April Few-Demo

April Few-Demo is professor emerita of the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Virginia Tech. Few-Demo holds a doctorate in child and family development from the University of Georgia, a master’s in international policy studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and a bachelor’s in political science from the University of Georgia. 

Few-Demo has received many awards, including the Alexis Walker Award, Wiley Prize in Family Science in 2017. During that same year alone, she received the Alexis J. Walker Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Feminist Family Studies in the Feminism and Family Studies section from the National Council on Family Relations, the Sussman Award for Scholarly Contributions to Family Science at the Groves Conference on Marriage and Family, the Excellence in Advising Award in the Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and the Outstanding Mentor Award from the Virginia Tech Graduate School.

Accepting new grad students: Not presently; serves on student committees
In need of students for research team: Not at this time
Name of research team: Students can approach me with research interests; Intimate Partner Violence; LGBTQIA+ Family Issues; Intersectionality Family Theories