Human Development and Family Sciences

  • Congratulations to the 2015-2016 award winners!

    Congratulations to the 2015-2016 award winners!

    May 19, 2016

    Congratulations to the 2015-2016 award winners! Human Development and Family Studies graduate and undergraduate students were recognized at the Celebration of Excellence on Friday, May 13. Students received awards to recognize their exceptional work in …

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  • Dr. Trask featured in WalletHub’s Best/Worst States for Working Mothers

    Dr. Trask featured in WalletHub’s Best/Worst States for Working Mothers

    May 10, 2016

    Dr. Bahira Trask was featured as an expert on WalletHub’s 2016 evaluation of the Best/Worst States for Working Mothers. Dr. Trask provided insight on the challenges and supports that impact work/life balance for working mothers.

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  • 2016 Steele Symposium

    2016 Steele Symposium

    May 10, 2016

    On April 29, many HDFS students and faculty participated in the annual Steele Symposium at the Embassy Suites. Over 40 students presented posters and papers of their research work, and some were recognized with awards for their research contributions. …

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  • Ph.D. student blog featured on Huffington Post

    Ph.D. student blog featured on Huffington Post

    May 8, 2016

    Cara Cuccuini-Harmon, along with a fellow graduate student and two postdoctoral fellows, contributed to a blog on the Huffington Post. The students published “Read at Your Own Risk: Three Red Flags to Look for When Evaluating On-line Articles” on Dr. R …

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  • Highlights from 2016’s Project Search

    Highlights from 2016’s Project Search

    May 2, 2016

    This year’s Project Search educational job fair brought hundreds of teacher candidates and employers together to discuss available opportunities in the teaching field. Early Childhood Education majors were among the student candidates who attended to d …

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  • Dr. Perlman’s work continues on through homeless youth project

    Dr. Perlman’s work continues on through homeless youth project

    April 26, 2016

    Dr. Staci Perlman, Assistant Professor in HDFS, passed away unexpectedly in August 2015. Shortly before she passed away, she was awarded a grant through the William Penn Foundation to support her work studying the education of homeless youth. This gran …

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  • Ph.D. Student to attend statistics workshop in Poland

    Ph.D. Student to attend statistics workshop in Poland

    April 25, 2016

    Juana Gaviria-Loaiza, an HDFS Ph.D. student, has been selected to attend the Statistical Teaching and Analytic Research Training (START) pilot workshop in Warsaw, Poland in July 2016. The START summer pilot program is designed to 1) offer graduate stud …

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  • Great turnout for alum and NFL player Mike Adams’ Outreach colloquium

    Great turnout for alum and NFL player Mike Adams’ Outreach colloquium

    April 18, 2016

    Many students, staff, faculty and community members came out on Friday, April 15 to hear Mike Adams’ outreach colloquium “Reaching Back While Moving Forward.” Adams shared stories of the obstacles he overcame as an undergraduate student and football pl …

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  • HDFS alumna now promotes student health at Harvard

    HDFS alumna now promotes student health at Harvard

    March 24, 2016

    HDFS alumna Amanda Ayers now works at Harvard University as it’s first general health educator. Ayers graduated from Human Services (formerly known as family and community services) and throughout her time at UD developed great experience in student we …

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  • HDFS Guest Speaker: Mike Adams returns to campus April 15

    HDFS Guest Speaker: Mike Adams returns to campus April 15

    March 16, 2016

    Human Development and Family Studies invites the UD Community  to hear and meet guest speaker, Mike Adams, on Friday April 15 at 4pm in 104 Gore Hall. More information on the event can be found at UDaily.

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