Our graduate students take great pride in sharing their work with the academic community!
This academic year, UConn HDFS students disseminated their research at virtual and in-person conferences. Our students presented about 50 research presentations around the nation, 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
HDFS Graduate Program Alumni: Where are they now?
Research universities: HDFS alumni work as tenure-line and research faculty at universities and colleges around the United States and the world, including Yale, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, Bowling Green State, California State, Ohio State, Texas Tech, Minnesota, UConn, Rochester, and University of the Andes.
Teaching-oriented universities: our alumni work as tenure-line faculty at many liberal arts and teaching-oriented universities, such as Smith, Wheelock, Lewis & Clark, SUNY Oswego, and Central CT State.
Research institutes: HDFS graduate alumni work at research institutes across the United States, including National Cancer Institute, James Bell Associates, and the Wilder Foundation.
What else can you do? No two careers are the same! Alumni have used their training and skills for a range of careers as consultants, as researchers at universities and hospitals, forming their own companies, and even doing research at Lego Foundation.