Walter R. Schumm
Title/Academic Rank:
Professor, School of Family Studies and Human Services
Departments & Academic Units:
Contact Info:
311 Justin Hall
(785) 532-1494
Courses I Teach:
- The Family, FSHS 550
- Understanding Islam, AMETH 560
- Premarital Education and Counseling, FSHS 708
Areas of Specialization:
- Research methodology
- Family theory
- Premarital counseling
- Marital interaction
- Program evaluation of premarital counseling
- Military families and deployments
- Gulf War illnesses
- Marital satisfaction
- Family measurement
- Religion and family life
Education:
- B.S. in physics, College of William and Mary (1972)
- M.S. in family and child development, Kansas State University (1976)
- Ph.D. in family studies, Purdue University (1979)
Short Biography:
I was born in Bethesda, Maryland in 1951 and raised in Alexandria, Virginia, graduating from St. Stephen’s Episcopal High School in 1968. My father was a high school teacher after retiring from the Navy as a World War II veteran who fought in 15 sea battles. I have been married since 1979 and have seven children. We live on a 20-acre farm northeast of Manhattan, raising goats, sheep, chickens, guineas, cattle and other livestock.