Liane Lussier Smith, MSW, LCSW earned her Bachelor of Science in HDFS from UConn with a focus in Counseling and Services in 2002. Taking advantage of multiple internships and the variety of courses within the HDFS program set the stage for learning about new career opportunities. After obtaining her undergraduate degree, Liane worked in early […]

Linda Maria Trevino is a first-year HDFS PhD student specializing in Child and Adolescent Development. Before she joined the UConn Applied Research on Children (ARC) Lab, she earned her bachelor’s in Psychology with Special Honors from the University of Texas at Austin. There, she conducted her honors thesis, an evaluation of bilingualism, children’s executive functions, […]

Yuan Lin is a first-year HDFS PhD student in the Couples, Parents, and Families and Health, Wellbeing, and Prevention specializations. He earned a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of California, San Diego, and an M.S. in Business Analytics and Project Management at UConn. Prior to beginning his doctoral studies, Yuan spent one and […]

Mary Tabb Foley first joined the UConn community more than 20 years ago as an undergraduate student. UConn was her first choice – a place that felt both exciting and familiar, being close to her hometown in Connecticut. She began her time at UConn planning to become an elementary school teacher, until a chance enrollment […]

Congratulations to *Elise Sumsion, who received the Best Student/Early Career Presentation Award for her paper The Bisexual Identity Enactment Model: A Model Grounded in Identity Theory at the Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop in Baltimore, Maryland.

Congratulations to Alaina Brenick, winner of the UConn MLK Legacy Award!

The Child Labs community members (faculty, staff, children, families and students) took part in a food drive. The community donated food and hygiene products to the Mansfield Human Services food pantry to support our neighbors.

Congratulations to McKenna Cheverier (HDFS BA ’24), who recently started a position as recreation supervisor in the Department of Leisure, Family, and Recreation for the Town of Manchester, CT!

Vida was promoted to Associate Professor-in-Residence effective August, 2025! In recent years, Professor Vida Samuel has been on a whirlwind of career triumphs, community impact, and culinary adventures. In addition to her recent promotion, Vida is a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Applied Research in Human Development (CARHD) and the Department of Social and […]

Vida was promoted to Associate Professor-in-Residence effective August, 2025! In recent years, Professor Vida Samuel has been on a whirlwind of career triumphs, community impact, and culinary adventures. In addition to her recent promotion, Vida is a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Applied Research in Human Development (CARHD) and the Department of Social and […]