Family and Consumer Sciences

Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5322 USA
(269) 387-3704

FCS assistant professor receives WMU Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award

June 26, 2020

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Dr. Kimberly Doudna

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Dr. Kimberly Doudna, assistant professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences in the College of Education and Human Development at Western Michigan University (WMU), received the Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award (FRACAA) through the Office of Research and Innovation. The FRACAA is a competitive internal grant through WMU and encourages and supports faculty in significant research, rigorous scientific inquiry, original artistic activity and inventive technology. Dr. Doudna was awarded $9,990 for her research on "The impact of self-care on longitudinal relations between adverse childhood experiences, current adverse experiences, depressive symptoms, and household food insecurity among university undergraduates."