Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family&Consumer Sciences

Carolyn L. Bird, PhD, AFC

Assistant Professor, Specialist in Family Resource Management

Dr. Carolyn Bird is an Assistant Professor and Family Resource Management Specialist for North Carolina Cooperative Extension. She is the state principal investigator on Rural Families Speak, a national longitudinal research project and conducts applied research with a focus on the community and family interconnections. Of special interest are rural, urban, and military families. She is a member of the graduate faculty for the department’s joint masters degree program.

Dr. Bird is actively involved in many national and state initiatives. She is a contributing developer and key word expert for the CSREES eXtension Financial Security for All (FSA) Community of Practice. She serves as the state leader for the national High School Financial Planning Program (HSFPP) and is a member of the NC Medicare Partners and NC Consumer Fraud Committees. Formerly, Dr. Bird was the program manager for the Department of the Navy’s Quality of Life programs in Sasebo, Japan.

Dr. Bird received her Bachelors of Science from California State University at Long Beach in Business Administration, a Masters and Ph.D. in Family Social Science with a minor in Statistics from the University of Minnesota. She is an Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC) through the Institute for Personal Finance.

Phone: (919) 513-7793

Fax: (919) 515-2786

Email: carolyn_bird@ncsu.edu

Mailing Address:

NCSU Campus Box 7605

Raleigh, NC 27695-7605