Human Development and Family Sciences
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Drs. Earnshaw and Barnes looking at bullying based on stigma
March 8, 2018Dr. 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
March 6, 2018HDFS 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
February 26, 2018Wednesday, 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
February 15, 2018Catherine “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
January 22, 2018Assistant 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!
January 10, 2018HDFS 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!
December 18, 2017Congratulations 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
December 6, 2017Nadisha 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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Cory Gilden receives scholarship from Autism Delaware
October 19, 2017Cory Gilden, a Ph.D. student in human development and family studies, was awarded the 2017 Daniel and Louis Gray Memorial Scholarship last week at an Autism Delaware event in Dover. This scholarship helps support students who are pursuing a career rela …
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Dr. Karpyn to lead study abroad to the Bahamas
October 16, 2017Dr. Alison Karpyn is offering a spring break study abroad trip to Eleuthera, an island in the Bahamas, with HDFS 347-70 (Program development and evaluation) to conduct program evaluations with a local organization called the One Eleuthera Foundation (O …
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