Two UA professors are promoting the importance of the father figure, both in human development and development in other species, through a new course.
Research on fathering is one of the focuses within the McClelland Institute for Children, Youth and Families and its Fathers, Parenting and Families Initiative. It is also a developing aspect in education, demonstrated by a UA course called “Men, Fatherhood and Families: Biocultural Perspectives,” taught by Dieter Steklis, a professor at UA South, and his wife Netzin Steklis, a family and consumer sciences lecturer.
Read the whole article at http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2013/04/ua-general-education-course-examines-role-of-father-figure
Learn more about the Primate Studies Field School at http://primatefieldschool.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/
Read more about Dr. Dieter Steklis at http://cals.arizona.edu/fcs/faculty/affiliated/dieter_steklis
Read more about Dr. Netzin Steklis at http://cals.arizona.edu/fcs/faculty/affiliated/netzin_steklis
