Fall 2008 Seminars

All seminars are in S209 Henderson Building, from 4-5 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

September 3 Mark Stemmler, Ph.D., Professor of Psychological Methodology and Quality Management, Bielefeld University, "Evaluation of TIP--The German PATHS after school curriculum based on the analyses of average causal effects"

September 17

Joint Session with the Methodology Center

John Graham, Ph.D., Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State, "Attrition in longitudinal prevention intervention research: Some new thinking"
September 24 Tonja Beck, Ph.D. candidate, Center for Behavioral Research, University of Stavanger, "Factors affecting schools and other organizations' capacity to change"
October 1 Amori Yee Mikami, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia, "Teacher practices that encourage socially-accepting classroom environments"
October 8 Michael Hecht, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts Research and Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and Crime, Law, and Justice, Penn State, "Adapting health messages in community-pased prevention research: The Keepin' it RURAL project"
October 15 Patricia Jennings, Ph.D., Research Associate, Penn State Prevention Research Center, and the Garrison Institute, "Mindfulness-based approaches to enhancing social and emotional skills among educators"
October 22 Brian Bumbarger, Director, Evidence-based Prevention and Intervention Support Center (EPISCenter), and Coordinator of Policy Research and Outreach, Penn State Prevention Research Center, "Supporting the large-scale dissemination of Evidence-based Programs: Penn State's EPISCenter"
October 29 Adrian Raine, Ph.D., Richard Perry Professor, Departments of Criminology, Psychiatry, and Psychology, Jerry Lee Center of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania, "Biosocial bases to antisocial behavior"
November 5 Abby Fagan, Ph.D., University of South Carolina,   "Lessons from the field: Challenges faced, successes achieved, and sustainability planning by coalitions implementing evidence-based prevention programs in the Community Youth Development Study"

November 12

4:15-5:15 p.m., Alumni Lounge, Nittany Lion Inn (co-sponsored with the Child Study Center)

Roger Weissberg, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Education and President, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), University of Illinois at Chicago, "Social and Emotional Learning: A dialogue about inputs, outputs, and mediators"

November 13

4-5:30 p.m., Nittany Lion Inn, the Boardroom

Ten-Year Anniversary and Bennett Lecture

Roger Weissberg, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Education and President, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), University of Illinois at Chicago, "Social and Emotional Learning: Strategies to Improve the Lives of Millions of Children?"

November 19 Gene Brody, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor of Child and Family Development, University of Georgia and Director, Center for Family Research, "Prevention effects moderate the association of 5-HTTLPR and youth risk behavior initiation: GxE hypotheses tested via a randomized prevention design"
November 26 No seminar--Thanksgiving
December 10 Trish Broderick, Ph.D., Professor of Health, and Director, Stress Reduction Center, West Chester University, "Learning to BREATHE: A universal mindfulness curriculum for adolescents"
December 17 Center Meeting