Candyce S. Russell
Title/Academic Rank:
Professor
Departments & Academic Units:
Contact Info:
114 Campus Creek Complex
(785) 532-1489
Areas of Specialization:
- Marriage and family therapy
- Family systems in cultural context
- Family process as it relates to mental health outcome
- The process of change in relationship therapy
- The process of clinical supervision, including the person of the therapist
Education:
- B.S. in home economics education, Cornell University (1968)
- M.S. in sociology, University of Minnesota (1972)
- Ph.D. in family social science, University of Minnesota (1975)
Short Biography:
Dr. Russell is co-developer (along with David Olson of the University of Minnesota and Douglas Sprenkle of Purdue University) of the Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems. This model conceptually integrates 3 major dimensions of family process and identifies 16 styles of family functioning. The significance of this work is apparent in the number of research projects and dissertations stimulated by the model.
Following development of the Circumplex Model, Dr. Russell conducted research on family therapy process and outcome, co-authoring the 1980 Decade Review of Family Therapy Research in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. With funding from the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station, she conducted research on rural families, including their mental health needs. Her current research interests focus on chronic illness and the family, clients’ perceptions of the process of change in relational therapy, and the supervision and training of family therapists.
Dr. Russell directed the accredited Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Kansas State University from 1982 through 1994. She was named to the first endowed professorship in the College of Human Ecology in 1990, a position she held until she started phased retirement in 2006. She will continue teaching in the Marriage and Family Therapy Unit and serving on student committees until June of 2011.