The biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) is a great way to stay up-to-date on new research on child development. Located this year in Salt Lake City, Utah, the meeting will run from Thursday, March 23 to Saturday, March 25 and includes several presenters affiliated with Penn State’s Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center.

The list below includes a schedule of PRC-affiliated faculty and trainees who will present at the meeting. All times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).

Penn State alumni, students, faculty, and colleagues are also invited to a reception on Thursday, March 23, from 8-10:30 p.m., in room 155E of the Salt Palace Convention Center.

Thursday, March 23

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Erika Lunkenheimer, Presenter
The Role of RSA in Preschoolers’ Interactions with Mothers versus Fathers: Implications for Socialization and Developmental Psychopathology

11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Karen Bierman, Panelist
A Conversation Roundtable on the What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide: Preparing Young Children for School

3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Miglena Ivanova, Presenter
Prenatal Substance Exposure and Environmental Risk Influences on Codeveloping Internalizing and Externalizing Trajectories

Friday, March 24

10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Lisa Gatzke-Kopp, Discussant
Towards a More Open, Reproducible, and Representative Field of Developmental EEG Research

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Kristin Perry, Moderator
The Impact of COVID-19 on Early Learning

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Danny Rahal, Presenter
Civic Engagement and Well-Being during the Transition to In-Person Instruction among Incoming College Students

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Sunhye Bai, Presenter
Bluetooth-signal contingent ecological momentary assessments of parent-child interactions: Proof of concept study

1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Doug Teti, Presenter
Mothers’ Trauma History Predicts Sleep Onset and Sleep Lability in Infants in the Early Post-Partum

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Kristin Perry, Presenter
The Role of Autonomic System Coordination in Relations Between Peer Factors and Aggressive Behavior in Early Childhood

3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Danny Rahal, Presenter
Responses to a Frustration Task and Substance Use During the College Transition

Saturday, March 25

8:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Miglena Ivanova, Chair
Continuing the Quest Towards Understanding Co-occurring Internalizing and Externalizing Problems: Methodologies, Risks, and Clinical Implications

9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Doug Teti, Moderator
Early Childhood Parenting

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Greg Fosco, Presenter
Fragile Connectedness in Caregiver-Adolescent Relationships: Risk for Diminished Adolescent Well-Being

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m
Chad Shenk, Moderator
Challenges to developing biology and mental health

11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Karen Bierman, Discussant
Evaluating Preschool and School-Age Interventions That Promote Self-Regulation and Executive Function Skills in Children

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Erika Lunkenheimer, Presenter
Context Matters: Expanding Understanding of Child Emotion Regulation within Family Interactions and Conditions of Risk

3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Greg Fosco, Chair
Authors: Carlie Sloan, Stephanie Lanza, Mark Feinberg, Greg Fosco
Lost in conceptualization? Seeking new insights by examining the function and context of parenting practices