About TiLT

Toni Schindler Zimmerman

Toni Zimmerman

BackHuman Development and Family Studies
119E Gifford
(970) 491-6922
Email: toni.zimmerman@colostate.edu

A member of the faculty in the department of Human Development and Family Studies, Professor Zimmerman is an authority on how gender and diversity shape family relationships and the role of power dynamics in couple and family therapy. Zimmerman also has developed a social justice curriculum for children that emphasizes fairness and respect. Zimmerman also has contributed significantly to research examining the effectivenesss of relationship advice in popular self-help books.

Professor Zimmerman, who joined CSU's faculty in 1991, established the nationally recognized Marriage and Family Therapy program. The program oversees the Center for Family and Couple Therapy, which provides high-quality therapy services to families, couples, individuals, adolescents and children from across northern Colorado. Therapy students in the program receive more than 600 hours of hands-on training through the center. Internationally recognized for her work in marriage and family therapy, she has published four books and more than 70 journal articles and essays in edited collections, and has presented frequently at national and international conferences.

Selected Teaching Awards and Recognitions

  • 2009 College of Applied Human Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award
  • 2007 Semester at Sea Outstanding Teacher
  • 2002 Margaret B. Hazaleus Award
  • 1997 Colorado Marriage and Family Therapist of the Year