Professor Rebecca Puhl featured in Englemed Health News.
Author: Janice Berriault
Samantha Lawrence receives CETL Outstanding Grad Teaching Award
Doctoral student Samantha Lawrence is the recipient of the UConn, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) 2020-2021 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award.
Rebecca Puhl’s research in MDEdge, Huffington Post, The Amed Post
Professor Rebecca Puhl‘s research featured in MDEdge on understanding and combatting weight bias in teens, Huffington Post on differential workplace benefits of being overweight by gender, and in The Amed Post.
Vida Samuel featured on Babe With the Power Blog
Assistant Professor in Residence Vida Samuel is featured on Babe With the Power Blog
Ryan Watson recipient of SRA research award
Assistant Professor Ryan Watson is the recipient of the 2020 Early Career Research Award, Society of Research on Adolescence. Although the conference was cancelled so we couldn’t share in the celebration together, this award is a huge honor only awarded every other year, and thus a large accomplishment.
Rebecca Puhl quoted in the Daily Mail and ABC Spain
Professor Rebecca Puhl was quoted in articles in the Daily Mail- Calling Overweight People Fat or Lazy Must Stop Because Stigma is ‘Blocking the Fight Against the Obesity Epidemic,’ Experts Say; and ABC Spain- El estigma: el principal enemigo de la obesidad
Alum Kevin Hynes elected NCFR secretary/treasurer
Congratulations to alum Kevin Hynes, PhD 2019, who was elected secretary/treasurer of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Family Therapy Section.
Rebecca Puhl’s research featured in multiple articles
Professor Rebecca Puhl’s research on body acceptance was featured in: US News and World Report, The Great Body Acceptance Debate, and PressForm.
Samantha Lawrence receives Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award
Congratulations to Samantha Lawrence, recipient of the 2020 University Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award from the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. This is a university-wide award as well and recognizes Sam’s amazing contributions in the HDFS classroom.
Galante-DeAngelis and Watson receive AAUP Excellence awards
Two HDFS faculty received UConn AAUP Excellence Awards! Lecturer Meg Galante-DeAngelis received the Teaching Excellence (Career) award, and Associate Professor Ryan Watson received the Research and Creativity (Early Career) award. These are very prestigious university-wide awards and we are very proud of Meg and Ryan for these well-deserved acknowledgements of all of their hard work.