research and teaching to serve and aid families not only in the Commonwealth but across the Globe. Through our interdisciplinary collaboration we are able to produce clever and researched backed solutions while taking into account systematic inequities and addressing global issues that face modern families.