Center Visiting Scholars and Colloquia



The Visiting Scholar program

      The Center hosts visiting scholars from many countries, including Asia, Europe, and North and South America. These visitors actively collaborate with Center members on a variety of national and cross-cultural research endeavors. The Center has provided office and secretarial assistance in addition to scholarly support.

Past Visiting Scholars

      Jeffrey Arnett, University of Missouri (1998)
      Jens Asendorpf, Humboldt University, Germany (1997)
      Tina Daniels, Carleton University, Canada (2000)
      Patricia Daudt, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (1996)
      Ock Boon Chung, Korea University (1997-1998)
      Bill Foddy, Monash University, Australia (1996)
      Avigdor Klingman, Haifa University, Israel (1998)
      Alida LoCoco, University of Palermo, Italy (1996; 2001)
      Avi Sagi, Haifa University, Israel (1999-2001)
      Ann Sanson, University of Melbourne, Australia (1996)
      Jack Schwille, Michigan State University (1997)
      Pei-Lin Wang, Taipei Municipal Teachers' College (1997-1998)
      Carla Zapulla, University of Palermo, Italy (1996; 2001)

Current Visiting Scholars

      Professor Gustavo Faigenbaum, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
      Professor Linda Rose-Krasnor, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada

Past Colloquium Speakers

1995-2001
      Joe Allen, University of Virginia
      Jeffrey Arnett, University of Missouri
      Jens Asendorpf, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
      Daniel Bar-Tel, Tel Aviv University, Israel
      Tom Berndt, Purdue University
      Lois Bloom, Columbia University
      Cathryn Booth, University of Washington
      Marc Bornstein, NICHD
      J. Paul Boudreau, Department of Psychology, University of Prince Edward Island
      Sandra Calvert, Georgetown University
      Xinyin Chen, University of Western Ontario, Canada
      Jane Clark, Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland
      Rob Coplan, Carleton University (Canada)
      David Crystal, Georgetown University
      Tina Daniels, Carleton University
      Patricia Daudt, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
      Susanne Denham , George Mason University
      Janet Dipetro, Johns Hopkins University
      Mary Dozier, University of Delaware
      Sarah Friedman, NIH
      Martin Ford, George Mason University
      Marie Fracasso, Towson University
      Adam Fraczek, University of Warsaw, Poland
      Daniel Hart, Rutgers University
      Paul Hastings, National Institute of Mental Health
      Lene Jensen, Catholic University of America
      Robert Kail, Purdue University
      Jenny Ko, Taiwan
      Roger Kobak, University of Delaware
      Gary Ladd, University of Illinois
      Michael Lamb, NICHHD
      Lewis Leavitt, University of Wisconsin
      Michael Lewis, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
      Alida LoCoco and Carla Zapulla, University of Palermo, Italy
      Meng Zhaolan, Peking University
      Qi Dong, Beijing Normal University, Peoples Republic of China
      Deborah Phillips, National Academy of Science
      Gary Resnick, Westat, Rockville Maryland
      John Richters, National Institute of Mental Health
      Avi Sagi, Haifa University
      Ann Sanson, Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Australia
      Myrna Shure, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia
      Irv Sigel, ETS
      Cindy Stifter, Pennsylvania State University
      Marie-Anne Suizzo, National Academy of Science
      Steve Suomi, Chief, Laboratory of Comparative Ethology NICHD, NIH
      Helen Tager-Flusberg, University of Massachusetts
      Lousia Tarullo, ACYF
      Doug Teti, University of Maryland- Baltimore County
      Pei-Lin Wang, Taipei Municipal Teachers' College, Taiwan
      James Youniss, Catholic University
      Marty Zaslow, Child Trends Inc.

Center Faculty and Graduate Student Presentations

Center faculty and graduate students also present descriptions of their ongoing research to the weekly seminar. All Center members are invited to attend these informal presentations.

Presenters have included:
      Alicia Ardila-Rey
      Kim Burgess
      Greta Fein
      Nathan Fox
      Jane Doussard-Roosevelt
      Stacey Horn
      Brenda Jones
      Melanie Killen
      Dawn Kriebel
      Peter Leone
      Peter Marshall
      Sandra Nettles
      Stephen Porges
      Ken Rubin
      Judith Torney-Purta
      Sylvia Rosenfield
      Greg Smith
      Ed Trickett
      Kathryn Wentzel
      Allan Wigfield

Current Colloquium and Seminar Schedule

August 29 Introduction
Sept 5 Mentorship model: Comments, questions, answers
Sept 12 Writing papers, giving talks: Practice, practice, practice
Sept 19 Karen Harris, Dept of Special Education
Face-to-Face
Sept 26 Brenda Harden Jones, Dept. of Human Development. Report
on her SRCD Fellowship year.
Oct 3 Linda Rose-Krasnor, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario.
"Parent-Child Relationships, Friendship Quality, and Risk Behaviors in Youth".
Oct 10 Gustavo Faigenbaum, Univ. of Buenos Aires
"Children's Barter Practices in the Schoolyard"
Oct 17 Nora Newcombe, Temple University
"Emergentism in Cognitive Development"
Oct 24 Ann Battle, Assistant Director, Institute for Child Study/Human Development
Face-to-Face
Oct 31 TBA
Nov 7 Robert Jagers, CRESPAR, Howard U./Johns Hopkins U.
Research and policy on children at risk
Nov 14 Roger Azevedo, Dept. of Human Development
Face-to-Face
Nov 21 Dennis Charney, NIMH
"Neurobiology of Mood Disorders"
Nov 28 Heather Henderson, Doctoral student, Dept. of Human Dev.
"Individual Differences in the Adaptiveness of Self-control"
Dec 5 Applying for professional positions in the field