Here are More Details on SSHD ECN Conference Events
Society for the Study of Human Development’s
Early Career Network Conference Events
What is the Early Career Network: It is a group of early career scholars in the field of human development with the goals of sharing ideas, collaborating, and supporting the professional development of its members. The early career group will be active at the SSHD conference with two important events.
Who is Invited to the Early Career Network Events: Early career scholars such as new assistant professors, post-docs, and students of all levels (e.g., graduate and undergraduate).
Early Career Network Conference Events:
#1 Early Career Network Meeting and Mixer
Where and When? Monday, October 19th at 6:00pm, meeting location: Meet at Rackham Assembly Hall Reception at 6:00pm and then we will move to a break out room in the Assembly Hall.
From 6:00-6:30pm there will be a meeting of the early career network, to informally socialize, set out group priorities and goals, as well as to vote on a president of the early career network. The president will take lead of the group and become a member of the Society’s Steering Committee. Nominations for the ECN president’s post will sought in advance of the conference and nominations will be accepted during the meeting. The vote will be by secret ballot and the results of the election will be announced later on in the conference at the banquet.
If you are interested in running for the Society for the Study of Human Development, Early Career Network presidency, please contact Dr. Laura Ferrer-Wreder: lferrerwreder@yahoo.com for more information about the position. The presidency is open to SSHD student members and other early career scholars, members of the early career network, and SSHD conference attendees who are either students or other early career scholars (i.e., post docs and new assistant professors). You do not have to attend the conference to run for ECN presidency or to participate in this vote. If you cannot attend the conference and want to take part, email Laura Ferrer-Wreder before Sunday, October 18, 2009.
#2 Early Career Network “Dine Around” Event
Where and When? Monday, October 19th at 6:45pm, meeting location: Rackham Assembly Hall Reception
Early career scholars (e.g., post-docs, students of all levels, and new assistant professors) are invited to go to dinner with a well known, leading scientist in the field of human development. This is an informal networking opportunity. Everyone interested in going to dinner will meet at the Rackham Assembly Hall Reception at 6:45 and then go out to dinner (everyone pays for their own dinner at a local restaurant). You can select a scientist based on their profile (details provided below) and/or the topic area that they will discuss at dinner.
An RSVP is not required to attend the SSHD ECN Dine Around, but an RSVP is appreciated. If you are interested in coming to the Dine Around, please RSVP Dr. Laura Ferrer-Wreder: lferrerwreder@yahoo.com and note the name of the scientist that you would like to have dinner with. This will help us in our planning for this event.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19th Meet at 6: 45pm Rackham Assembly Hall Reception
Early career scholars can go out to dinner with one of the leading scholars listed below:
Toni Antonucci: Social relations and health
Kristine J. Ajrouch: Immigration issues
Larry B. Schiamberg: Elder abuse
Richard M. Lerner: Positive Youth development
Mary J. Levitt: Social networks across the lifespan
Scientists’ Short Web Bios
Dr. Mary J. Levitt is a Professor and Chair of the Psychology Department at Florida International University. She conducts research on social relations across the life span from a social network perspective. Her specific areas of interest include (a) processes of relationship formation and change, (b) effects of major life transitions on social network relations, and (c) the influence of social networks on personal outcomes, including behavioral adaptations, emotional well being, and school achievement She has conducted research with ethnically diverse populations, representing all phases of the life span, from infancy through old age. She currently directs a major study of social networks and school adaptation in newly immigrant children and adolescents (Project SOL), funded by The Spencer Foundation.
Dr. Toni Antonucci is the Elizabeth M. Douvan Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research Life Course Development Program, University of Michigan as well as the Society for the Study of Human Development’s President. Dr. Antonucci’s research focuses on social relations and health across the life span, including multigenerational studies of the family and comparative studies of social relations across the life span in the United States, Europe and Japan. She is currently collecting a second wave of data on the Social Relations and Health across the Life Span study.
Dr. Kristine J. Arjouch, Director, Gerontology Program and Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University, also holds an appointment as an Adjunct Associate Research Professor, Life Course Development Program University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Arjouch is a steering committee member of the Society for the Study of Human Development. Dr. Ajrouch’s research interests include matters of social relations and aging, with emphasis on gender, race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. She recently completed a study, funded by the National Institute of Aging, which examined issues of social relations and health among Arab American elders.
Dr. Larry B. Schiamberg is a professor at Michigan State University and is the Society for the Study of Human Development’s President Elect. Dr. Schiamberg is the author of numerous published articles and books. He authored some of the first human development and child development textbooks written from a systems/ecological perspective. Currently he is directing a research project “Cyber Seniors/CyberTeens: A Community-Based Intergenerational Project for Bridging Generational and Digital Divides,”a program for the enhancement of positive youth development and the health and well being of senior citizens by teaching youth to teach computer and internet access skills to senior citizens. He is also a CO-PI on a national/state funded study of elder abuse in Michigan nursing homes, “Vulnerable Medicaid Populations” and he is the Associate Editor for Human Development and Family, Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal. Dr. Schiamberg serves in an advisory capacity on the EPA Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee and on the CDC Advisory Committee for planning CDC research and programs in Elder Abuse.
Dr. Richard M. Lerner is the Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science and the Director of the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University. Dr. Lerner has more than 500 scholarly publications, including 70 authored or edited books. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence and of Applied Developmental Science, which he continues to edit. Dr. Lerner is known for his theory of relations between life-span human development and social change, and for his research about the relations between adolescents and their peers, families, schools, and communities. His work integrates the study of public policies and community-based programs with the promotion of positive youth development and youth contributions to civil society.
Early Career Network Conference Events
What is the Early Career Network: It is a group of early career scholars in the field of human development with the goals of sharing ideas, collaborating, and supporting the professional development of its members. The early career group will be active at the SSHD conference with two important events.
Who is Invited to the Early Career Network Events: Early career scholars such as new assistant professors, post-docs, and students of all levels (e.g., graduate and undergraduate).
Early Career Network Conference Events:
#1 Early Career Network Meeting and Mixer
Where and When? Monday, October 19th at 6:00pm, meeting location: Meet at Rackham Assembly Hall Reception at 6:00pm and then we will move to a break out room in the Assembly Hall.
From 6:00-6:30pm there will be a meeting of the early career network, to informally socialize, set out group priorities and goals, as well as to vote on a president of the early career network. The president will take lead of the group and become a member of the Society’s Steering Committee. Nominations for the ECN president’s post will sought in advance of the conference and nominations will be accepted during the meeting. The vote will be by secret ballot and the results of the election will be announced later on in the conference at the banquet.
If you are interested in running for the Society for the Study of Human Development, Early Career Network presidency, please contact Dr. Laura Ferrer-Wreder: lferrerwreder@yahoo.com for more information about the position. The presidency is open to SSHD student members and other early career scholars, members of the early career network, and SSHD conference attendees who are either students or other early career scholars (i.e., post docs and new assistant professors). You do not have to attend the conference to run for ECN presidency or to participate in this vote. If you cannot attend the conference and want to take part, email Laura Ferrer-Wreder before Sunday, October 18, 2009.
#2 Early Career Network “Dine Around” Event
Where and When? Monday, October 19th at 6:45pm, meeting location: Rackham Assembly Hall Reception
Early career scholars (e.g., post-docs, students of all levels, and new assistant professors) are invited to go to dinner with a well known, leading scientist in the field of human development. This is an informal networking opportunity. Everyone interested in going to dinner will meet at the Rackham Assembly Hall Reception at 6:45 and then go out to dinner (everyone pays for their own dinner at a local restaurant). You can select a scientist based on their profile (details provided below) and/or the topic area that they will discuss at dinner.
An RSVP is not required to attend the SSHD ECN Dine Around, but an RSVP is appreciated. If you are interested in coming to the Dine Around, please RSVP Dr. Laura Ferrer-Wreder: lferrerwreder@yahoo.com and note the name of the scientist that you would like to have dinner with. This will help us in our planning for this event.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19th Meet at 6: 45pm Rackham Assembly Hall Reception
Early career scholars can go out to dinner with one of the leading scholars listed below:
Toni Antonucci: Social relations and health
Kristine J. Ajrouch: Immigration issues
Larry B. Schiamberg: Elder abuse
Richard M. Lerner: Positive Youth development
Mary J. Levitt: Social networks across the lifespan
Scientists’ Short Web Bios
Dr. Mary J. Levitt is a Professor and Chair of the Psychology Department at Florida International University. She conducts research on social relations across the life span from a social network perspective. Her specific areas of interest include (a) processes of relationship formation and change, (b) effects of major life transitions on social network relations, and (c) the influence of social networks on personal outcomes, including behavioral adaptations, emotional well being, and school achievement She has conducted research with ethnically diverse populations, representing all phases of the life span, from infancy through old age. She currently directs a major study of social networks and school adaptation in newly immigrant children and adolescents (Project SOL), funded by The Spencer Foundation.
Dr. Toni Antonucci is the Elizabeth M. Douvan Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research Life Course Development Program, University of Michigan as well as the Society for the Study of Human Development’s President. Dr. Antonucci’s research focuses on social relations and health across the life span, including multigenerational studies of the family and comparative studies of social relations across the life span in the United States, Europe and Japan. She is currently collecting a second wave of data on the Social Relations and Health across the Life Span study.
Dr. Kristine J. Arjouch, Director, Gerontology Program and Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University, also holds an appointment as an Adjunct Associate Research Professor, Life Course Development Program University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Arjouch is a steering committee member of the Society for the Study of Human Development. Dr. Ajrouch’s research interests include matters of social relations and aging, with emphasis on gender, race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. She recently completed a study, funded by the National Institute of Aging, which examined issues of social relations and health among Arab American elders.
Dr. Larry B. Schiamberg is a professor at Michigan State University and is the Society for the Study of Human Development’s President Elect. Dr. Schiamberg is the author of numerous published articles and books. He authored some of the first human development and child development textbooks written from a systems/ecological perspective. Currently he is directing a research project “Cyber Seniors/CyberTeens: A Community-Based Intergenerational Project for Bridging Generational and Digital Divides,”a program for the enhancement of positive youth development and the health and well being of senior citizens by teaching youth to teach computer and internet access skills to senior citizens. He is also a CO-PI on a national/state funded study of elder abuse in Michigan nursing homes, “Vulnerable Medicaid Populations” and he is the Associate Editor for Human Development and Family, Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal. Dr. Schiamberg serves in an advisory capacity on the EPA Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee and on the CDC Advisory Committee for planning CDC research and programs in Elder Abuse.
Dr. Richard M. Lerner is the Bergstrom Chair in Applied Developmental Science and the Director of the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University. Dr. Lerner has more than 500 scholarly publications, including 70 authored or edited books. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence and of Applied Developmental Science, which he continues to edit. Dr. Lerner is known for his theory of relations between life-span human development and social change, and for his research about the relations between adolescents and their peers, families, schools, and communities. His work integrates the study of public policies and community-based programs with the promotion of positive youth development and youth contributions to civil society.
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