Dr Stewart’s, Associate Professor of Sociology, Iowa State University, area of expertise is family demography, the statistical study of families and households in terms of their formation, dissolution, and change over time. Her research uses large national datasets to examine structural diversity, parent-child relationships, fertility, parental involvement, and child and adult well-being in nontraditional family forms. With funding from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Joint Center for Poverty Research, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Dr. Stewart is investigating race and gender differences in nonresident parental involvement (child support and visitation) and its relationship to children’s well-being, the relationship between food insecurity, family stress, and childhood obesity, eating patterns and obesity among children in nontraditional families, and new stepfamily forms and patterns such as stepchild adoption. Dr. Stewart recently completed her first book, Brave New Stepfamilies: Diverse Paths toward Stepfamily Living (Sage, 2007).

"Biomaterials for Hard Tissue Repair and Reconstruction", Professor Jody Redepenning from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Share the Husker Spirit by attending the Highlights Concert featuring the Cornhusker Marching Band in this crowd favorite. Ticket information will be available on the website at www.unl.edu/band

The plot is built around the musings of a single character, played by Paul Steger, who begins the play by scoffing at a classified ad for seasonal employment as a Santaland Elf at Macy's. As his elfin alter ego, "Crumpet," he alternates between introspective ramblings, to over-the-top outbursts, to biting mean-spirited descriptions, with maybe just a crumb of holiday spirit thrown in. Not suitable for younger than 13.