Assistant Professor Caitlin Lombardi’s article was selected for the 2017 Editor’s Choice Award for the Journal of Cognition and Development. The award was announced at the October 2019 Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society. Article: Casey, B. M., Lombardi, C. M., Pollock, A., Fineman, B., & Pezaris, E. (2017). Girls’ spatial skills and arithmetic strategies in first grade as predictors of fifth grade analytical math reasoning. Journal of Cognition and Development, 5, 530-555.
Faculty
Eva Lefkowitz’s research featured in New York Times
Professor and Department Head Eva Lefkowitz’s research with former student Rose Wesche on the influence of friends and romantic partners on alcohol use, was featured in the NY Times.
Laura Mauldin’s book and ASL synopsis featured in Acadeafic blog
Laura Mauldin’s book entitled, Made to Hear: Cochlear Implants and Raising Deaf Children, was recently featured with a 12 min ASL synopsis at acadeafic.org
Beth Russell’s research featured in UConn Today
Associate Professor Beth Russell’s research with colleagues in Social Work and Psychology, targeting substance abuse through Emotion Regulation interventions, was featured in UConn Today
HDFS faculty & grad students will present at NCFR conference
Ten HDFS faculty and five HDFS graduate students will present at the 2019 NCFR Annual Conference in Fort Worth, TX, on November 20-23, 2019. See attached list of those presenting.
Maria LaRusso presents to Connecticut State legislators
Assistant Professor Maria LaRusso presented to Connecticut State legislators on Adolescent Mental Health and the Impact of School Start Times in a legislative session hosted by state representative Jillian Gilchrest and broadcast on CT-N on October 1st.
Rebecca Puhl quoted in in US News and World Report
Professor Rebecca Puhl was quoted in an article in US News and World Report. Read the article here.
Rebecca Puhl quoted in the Metro Daily News
Professor Rebecca Puhl discusses how to reduce fat shaming in the Metro Daily News.
Eva Lefkowitz and students receive Best Research Article Award
Professor and Department Head Eva Lefkowitz and former students will be honored in Toronto this week for their article, which was selected by the Sexuality Topic Network of the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood as the winner of the 2018 Best Research Article award for research advancing scholarship on sex and sexuality among emerging adults. Read the article here https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jora.12422
Ronald Rohner appointed to National Child Policy Center committee
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.