Fall 2012 Seminars
Wednesdays, S209 Henderson Building, 4–5 p.m.
(unless otherwise noted)
September 12
Charles F. Geier, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Human Development and
Family Studies, Penn State, "Imaging the Normative Development of
Motivated Inhibitory Control and the Effects of Daily Smoking"
September 17
Richard Ross, Professor of Art, photographer, and researcher, University
*** (Note different day of California, Santa Barbara, “Roadmap for a More Effective Argument for
[Monday], time [3:30 Social Justice”
p.m.], and location
[Living Center])
September 26
Jerome "Boe" Itinger, Director of Grants and Contracts, College of Health
and Human Development; David Gindhart, Director, Office of Research
Information Systems (ORIS); and Donna Harkless, Associate Coordinator
for Grants and Contracts, College of Health and Human Development,
Penn State, “The New Electronic Proposal Internal Approval Form (ePIAF)”
October 3
No Seminar
October 10
Jill Farrell, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, and Jennifer Mettrick,
Evaluation Director, Institute for Innovation and Implementation, School
of Social Work, University of Maryland, “"Evaluating the Adoption and
Reach of Evidence-Based Practices in
Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services"
October 17
Nilam Ram, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Human Development and
Psychology, Penn State, “Time-Oriented Data, Art, and sYence (TODAY):
Six Contemporary Mediums for Intervention”
October 24
Joint Session with the Methodology Center: Poster Session Open House
*** Note different time Featuring Research of PAMT Fellows, Methodology Center, 400 Calder
[4–5:30 p.m.] and
Square II
location [Methodology
Center])
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October 31
Janet Welsh, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor of Health and Human
Development, Prevention Research Center, Penn State, “PROSPER:
Lessons Learned about Evidence-Based Practice in the Real World”
November 7
Edward Mulvey, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh,
“Selected Policy-relevant Findings from the Pathways to Desistance
Study”
November 15
2012 Bennett Lecture
*** Note different day Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Ph.D., Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child
[Thursday] and
Development and Education, Teachers College and College of Physicians
location [Living
and Surgeons; Co-Director, National Center for Children and Families; and
Center])
Co-Director, Columbia University Institute for Child and Family Policy,
Columbia University, “Disadvantage and Development: Strategies to
Reduce Income Gaps in School Readiness”
November 21
No Seminar—Thanksgiving
November 28
No Seminar—Unpacking after our move into new space!
December 5
No Seminar
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