Spring 2009 Seminars

All seminars are in S209 Henderson Building, from 4-5 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

January 14 Susan M. Sheridan, Ph.D., Director, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools and Willa Cather Professor, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools, University of Nebraska, "Getting Ready: Preliminary effects of a partnership model for parents and children"

January 21

Marianne Hillemeier, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Demography, Penn State, "Preconceptional health promotion: The Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study"
January 28 Pamela Morris, Ph.D. [rescheduled due to inclement weather]
February 4 Pamela Morris, Ph.D., Director, Family Well-Being and Child Development Policy Area, MRDC, "Reducing educational inequities through intervention: Effects on children of a program aimed at parents' depression"
February 11 Kimberly Mallett, Ph.D., Research Associate, Penn State Prevention Research Center, and Rob Turrisi, Ph.D., Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State, "Changing resistant risky health behaviors:  Using brief intervention approaches to prevent skin cancer"
February 18 No Seminar
February 25 Janet Welsh, Ph.D., Research Associate, Penn State Prevention Research Center, "FOCUS"

Joint Seminar with the Methodology Center

March 4

 

 Wayne Osgood, Ph.D., Professor of Crime, Law, and Justice and Sociology, Penn State, and Scott Gest, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State, "A social network perspective on substance use and the impact of school-based prevention programs"
March 11 Spring Break
March 18 Center Meeting
March 25 Wendi Cross, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology) and Pediatrics, and Co-Director, The Resilience Project, University of Rochester Medical School, and Peter Wyman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology), University of Rochester Medical School, " Are skills well-taught and do children learn them?  Measuring implementer and child skills in the Rochester Resilience Project"

April 1

No Seminar--SRCD

April 7

[Note: This week's seminar is on a Tuesday--no Wednesday seminar; also please note difference location]

Andreas Beelmann, Ph.D., Professor of Research Synthesis, Intervention, and Evaluation, University of Jena, Germany, "Evidence-based design, implementation, and evaluation of psychological (or developmental) interventions", S102 Henderson
April 22 Philip Rodkin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "African American and European American children in diverse elementary classrooms: Social integration, social status, and social behavior"
April 29 Experiences of the 2008-2009 Prevention Fellows, Andrea Finley, Kristine Voegtline, Michelle Blocklin, S102 Henderson Building
May 1 Classes End