Research Consortium on Children & Families

The Research Consortium on Children and Families (RCCF) is a multidisciplinary network of USC faculty who actively engage in research related to children/youth and their families. The campus-wide membership comes from 9 colleges and schools, several centers and institutes, and numerous academic departments. The RCCF was launched in 2007 under the direction of Ron Prinz (Psychology, MCAS).

Research by RCCF Members

• Pertaining to prenatal, infant, early to late childhood, adolescent, or college-age facets
• Focusing on children, parents, or families (or combinations)
• Descriptive, etiological, longitudinal, and assessment research
• Prevention, intervention, and treatment research
• Substantive, methodological, and statistical research
• Behavioral, environmental, biological, macro and molecular, and community/societal foci

Who Can Be Part of RCCF

Any USC tenure-track or research-track faculty member who is actively engaged in research involving children and/or families broadly defined. Because of limited administrative capacity, the RCCF is unable to accommodate students or post-docs.

Primary Purpose of the RCCF

The RCCF provides a communications network linking USC faculty across the campus who are conducting child/family research.