Congratulations to HDFS graduate student Khris-Ann Small! Her project, “Black and Latino parents’ experiences with the Positive Parenting Program” was awarded funding from the Collaborative to Advance Equity Through Research on Women and Girls of Color, which is sponsored by the White House Council for Women and Girls, through UConn.
Students
Honors student, Samantha Lawrence featured in CLAS article
HDFS honors student Samantha Lawrence was featured in a CLAS article entitled, A Sensitive Soul: The Psychology of Bullying. This article describes the great engagement of Assistant Professor Alaina Brenick in undergraduate education, and the excellent research opportunities that have been available to Samantha.
C. Britton offered Fulbright Research Grant to study in Sri Lanka
HDFS Graduate student Carmen Britton’s Fulbright grant is from November 2016 thru August 2017. She will partner with the Head of the Sociology Department at the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka, to conduct qualitative research relating to the experiences of people with disabilities in Community Based Rehabilitation.
Jia Li Liu offered Fulbright Research Grant to study in Hong Kong
HDFS graduate student Jia Li Liu has been offered a Fulbright Research Grant to study in Hong Kong. The grant is from July 2016 and March 2017. Jia Li will be collaborating with Dr. Florrie Fei-Yin Ng in the Educational Psychology department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. They will be working on a mixed method study that examines Chinese immigrant and native Hong Kong mother and teacher ethnotheories of shyness, related socialization practices, and shy children’s school adjustment.
Tanika Simpson quoted in article in the New Yorker
HDFS doctoral student Tanika Simpson was quoted in an article entitled Baby Doe by Jill Lepore, in the February 1 issue of the New Yorker. The article explores the extreme challenges of the child protection system, and particularly in the state of Massachusetts over much of the past century.
Siembida accepted to NCI’s Cancer Prevention and Control Fellowship Prog
HDFS Graduate student Elizabeth Siembida has been accepted into the National Cancer Institute’s preeminent Cancer Prevention and Control Fellowship Program (CPFP) in Bethesda, MD. This highly competitive fellowship (accepting only 10% of applicants from across the country) is designed to provide a strong foundation for scientists and clinicians to train in the field of cancer prevention and control. As part of the program, Liz will be getting her MPH degree during her first year, followed by three years of mentored research with investigators and national leaders at the NCI or FDA.