People at Family & Consumer Sciences

Michelle (Shelley) McGuire

Director & Professor

Office

Niccolls Building, Room 105

Phone

208-885-6546

Email

smcguire@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3183
Moscow, ID 83844-3183

Please contact Shelley McGuire to learn about graduate student opportunities.

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Hydee Becker

Clinical Assistant Professor & Director of Dietetics

Office

Niccolls Building, Room 208B

Phone

208-885-4134

Email

hydeeb@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3183
Moscow, ID 83844-3183

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Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences

M.S.F.C.S., University of Idaho, 2000
B.S.F.C.S., University of Idaho, 1997

Courses

FCS 301: Professional Skills in Dietetics
FCS 362: Introduction to Clinical Dietetics
FCS 388: Introduction to Dietetics Supervised Practice II
FCS 463: Helping Skills in Dietetics
FCS 486: Nutrition through the Life Cycle

Erin Chapman

Clinical Associate Professor

Office

Niccolls Building, Room 302D

Phone

208-885-6789

Email

chapman@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3183
Moscow, ID 83844-3183

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Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences

Courses

FCS 105: Individual and Family Development
FCS 340: Parent-Child Relationships in Family and Community
FCS 240: Intimate Relationships

Shiyi Chen

Assistant Professor

Office

Niccolls Building, Room 302C

Phone

208-885-8682

Email

shiyic@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3183
Moscow, ID 83844-3183

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Shiyi’s program of research aims to identify the role of metacognition in early science education and explores ways to integrate metacognitive thinking in learning.

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Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences

Ph.D., Florida State University, 2019
M.S., Missouri State University, 2012
B.S., Shanghai Normal University, 2010

Courses

FCS 404: Educational Psychology
FCS 234: Infancy and Early Childhood
FCS 505: Grow to Learn — Teachers’ Professional Development Seminar
FCS 430/530: Cognition and Motivation in Learning

Languages other than English spoken

Chinese

Yimin Chen

Assistant Professor — Research

Office

Niccolls, Room 108C

Phone

208-885-7264

Email

yiminc@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3183
Moscow, Idaho 83844-3183

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Yimin is a human milk researcher with 15 years of clinical experience. She investigates the effects of human milk immunomodulatory components on the infant gastrointestinal and systemic immune response.

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Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2017
M.S., Rush University, 2005
B.S., Loyola University of Chicago, 2001

Languages other than English spoken

Mandarin Chinese

Adrianne Griebel-Thompson

Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist

Office

Niccolls Building, Room 108B

Phone

Teams

Email

adriannegt@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3183
Moscow, ID 83844-3183

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The aim of my work is to ensure optimal growth and development of infants and toddlers through nutrition.

University of Idaho Extension

Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences

Ph.D., University of Kansas Medical Center, 2022
M.S., University of Wyoming, 2019
B.S., University of Northern Colorado, 2015

Luke Erickson

Associate Professor & Extension Specialist — Personal Finance

Office

Caldwell Complex

Phone

208-538-9936

Email

erickson@uidaho.edu

Web

Personal and Family Finance

Mailing Address

Caldwell Research and Extension Center
University of Idaho
1904 E. Chicago Street, Suite AB
Caldwell, ID 83605

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My interests include personal finance, with an emphasis on youth education. Areas of expertise include credit building, credit scores, investing for retirement, withdrawal strategies, financial goal setting and emergency preparedness.

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Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences

Ph.D., Idaho State University, 2018 (anticipated)
M.S., Utah State University, 2006
B.S., Brigham Young University, 2004

Language spoken other than English

Tagalog

Virginia (Ginny) Lane

Assistant Professor

Office

Niccolls Building, Room 103B

Phone

208-885-2538

Email

vlane@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3183
Moscow, ID 83844-3183

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Lane focuses are on community and global nutrition; food security risks among vulnerable populations, international and Indigenous contexts; determinants of chronic disease; and multidisciplinary mixed methods approaches to complex issues.

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Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences

Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan, 2017
M.A., University of Regina, Regina, 2010
Dietetic Internship, Royal University Hospital, 1995
B.S., University of Saskatchewan, 1994

Courses

FCS 411: Global Nutrition
FCS 473: Community Nutrition
FCS 573: Applied Community Nutrition

Language other than English spoken:

Spanish

Chelsey Lewallen

Instructor

Office

Niccolls Building, Room 205

Phone

208-885-8978

Email

cbyrd@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3183
Moscow, Idaho 83844-3183

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Chelsey is a professional sewist specializing in clothing alterations, repairs, garment construction, patternmaking and textile sustainability.

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Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences

M.S., University of Idaho, 2015
B.A., University of Wyoming, 2009

Courses

ATD 119: Intro to Fashion and the Apparel Industry
ATD 123: Textiles
ATD 124: Intro to Apparel Construction
ATD 224: Apparel Construction and the Assembly Process
ATD 324: Patternmaking
ATD 327: Textile Surface Design
ATD 328: Experimental Construction

Sara Matthews

Senior Instructor

Office

Suite 145

Phone

208-292-2533

Email

smatthews@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

University of Idaho Coeur d'Alene
1031 N Academic Way, Ste. 145
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814

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Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences

M.S., University of Idaho, 2004
B.S., University of Idaho, 2000

Courses

FCS 436: Theories of Child and Family Development
FCS 340: Parent-Child Relationships in Family and Community
FCS 497: Internship Preschool
FCS 333: Developmental Curriculum for Young Children

Sonya Meyer

Professor & Collections Manager

Office

Niccolls Building, Room 302A

Phone

208-885-5778

Email

sonyam@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3183
Moscow, ID 83844-3183

Please contact Sonya Meyer to learn about graduate student opportunities.

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Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences

Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1986
M.S., Kansas State University, 1979
B.S., Emporia State University, 1973

Courses

FCS 251: Professions in Family and Consumer Sciences
FCS 477: Surface Design
FCS 432: Apparel Promotion in Merchandising
FCS 496: Internships in Apparel, Textiles and Design

Katie Miner

Senior Instructor

Office

Niccolls Building, Room 108A

Phone

208-885-7747

Email

kminer@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3183
Moscow, ID 83844-3183

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Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences

Ph.D., University of Idaho, 2014
M.S., University of Idaho, 2004
B.S., University of Idaho, 2002

Annie J. Roe

Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist; Director, Eat Smart Idaho

Office

Food Research Center, Room 103C

Phone

208-885-1709

Email

aroe@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

Margaret Ritchie School of Family & Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 1052
Moscow, ID 83844-1052

Please contact Annie Roe to learn about graduate student opportunities.

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Ling-Ling Tsao

Associate Professor

Office

Niccolls Building, Room 302B

Phone

208-885-7321

Email

ltsao@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3183
Moscow, ID 83844-3183

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Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences

Courses

FCS 210: Intro to Early Childhood Education
FCS 480: Assessment: Early Childhood/SPED
FCS 490: Infant & Toddler SPED Internship — application (doc)
FCS 501: Sem: Family/Consumer Sciences
FCS 234: Infancy & Early Childhood
FCS 481: Early Childhood SPED Curriculum

Lori Wahl

Senior Instructor

Office

Niccolls Building, Room 200

Phone

208-885-6302

Email

lwahl@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

School of Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3183
Moscow, ID 83844-3183

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I teach design, apparel technology and industry-aligned courses with emphasis on applied learning through projects that simulate industry processes. I enthusiastically support undergraduate research projects and entrepreneurial endeavors.

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences

Ph.D., University of Idaho, 2021
B.S., University of Idaho, 1993
B.A., University of Idaho, 1993