Kenn Barber's position is split between teaching in the Department of Human Development and as an Extension Family Life Specialist for Cooperative Extension.

He was born and raised in southeastern Idaho, in the Snake River country, and in the shadow of the Grand Teton Peaks of northwest Wyoming. Kenn has lived most of his life in the West and Pacific Northwest. Kenn is the youngest of nine children, the father of five children, and grandfather to three (so far). At WSU Kenn has been involved with research, teaching, and extension. Interest areas include marriage and family relationships, parenting, gerontology, and thanatology.

Kenn earned an Associate of Science in Engineering from Ricks College; a B.Sc. in Sociology and a M.Sc. in Sociology and Family Life Education from Brigham Young University; and a Ph.D.-- Sociology and Counseling from Purdue University.

e-mail: barber@mail.wsu.edu