Latshaw s research interest lie primarily in the areas of parenting, family dynamics, and faith development. Merle Longwood teaches in the religious studies department of Siena College, Loudonville, New York. He has written and lectured broadly on social justice, race relations, gender issues, peace, environmentalism, and nonviolence related to social change. His primary research interest is the influence of religious beliefs on fathers. He has presented on this topic at state and national conferences.
Marks plans to begin doctoral work in family studies next fall.
He is married and is the father of one child. Michael M. Olson is a second year master s student in marriage and family therapy at Brigham Young University. He will begin his doctoral work in marriage and family therapy at Kansas State University in the fall of 1998. His research interests include fathering in particular, how fathers of children with special needs are able to meet their children s needs in such challenging circumstances. Olson is married to Camille Springer Olson, and they have one child, Taylor.