Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS)

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Welcome to the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences!

We hope you will take a few minutes to see what our department has to offer.

We are committed to providing our students with excellent educational experiences that will prepare them to enter the workforce, further their education, and/or engage in community service upon graduation.

We have a dynamic, intellectual faculty and student body working toward improving the quality of individual and family life for all New Mexicans.

Featured Items:

These recent research publications are from our programs:

• Rathnakumar, K., Ortega-Anaya, J., Jimenez-Flores, R., & Martinez-Monteagudo, S. I. (2023, August 23). Partition of milk phospholipids during ice cream manufacturing. Journal of Dairy Science. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030223004708

This article explores the co-crystallization process of lactose-flavonoids using Panela cheese whey, potentially investigating the methods and outcomes of this crystallization technique:

• Lujan-Torres, V. E., Gutierrez-Mendez, N., Carballo, D. E., Leal-Ramos, M. Y., Salmeron, I., Perez-Vega, S. B., & Martinez-Monteagudo, S. (2023, June 8). Co-crystallization of lactose-flavonoids using panela cheese whey. Journal of Food Engineering. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0260877423001966

The article investigates how various factors like parents, peers, employment, and media influence the spending habits of young adults. It examines the role of these influences in shaping the financial behaviors of emerging adults.

• LeBaron-Black, A. B., Kelley, H. H., Hill, E. J., Jorgensen, B. L., & Jensen, J. F. (2022). Financial socialization agents and spending behavior of emerging adults: Do parents, peers, employment, and media matter? Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 34(1), 6–19. https://doi.org/10.1891/jfcp-2021-0036

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Contact Us

Elisa Anderson
Admin Asst, Intermediate
Family and Consumer Sciences
NMSU Gerald Thomas Hall Room 308
P.O. Box 30003 MSC 3470
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Phone: 575-646-5426
Fax: (575) 646-1889
Email: elisaa@nmsu.edu

Cheyenne Cano
Admin Asst, General
Family and Consumer Sciences
NMSU Gerald Thomas Hall Room 308
P.O. Box 30003 MSC 3470
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Phone: 575-646-7204
Fax: (575) 646-1889
Email: canoc23@nmsu.edu