Graduate student Vanessa Esquivel featured in UConn Today for her recent Head Start Dissertation Grant from the Administration of Children and Families for her dissertation work to study the association between parents and Early Head Start service providers. Caitlin Lombardi is mentoring Vanessa on this project. https://today.uconn.edu/2024/12/giving-latine-families-an-early-head-start/

Congratulations to Candi Nwakasi, who was awarded a grant from the Office of Global Affairs, “Mental health support seeking among Nigerians with a history of cancer and HIV!

UConn Today recently interviewed Marlene Schwartz for their new video about the Rudd Center’s “Cultural Foods Guide”. https://today.uconn.edu/2024/10/tackling-food-insecurity-cultural-food-guide/

After her freshman year at UConn, Christine changed her major and transferred into what was then the School of Family Studies to pursue a degree working with young children. Her concentration was Child Development and Early Childhood Education. This decision came after she took the course Programs for Young Children with Dr. Jane Goldman. Jane […]

Ida Ghaemmaghamfarahani is a first-year PhD student specializing in Adulthood, Aging, and Gerontology under Dr. Keith Bellizzi’s mentorship. Originally from Tehran, Iran, Ida began her academic journey with an engineering degree from the University of Tehran. However, her deep interest in mental health and human behavior led her to pursue a master’s in clinical psychology. […]

Caroline Mavridis is an Assistant Research Professor of HDFS and Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Health, and Human Development (CHHD). Her work includes research, evaluations of social intervention programs in Connecticut, supervising graduate and undergraduate research assistants in the CHHD, and training front-line human service workers. Caroline’s research interests are […]

Congratulations to Joan Fenton (HDFS alum), who, together with her husband, Richard Fenton, are this year’s recipients of the James C. Fallon Distinguished Service Award, the highest award given by the Brockport, NY Board of Education for their service to the district, the students, the community and the college. Learn more about their careers and […]

Professor Keith Bellizzi was featured in UConn Today in an article about his work on a new study of communication and intimacy among couples facing metastatic breast cancer: https://today.uconn.edu/2024/10/study-investigates-communication-intimacy-among-couples-facing-metastatic-breast-cancer/

Four HDFS faculty and three graduate students will be giving five presentations at the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) conference later this month in Bellevue, Washington. Learn about them here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ubx8DQazSgr21R425puu1h0cVvJE1gpe_EbHBssoEDM/edit?usp=sharing

Undergraduate student Katherine Gutierrez, a sophomore, participated in the Fall Frontiers Poster Exhibition on October 23rd, as part of the SHARE program, which supports undergraduate research projects in the social sciences, humanities, and arts. SHARE is designed especially for students in the earlier stages of their college careers as a means of introducing students to […]