Allyson Zoppa, a 2008 and 2012 UConn graduate, is in her 11th season as assistant coach of the University of Connecticut rowing program in 2018-2019. A native of East Hartford, CT, she earned her bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies with minors in English and Psychology and her master’s degree in Sport Management.
Read the complete write-up on the UConn Women’s Rowing website.
Ronald Rohner, Professor Emeritus, and Director of the Center for the Study of Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection, was appointed to the National Child Policy Center’s committee on psychological maltreatment.
Assistant Professor Ryan Watson received his Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award at the InCHIP Annual Meeting, which was held on September 26, 2019.
Ellen Pudney, HDFS doctoral student, won second place poster at the InCHIP Poster Competition for her poster, “A mixed methods analysis examining differential patterns of long-term distress from weight stigma.” HDFS Professor Rebecca Puhl was a co-author.
Professor Charles Super’s work on the cultural shaping of infant motor development was presented in Science News.
Professor Marlene Schwartz was quoted in a Huffington Post article that discusses U.S. food policy and public schools, and in CT Mirror, concerning a socioeconomic divide in wellness policies in CT schools.
Professor Rebecca Puhl discusses weight bias in article entitled, “Daily on Healthcare: Fighting against weight discrimination in the workplace” in the Washington Examiner.
Professor Rebecca Puhl was interviewed in the article Overcoming Weight Hate for the summer issue of the magazine Diabetic Living, and for an article on legislation to address weight discrimination for HR Dive.
Graduate student Debra Fortune Tomasino received the LeadingAge Student Full Scholarship to attend the Annual Meeting & EXPO in San Diego on October 26-30, 2019.
Alumna Jill (Leider) Berquist, BA 1984 (HDFR), worked for over ten years as a recruiting director with Accenture. Subsequently, Jill founded Berquist Coaching Services, LLC in 1997. For 21 years she has served clients nationally, working with executive leaders and their teams to uncover and leverage their unique brilliance to bring about meaningful and sustainable results, and inspire their people to do the same.