Our graduate students take great pride in the work that they share with the academic community!
In the 2023-2024 academic year, UConn HDFS students disseminated their research at virtual and in-person conferences. Our students presented about 50 research presentations around the nation, from Philadelphia to Seattle, and from Chicago to Orlando , and even around the globe, including Panama, Scotland, and Portugal,. They also have more than 140 publications in books and journals in a variety of disciplines, including adolescent development, family sciences, cultural psychology, public health, and gender and sexuality studies.
See CURRENT & PAST PRESENTATIONS !
Current graduate students have presented their work at regional, national, and international conferences, including:
- American Educational Research Association
- American Psychological Association
- American Psychosocial Oncology Society
- American Public Health Association
- Gerontological Society of America
- National Council on Family Relations
- Society for Prevention Research
- Society for Research in Child Development
- Society for Research on Adolescence
- Society of Behavioral Medicine
See CURRENT & PAST PUBLICATIONS !
Current graduate students have published in many top peer-reviewed journals, including:
- AIDS Care
- Behavioral Medicine
- Journal of Family Theory & Review
- Journal of Marriage and Family
- Journal of Research on Adolescence
- Journal of Sex Research
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- LGBT Health
- Mindfulness
- Nutrients
- Obesity
See list of COMPLETED DISSERTATIONS !
Graduate students in HDFS choose to write dissertations on a wide variety of topics, which reflect the diversity of research areas within the program. A list of completed dissertations can be viewed here.