Charlotte Shoup Olsen
Title/Academic Rank:
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist, School of Family Studies and Human Services
Departments & Academic Units:
Contact Info:
343N Justin Hall
(785) 532-5773 or (785) 532-1948
Areas of Specialization:
- Marriage and couple relationships
- Stepfamilies
- Cultural and family diversity
- Family communication and its role in sustaining family well-being
Education:
- B.S. in home economics vocational education, Kansas State University (1969)
- M.S. in family and child cevelopment, Kansas State University (1979)
- Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction, Kansas State University (1993)
Short Biography:
I grew up on a farm in southern Kansas where my parents and two sisters actively worked together in living a rural way of life and connecting to our local community. After getting a college degree, two adventures inspired my life in dramatic ways: being a camp counselor for New York inner city youth and becoming a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa. These work experiences have contributed to my desire to understand families who come from all different types of backgrounds which is essential in my current position of assisting Kansas Extension agents in meeting the relational needs of families within their communities. My husband and I have two adult children, one grandchild, and are involved in raising purebred cattle.