Lawrence Ganong

Lawrence H. Ganong (Ph.D., Family Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1977) is Professor in both the Sinclair School of Nursing and the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He has served as Associate Editor of the "Journal of Social and Personal Relationships" (2000-2003) and, along with Marilyn Coleman, has overseen special issues of the "Journal of Marriage and the Family", "Family Relations", and the "Journal of Family Issues". They have also co-edited books and have written chapters for several edited books. Most of the 3 books and 130+ articles and book chapters they've co-authored have to do with some aspect of family diversity, and they have conducted research on stepfamilies for 25 years.