Home >> Faculty/Staff Directory >> Faculty Profile Faculty Profile     Dr. Billie Lou Sands Title:  Professor  Advising Area: Teacher Prep, Child Development, Family Relations Office: BH 330 Phone: 415-338-2081 E-mail: blsands@sfsu.edu Office Hours: Posted Outside of Office     Areas of Specialization:   Child Development/Family Relations   General & Teaching Family & Consumer Sciences     Courses Taught:   CFS 320: Children & Families   CFS 321: Adolescence & Families   CFS 323: Infant/Toddler Development   CFS 424: Supervised Experience with Young Children   CFS 428: Children & Families with Violence, Abuse & Neglect     Current Research Interests:   Curriculum Related Research   Interdisciplinary Research   Materialism, Happiness and Well–Being     Professional Activities:   National Council on Family Relations   American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences: Bay District & CA   Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society   Omicron Nu Honor Society   Phi Upsilon Omicron Honor Society   Phi Delta Kappa Honor Society     Degrees & Education:   Ph.D., Michigan State University   M.A., Michigan State University   B.S., Northern Michigan University     Hobbies & Personal Information   Communicating with family and friends   Classical Music   Family antiques and history       In order to view some of the documents above, Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® software is required. This free program can be downloaded at the Adobe's web site.