Human Development and Family Sciences

  • Global Research Series featuring Riyo Kadota, Ph.D. from Seinan Gakuin University, Japan

    Global Research Series featuring Riyo Kadota, Ph.D. from Seinan Gakuin University, Japan

    September 28, 2020

    Please 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 flyer

    Race and Culture Series: Unlocking the Gateway to Understanding Community Violence

    September 9, 2020

    Monday, 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

    Managing The Stress of Being A Working Parent

    September 8, 2020

    Every 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

    Bahira Trask on Looking Forward Podcast

    August 26, 2020

    Jeff 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, 2020

    UD 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, 2020

    Delaware 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, 2020

    Diapers, 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, 2020

    One 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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  • UD Prof. Roderick Carey speaks to a group of black and Latino boys at the Delaware Art Museum

    Improving Teacher Diversity

    May 1, 2020

    Black 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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  • University of Delaware Prof. Bahira Sherif Trask teaches courses on the history and diversity of American families.

    UD Professor Bahira Trask discusses the impact of the global pandemic on work-family life

    April 30, 2020

    American 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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