Dr. Constanza Cabello (BS HDFS) and VP of Equity Programs at State Street, was named one of Women of ALPFA (Association of Latino Professionals of America)’s Latinas to Watch of 2022. Watch here.
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Alumni Kevin Hynes continues teaching career at UW Stout
Congratulations to Kevin Hynes (PhD ’19), who started a position this year as assistant professor of Human Development and Family Studies/Marriage and Family Therapy Program, at University of Wisconsin Stout. From 2019-2022 Kevin was an assistant professor at Purdue University Northwest.
Sara Harkness receives CLAS grant for her project
Congratulations to Professor Sara Harkness, who received a CLAS Funding for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives Grant for her project, Educators’ perceptions of challenges and competence in working with students of color.
Rohner Center provides diagnostic measures to doctors in Ukraine
Upon invitation by the American Psychological Association (APA), the Rohner Center provided diagnostic measures in Ukrainian to be used by Ukrainian psychologists, psychiatrists, and others who work with psychologically traumatized children and adults in that country. The Rohner Center has 35 measures in up to 68 languages worldwide. All of them are used internationally to help assess the effects and other correlates of perceived interpersonal rejection and acceptance. Interpersonal rejection is known to be associated panculturally with problems of anxiety, depression, suicide ideation and attempts, substance use, and many other emotional and behavioral problems. Luba Roshko, M.D. (from Ukraine) has graciously volunteered to translate many of these measures into Ukrainian, which we are now making available gratis to Ukrainian professionals.
Alumna Trisha Bailey contributes gift to academic support center
Dr. Trisha M. Bailey (BA HDFR ’99), a member of the cross country and track & field teams, has committed a significant lead gift toward the construction of a state-of-the-art student-athlete performance and academic support center on the Storrs campus. Read the article here.
Rachel Cohen featured in Collaboratory on School and Child Health
Associate Professor Rachel Chazan Cohen featured on the Collaboratory on School & Child Health website: Read the article here.
Keith Bellizzi quoted in UConn Magazine
Professor Keith Bellizzi was featured in UConn Magazine in a quote about why it’s hard to change people’s minds: Read the article here.
Kim Gans Co-Investigator of intramural grant to advance research
Professor Kim Gans is Co-Investigator on an intramural grant funded by the University of Florida (Mobley PI). The grant is titled: “Development and Testing of Digital Learning Modules for Use in Home Visitation Programs to Prevent Early Childhood Obesity. This one year grant will develop and pilot test (for usability) digital obesity prevention modules to incorporate into the Parents as Teachers home visitation program in Florida. This will provide pilot data that was requested by reviewers in a prior NIH grant submission.
Alaina Brenick receives Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Grant
Congratulations to Associate Professor Alaina Brenick, who received a CLAS Funding for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives Grant for her project, The Trans and Non-binary School-based Discrimination Scale: Validating a community-derived measure to understand academic social injustices of gender expressive youth.
HDFS members to present at Gerontological Society of America
Five HDFS faculty and three HDFS graduate students will be giving five presentations at the Gerontological Society of America conference in early November in Indianapolis. See them all listed here.