Human Development and Family Sciences

  • Film Screening of What’s Race Got to Do With It?

    Film Screening of What’s Race Got to Do With It?

    March 13, 2018

    HDFS is hosting a screening and discussion of What’s Race Got to Do With It? on Wed. April 4 from 1:30-3:30 pm. in 311 Pearson Hall. The film goes beyond identity politics, celebratory history and guilt trips to help viewers “see through” achievement m …

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  • Social entrepreneurship series returns on 3/14 with Dr. Courthney Russell, Jr.

    Social entrepreneurship series returns on 3/14 with Dr. Courthney Russell, Jr.

    March 9, 2018

    Dr. Courthney Russell, Jr. of Mastermind Society will lead the HDFS Social Entrepreneurship Professional Development series on March 14th at 12:15pm in 220 ALS. Mastermind Society focuses on social entrepreneurship and poverty. Dr. Courthney Russell, J …

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  • Drs. Earnshaw and Barnes looking at bullying based on stigma

    Drs. Earnshaw and Barnes looking at bullying based on stigma

    March 8, 2018

    Dr. Valerie Earnshaw and Dr. Tia Barnes have published a study in Developmental Review looking bullying based on stigmatized characteristics such as gender, sexual orientation, race, disabilities, etc. Recently, there has been an increase in stigma-bas …

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  • Save the date: Virtual Grad Student Conference May 31 & June 1

    Save the date: Virtual Grad Student Conference May 31 & June 1

    March 6, 2018

    HDFS graduate students will host a two-day virtual conference, “Collaboration in the Human Sciences: Moving from Theory to Practice in Local and Global Contexts,” in collaboration with the University of Patras in Greece and the University of Tübingen i …

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  • Latiaynna Tabb to present inaugural Social Entrepreneurship series

    Latiaynna Tabb to present inaugural Social Entrepreneurship series

    February 26, 2018

    Wednesday, February 28th is the start of the new Social Entrepreneurship Professional Development Series, which will bring a variety of entrepreneurs to campus to discuss their career paths, and how they have built their careers around the benefits of …

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  • In Memoriam: Catherine ‘Kitty’ Bieber

    In Memoriam: Catherine ‘Kitty’ Bieber

    February 15, 2018

    Catherine “Kitty” Bieber, former associate dean of the College of Human Resources (now the College of Education and Human Development) and associate professor of home economics education (a prior academic area of Human Development and Family Sciences), …

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  • Drs. Barnes and Johnson receive grant to study culturally responsive teaching

    Drs. Barnes and Johnson receive grant to study culturally responsive teaching

    January 22, 2018

    Assistant professors Dr. Tia N. Barnes and Dr. Bridgette Johnson have been awarded a University of Delaware grant to support their study, “Examining the Relationship between Emotional Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, and Teacher Candidate’s Self-Ef …

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  • Greetings from the South Africa!

    Greetings from the South Africa!

    January 10, 2018

    HDFS students, along with Drs. Gaines-Hanks and Aviles, have safely arrived in South Africa for their winter session study abroad. During their first few days, the group toured the city of Pretoria, visited the Nelson Mandela statue, visited the Aparth …

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  • Congratulations to the fall 2017 interns!

    Congratulations to the fall 2017 interns!

    December 18, 2017

    Congratulations to the Human Services students who finished their clinical services capstone internship this semester! These students completed a minimum of 400 hours of work with a local organization, gaining important professional experiences that wi …

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  • Nadisha Downs: McNair Scholar, Researcher, Community Advocate

    Nadisha Downs: McNair Scholar, Researcher, Community Advocate

    December 6, 2017

    Nadisha Downs, a senior Human Services major, has traveled across the country and globally to share her research on father involvement of young African American men. Nadisha, a McNair Scholar, presented her research over summer 2017 at the National Ass …

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