In recognition of significant and sustained contributions to the science of psychology, the Board of Directors of the Eastern Psychological Association has granted Ronald P. Rohner the status of Fellow of the Eastern Psychological Association.
Author: Janice Berriault
Marlene Schwartz was featured on Food Issues
Professor Marlene Schwartz was featured on Food Issues with Julie Relevant, Episode 001: Feeding Kids in 2021
Alumni Nicholas Koberstein receives the 2021 Award for Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate
Congratulations to Dr. Nicholas Koberstein (Ph.D., 2016), who received the 2021 Award for Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate from the National resource Center (NRC) for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. Dr. Koberstein is the Founding Associate Professor of Child and Family Studies at Keuka College. Learn more about Dr. Koberstein and the award here: https://www.keuka.edu/blog/keuka-college-professor-receives-national-first-year-student-advocate-award
Lauryn Ashong represents HDFS, Stamford, and UConn at public hearing
Check out Lauryn Ashong’s testimony at the Appropriations Public Hearing on Higher Education Agencies. Lauryn is an HDFS major on the UConn Stamford campus. What an awesome representative of HDFS, Stamford, and UConn. You can listen to her testimony here (should autostart at the right time, but if not, it’s at 1:07:47): https://youtu.be/5CNiQ_Z7svY?t=4067
HDFS faculty & grad students will present at SRCD conference
14 HDFS faculty and 15 HDFS graduate students will be giving 26 presentations at the SRCD Virtual conference, April 7 – 9. Topics include parental control and Chinese adolescent’s depression; anti-racist interventions with Palestinian/Jewish Israeli individuals; avoiding ethnocentrism in research; math skill development in early childhood; and more than 10 presentations related to child, adolescent, college student, and parent well-being during COVID-19. Find a list of all of the exciting talks and posters here
Jolaade Kalinowski featured in UConn Today
Assistant Professor Jolaade Kalinowski was featured in UConn Today for her important research on Health Disparities for Black women. Read the article here.
Marlene Schwartz’s article featured in multiple newspapers
Professor Marlene Schwartz was featured in US News & World Report, The Conversation, and many other newspapers in a recent story, How Connecticut Schools Have Gotten Lunch to Kids Who Need it. Read her story in The Conversation.
Isabella Otoka, Aetna Writing winner in the Disciplines Awards
A research paper that undergraduate student Isabella Otoka wrote for HDFS 2004W in Spring, 2020, Panic Disorder and Parent Child Communication was selected as the winner of the Aetna Writing in the Disciplines Awards in the social sciences division. Congratulations!
Professor Edna Brown was the instructor, and graduate student Mackenzie Wink was the TA who nominated Isabella. The Aetna Writing in the Disciplines Awards recognize exemplary academic writing by undergraduate students across the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and professional schools. Each of three winners will receive $200, thanks to funding from the Aetna Chair of Writing Endowment.
Terry Berthelot gives presentation for Medicare Hospice Benefit
Assistant Professor in Residence Terry Berthelot, gave a virtual presentation for the Center for Learning in Retirement, Medicare Hospice Benefit, March 11, 2021.
Rebecca Puhl recipient of 2021 Obesity Canada Distinguished Lecturer’s Award
Congratulations to Professor Rebecca Puhl, the recipient of the 2021 Obesity Canada Distinguished Lecturer’s Award – a national award in Canada which she will be awarded in May 2021. As part of the award, she will be giving the award lecture at the 7th national Canadian Obesity Summit.