Presentations

Elliott, W., Friedline, T., & Jung, H. (2009, July). Improving college enrollment for low-income and minority students through saving: A case for Child Development Accounts (CDAs). Paper presented at the 2nd National Research Conference on Child and Family Programs and Policy, Bridgewater, MA.

Constance-Huggins, M., Friedline, T., & Weaver, A. (2009, November). Racism, power and structural inequality: Critical Race Theory’s utility for social work education. Accepted for paper presentation at the Council for Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting, Bridging Rights, Culture and Justice: Social Work as a Change Agent, San Antonio, TX.

Williamson, C., Fedina, L., & Townsend, L. (2009, June). Is it hard out here for a pimp? Responding to commercial sexual exploitation in your community. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, HI.

Spilka, G., Hopson, R., Brooks, P., Moronta, D., Patrizi, P., Perez, D., Walters, H., Yang, H., Figueredo, V., Fraser, E., Hendricks, A., Henry, B., Herbert/Ellis, K.R., Jackson, S., Jim, J., & Millett, R. (2009). A conversation among emerging and seasoned professionals in evaluation and diversity: challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned. Think tank session at the annual meeting for the American Evaluation Association, Orlando, FL.

Johnson, J.L., Griffith, D.M., Ober Allen, J., Herbert/Ellis, K.R., Hill, G., & Gaines, H. (2009). Close to home: Women’s perspectives on African American men’s eating and physical activity. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Daniel-Echols, M., & Herbert/Ellis, K.R. (2009). Addressing the challenges of evaluation a professional development intervention for family, friend, and neighbor child care providers. Roundtable session at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Orlando, FL.

Vosmick, J. R., McNally, E. E., Monesson, A., & Babiss, L. A. (2007, March). Qualifying the usefulness of analogical encoding for preschoolers' spatial mapping. Poster presentation at the biennial Society for Research in Child Development conference, Boston, MA.

Babiss, L A. (2009, April). Sports participation as a protective factor against depression and suicidal ideations as mediated by self-esteem and social support. Oral presentation at the Columbia University Suicide Seminar, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry, New York, NY.

Babiss L. A., & Gangwisch J. E. (2009, May). Sports participation as a protective factor against depression and suicidal ideations as mediated by self-esteem and social support. Poster presentation at the annual American Psychiatric Association conference, San Francisco, CA.

Gangwisch J. E & Babiss L. A. (2009, June). Earlier parental mandated bedtimes for adolescents as a protective factor against depression and suicidal ideations as mediated by sleep duration. Poster presentation at the annual Associated Professional Sleep Societies conference, Seattle, WA.