CHHD Colloquium SeriesCore CHHD activities include the interdisciplinary colloquium series (usually offered in coordination with the graduate and faculty seminar) and special invited lectures. Leading and emerging researchers present their current work at the intersecting concerns of the three CHHD domains: Culture, Health, and Human Development. 2013 Interdisciplinary Conference on Health, Workplace, and Environment - TBA soon!
Fall 2011 Invited Lecture
Co-Sponsored by the UConn School of Business
| Piotr Olaf Zylicz, PhD | Vice-President, Polish Foundation for Management Research
| Entrepreneural Leadership in Post-Communist Poland | October 6, 2011, time TBA
Board Room, UConn School of Business
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Spring Colloquium Series 2011
4:00 PM in room 18 of the Family Studies Building *Click on the name to view presentation summary
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February 17
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James Georgas, Ph.D.
University of Athens, Greece
"How different and similar are families across cultures? A 30-nation study" |
March 24
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Saskia van Schaik, M.A.
University of Utrecht, the Netherlands
"Cultural diversity in center-based early childhood care in the Netherlands: Challenge or resource?" |
| April 14 |
Martha Julia García-Sellers, Ph.D.
Tufts University, USA
"Questioning the generality of theory and methodology for effective home and school interventions" |
| April 28 |
Charles M. Super, Ph.D. & Caroline J. Mavridis, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut, USA
"Parent education in diverse cultural contexts: Design and implementation" |
Spring 2009 Colloquium Series
| March 19 |
Ughetta Moscardino, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology, University of Padua, Italy
"Parental ethnotheories of infant health and development among immigrant mothers in Italy" |
| April 16 |
Elena L. Grigorenko, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Graduate Program, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut
"Challenges to the assessment of abilities and competencies in the era of globalization" |
| April 23 |
Pouran Faghri, MD, MS, FACSM
Professor and Director of the Graduate Program, Department of Allied Health Sciences, U. of Connecticut
"Working life and healthy workplace: Issues to consider" |
| April 30 |
Beth Muller, APRN
University of Connecticut Health Center
"Interviewing and understanding children from diverse cultural backgrounds: A clinical perspective" |
Spring 2008 Colloquium
| March 24 |
Oumar Barry, Ph.D.
Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
Marian Zeitlin, Ph.D.
Cornell University
"Designing a School Readiness Program in Senegal: Developmental Tests, Nutritional Assessment, and Home Life" |
Spring 2007 Colloquium Series
Links to previous series:
2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
Below is a collage of pictures from past colloquia.
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From Upper Left:
- Robert LeVine (Harvard University), 2003;
- Charles Super, Steve Suomi (National Institutes of Health), Sara Harkness, and Lee Pachter discuss Suomi’s presentation in 2005;
- Xinyin Chen (University of Western Ontario), 2003;
- Tom Miller, 2004;
- Anna Lartey (University of Ghana), 2002;
- Carol Lammi-Keefe, 2001;
- Jerome Kagan (Harvard University), 2002;
- rapt members of the audience;
- Amy Miller, Lee Pachter, and Sara Harkness discuss Pachter’s presentation in 2005;
- Fabienne Doucet, 2004;
- Carol Worthman (Emory University), 2002;
- Robert Sternberg (Yale University), 2004.
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