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Global Research Series featuring Riyo Kadota, Ph.D. from Seinan Gakuin University, Japan
September 28, 2020Please join us on Wednesday, November 4th, 3:00-4:30p.m. to see one of HDFS visiting scholars from Seinan Gakuin University, participate in a Virtual Research Presentation. Riyo Kadota, Ph.D. will be presenting “Ways of Improving Quality of Early Child …
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Race and Culture Series: Unlocking the Gateway to Understanding Community Violence
September 9, 2020Monday, October 12, 2020 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. For this presentation, Nadisha seeks to discuss how community violence exposure impacts the mental health outcomes among African American youth in Urban Contexts. Come learn and join a discussion on the need fo …
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Managing The Stress of Being A Working Parent
September 8, 2020Every working parents (or grandparent) has been there, done that. Trying to balance a career while raising a family can be difficult. Throw a pandemic on top of that and it seems like the stress, the grind, and the guilt…just adds up. This is uncharted …
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Bahira Trask on Looking Forward Podcast
August 26, 2020Jeff Ostroff speaks with world-renowned anthropologist and family trends expert, Dr. Bahira Trask, as she discusses changes in family structures here and abroad, the impact of COVID-19 on families, her projections on where career and job opportunities …
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Listening To Black Girls In Delaware
August 19, 2020UD researcher surveying Black girls to help reduce disparities A University of Delaware researcher is surveying the experiences of Black girls in Delaware to better understand their lives and help community advocates develop targeted interventions to r …
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UD Helps with Early Care and Education Programs
August 14, 2020Delaware Stars provides essential supplies and educational assistance Imagine teaching 3-year-olds to practice social distancing. Not an easy task, but one of many requirements that early care and education programs must implement to stay open during t …
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UD Helping Delaware Families
June 11, 2020Diapers, wipes delivered to hundreds during stay-at-home orders Kaylah Dessausure likes to say that it takes a village to raise a child, and for herself and two young boys, ages three years and two months, that village has been New Directions Early Hea …
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New Major, New Opportunities
June 8, 2020One of UD’s newest degree programs prepares students for a career in human resources Kajal Zala started thinking about a career in human resources when she was still in high school in Georgetown, Delaware, and working for a healthcare clinic that emplo …
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Improving Teacher Diversity
May 1, 2020Black and Latino boys reveal what they need in male teachers of color There’s a critical shortage of male teachers of color in the United States. Black and Latino men make up less than five percent of the teaching workforce, even as the student populat …
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UD Professor Bahira Trask discusses the impact of the global pandemic on work-family life
April 30, 2020American families have been here before — but not since Colonial times. Suddenly, the lifestyles of centuries past have returned: Our homes now serve as both school and workplace, with one or both parents trying to keep the homestead running and the ki …
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