HDFS alumni Colleen Vesely (MA) and Mariana Guzzardo (PhD) recently published an NCFR Policy Brief on immigrant families and policy implications for their wellbeing.

2018 PhD graduate, Jia Li Liu, currently a postdoctoral scholar at University of Maryland, College Park, was a 2019 Recipients of the SRCD Small Grants Program for Early Career Scholars for her project: Ethnic Racial Socialization Among Low SES and Middle SES Chinese American Families

Christine Thiele Hoeffner, B.A. ’73, recently published a book, Finding Wisdom in the Jungle.  The book explores legal rights granted at age 18 that may create challenges for teens as well as their parents, that are often not taught by schools or parents.  The book intertwines a fictional adventure with factual information designed to inform, educate, and entertain.

HDFS graduate Cameron Froude, PhD, MA, LMFT – the Behavioral Health Program Manager of the John Muir Health Family Medicine Residency Program – has been awarded a $925,000 grant: 2018-2021 SONG-BROWN GRANT – Training family medicine residents in team-based, whole-person care.  Role: Principle Investigator; Project Coordinator. The goals of this project are threefold: to train residents in facilitating interprofessional group medical visits for patients at a local FQHC; to train residents in providing integrated biomedical and behavioral healthcare to patients treated on a mobile health van, and; to support one resident position for 3 years.

HDFS and Early Childhood alum Wheeler DeAngelis (2015) discusses his experiences as an early childhood educator and emphasizes the importance of infant-toddler teachers.  The post appears on a blog sponsored by the MA Association for the Education of Young Children, which highlights the strong training he received as an ECDE and HDFS student.