Human Development & Family Science Research Speaker Series
Wednesdays at 3:15 p.m.
via Zoom, unless otherwise noted
Seminar Schedule
Date
Speaker
Affiliation
Title
October 4, 2023
Daniel S. Shaw, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Translating Developmental Research on Early Problem Behavior to a Tiered Prevention Program for Young Children Living in Poverty
October 25, 2023
Sona Dimidjian, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Renée Crown Wellness Institute – Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder
Mindfulness-Based Interventions and Maternal Mental Health
November 1, 2023
*in-person: 345 Sandels
Marty Swanbrow Becker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, Florida State University
Fostering Social Connection to Support College Student Mental Health
December 6, 2023
David Sbarra, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology – University of Arizona College of Science, and Director of the Laboratory for Social Connectedness and Health
Social Relationships and Health: A Twice Told Tale
March 6, 2024
Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology, Ohio State University
Early Relational Health: A Family Systems Perspective
March 27, 2024
Bruce E. Compas, Ph.D.
Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor, Director of Clinical Psychology Training, Psychology & Human Development, Vanderbilt University
Coping and Emotion Regulation: Key Constructs in Understanding and Building Resilience
Dec 8, 2021
Janae Neiderhiser, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Psychology; Department of Psychology; Penn State University
Using multiple strategies and designs to understand genetic and environmental influences on development through the lifespan.
Feb 2, 2022
Kirstin Purves, Ph.D.
Core Analytical Group Co-Director, Anxiety Workgroup, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium
The Role for Genes and the Environment in the Development of Anxiety
April 6, 2022
Koraly Pérez-Edgar, Ph.D.
McCourtney Professor of Child Studies, Professor of Psychology, Associate Director of the Social Science Research Institute; Pennsylvania State University
Capturing Social Attention: Attempts to bring Attention Measures into the Social World
October 5, 2022
Professor Crystal Park
Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.
Spirituality, Meaning and Health
November 2, 2022
Professor Andres De Los Reyes
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland at College Park
When Youth Mental Health Assessments Produce Discrepant Results
November 9, 2022
Associate Professor Julie Bowker
Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo
Understanding Solitude and Social Withdrawal: Developmental Considerations and Individual Differences
November 16, 2022
Professor John (Jack) Hettema & Asst. Prof. Brad Verhulst
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University
Anxiety Genetics in the Age of Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) and the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium
January 18, 2023 (in-person in Sandels 345)
Lyndsay Jenkins, Ph.D.
Michael and Jean Shahnasarian Endowed Associate Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, Florida State University
Preventing and Addressing Peer Victimization: Two Approaches
February 22, 2023
Hye Won Chai, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center and the Center on Aging and Population Sciences
Daily Experiences, Family Relationships, and Health in Later Life: Variations by Age and Gender
March 8, 2023
Lisa Serbin, Ph.D.
Research Chair in Human Development and Professor of Psychology, Centre for Research in Human Development and Department of Psychology, Concordia University
From Social Withdrawal in Childhood to Adult Functioning, Parenting and Inter-generational Risk: Findings from the Concordia Intergenerational Research Project
April 19, 2023
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Ed.D.
Professor of education, psychology, and neuroscience at the University of Southern California
Building meaning builds teens’ brains: Beyond IQ, adolescents’ dispositions to construct transcendent narratives predict their neural development and young adult wellbeing
Date
Speaker
Affiliation
Title
Jan 9th
Joanna Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Department of Family and Child Sciences; Florida State University
Modeling Longitudinal Data in Marriage and Family Therapy
Jan 16th
Michele Parker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professors; Department of Family and Child Sciences and College of Social Work; Florida State University
Autism Spectrum Disorder and Complex Healthcare Needs: The Role of Healthcare Experiences
Feb 13th
Damaris Aschwanden, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Researcher; College of Medicine; Florida State University
Personality and Cognition: From Long-Term Development to Short-Term Dynamic Processes in Daily Life
Mar 5th
Sara Hart, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Department of Psychology; Florida State University
Using precision education to understand learning differences
Mar 12th
Jim McNulty, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor; Department of Psychology; Florida State University
The Automaticity of Being…in a Close Relationship
Apr 2nd
Monika Ardelt, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology; University of Florida
TBD
Apr 9th
Ezgi Toplu Demirtas, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar; Department of Family and Child Sciences; Florida State University
TBD
Apr 23rd
Shannon Montgomery, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Researcher; College of Human Sciences; Florida State University
Health and Social Network Analysis
The Biobehavioral Family Model: An Intentionally Translational Framework
Speaker:
Beatrice Wood, Ph.D., ABPP
Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics & Psychology
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
University of Buffalo
Thoughts on Full vs. Partial Mediation
Speaker:
Thomas Ledermann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Family and Child Sciences
Florida State University
Practice to Research and Back: Building Family Interventions in a Service Setting
Speaker:
W. Alex Mason, Ph.D.
Senior Research Director
Boystown
Courtesy Faculty, Family and Child Sciences
Florida State University
Questions?
Heidi Gazelle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Seminar Series Coordinator
850.644.5722
hgazelle@fsu.edu
Sandels 324
Human Development and Family Science Department, Main Office
850.644.3217
Sandels 225