Brown Bag Meetings

Time

First and third Monday of each month from 12 - 1 p.m. PST on Zoom.
Email Dr. Juliana Karras at jkarras@sfsu.edu if you would like to be added to the email list.

Purpose

The purpose of the Brown Bag is to have a time for SFSU developmental students and faculty to meet and discuss research, how to apply to Ph.D. programs, and hear the results of current masters' theses. Guest speakers from developmental and other related fields are invited to present. This is a time to get to know one another and to make connections. These will be informal meetings so please feel free to bring a lunch! Also, if you'd like to recommend a speaker, please contact Dr. Juliana Karras at jkarras@sfsu.edu

Fall 2024

8/26	Fall orientation
9/2	No meeting - Labor Day
9/16	Applying to PhD Programs Workshop
10/7	Applying to PhD Programs Workshop, Round Two
10/21	Bernardette J. Pinetta, PhD, UCLA Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow
11/4	Danieli Mercado Ramos, Doctoral Student, Department of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago Between Languages and Spaces: Bilingual Latinx Student Experiences in Predominantly White Institutions
11/18	Barbara Thelamour, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology, Swarthmore College Friendships as Acculturation in Black Immigrant-Origin Emerging Adults
12/2	Applying to Jobs Fall Workshop

Spring 2024

2/5	Michael R. Sladek, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Faculty Affiliate, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, The University of Oklahoma (OU) The Resilience and Identity Study: Advancing a Strengths-Based Identity-Affirming Approach to Studying LGBTQ+ Young Adult Resilience
2/19	Applying to Jobs Workshop
3/4	Sukhmani Singh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Social Work and Affiliate Faculty of the Center on Community Safety, Policing and Inequality at the School of Law, University of Connecticut Building Power with “Third Citizens:” Centering Critical Consciousness in Co-Transforming the Voter Engagement Model
3/18	Clinical and Counseling Career Pathways after MA in Developmental Psychology, a Conversation with: Shannon Hackett, Ph.D., Licensed Counseling Psychologist & Allie Morford, PhD, Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow in Anxiety and OCD at Connect with Children's Hospital Colorado
4/1	No meeting - Cesar Chavez Day
4/15	No meeting
4/29	MA candidate presentations
5/15	MA candidate presentations

Fall 2023

8/21	Fall orientation
9/4	No meeting - Labor Day
9/18	Applying to PhD Programs Workshop
10/2	Juliana Karras Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, San Francisco State University Examining the Sociopolitical Development of Immigrant-Origin Youth During a Season of Social Unrest
10/16	Ursula Moffitt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Wheaton College Massachusetts Youth Development and Socialization in the Context of White Supremacy
11/6	Erika Y. Niwa, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and the Children and Youth Studies Program, City University of New York’s Brooklyn College and Graduate Center & Kristina Arevalo, Doctoral Student, Developmental Psychology, The Graduate Center City University of New York Unmasked: Asian Americans and the Double Pandemic
11/20	No meeting - Fall Recess
12/4	Melissa Hagan, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, San Francisco State University

Spring 2023

2/20	Christine Emuka, M.A., Graduate of Developmental Psychology Master's Program at San Francisco State University & Graciela Urias, B.A., Master's Candidate of Developmental Psychology Master's Program at San Francisco State University
3/6	Erika Y. Niwa, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and the Children and Youth Studies Program, City University of New York’s Brooklyn College and Graduate Center
3/20	No meeting - Spring Recess
4/3	Kamilah Legette, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Denver Implications of Teachers’ Cognitive Racial Bias on Students' Outcomes
4/17	Applying to Jobs Workshop
5/1	MA candidate presentations: Brianna N. Hernandez, B.A., Shifting Between Worlds: Discrimination’s Role in Link Between Civic Engagement and Self-Worth Felicity Ta, B.A., The Mediation of Self-Regulation on the Relationship Between Procrastination and Parenting Styles Jasmine M. Gabb, B.A., Critical Consciousness Development: Defining the Role of Privilege and Allyship Among Immigrant-Origin Youth Olivia Weinstein, B.A., Ambiguity Tolerance as a Predictor of Symptom Severity in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder
5/15	MA candidate presentations: Victoria Chou, B.A., Longitudinal Associations between Parenting Behaviors and Familism among Mexican American Adolescents Qudsia Khalid, B.A., Moderators of the Relationship Between Maternal Gatekeeping and Father Involvement: A Meta-Analysis Valerie Astorga, B.A., International Service Learning in Higher Education: Reciprocal Nature of Benefits to All Stakeholders Graciela Urias, B.A., Sense of Belonging and Self-Efficacy in Underrepresented Students in Computing Fernanda Amaya, B.A., Resilience and Substance Use Among Adolescents With Chronic Health Conditions

Fall 2022

8/22	Fall orientation
9/6	No meeting - Labor Day
9/19	Applying to PhD Programs Workshop
10/3	Elena Maker Castro, Doctoral Candidate, Human Development & Psychology, UCLA Examining the Bidirectional and Contextual Relationship between Critical Consciousness and Wellbeing among Minoritized Emerging Adults
10/17	Naila Smith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education, Youth and Social Innovation University of Virginia, School of Education and Human Development Embracing Race, Resisting Oppression: African American Parents as Experienced Guides for Navigating Racial Oppression
11/7	Kristia Wantchekon, Ph.D., Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow & Assistant Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University Examining How a School-based Ethnic-racial Identity Intervention Informs Identity Development and Academic Engagement
11/21	No meeting - Fall Recess
12/5	Applying to PhD Programs Workshop, Part II

Spring 2022

2/7	A conversation with recent MA program graduates about career options in developmental psychology Adriana Ruiz - Rehabilitation Specialist and PhD student Bruna Mota - Research Analyst and Lecturer Celeste Lopez - Research Associate Wagner Peng - Lecturer
3/7	Amanda Harrist, PhD, Oklahoma State University A Psychosocial Approach to Understanding Child Obesity: Results from a Longitudinal Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
3/28	Norma Perez-Brena, PhD, Texas State University Progress and gaps: A systematic review of the family demographics and family subsystems represented in top family science journals 2008–2018
4/11	MA candidate presentations: Frances Lauten The Impact of Affect on Help-Seeking in Students with Disordered Eating
4/18	MA candidate presentations: Christine Emuka Empathy through Identity: Examining the Influence of Bicultural Socialization Experiences on Social Competence among Black Immigrant-Origin Youth Paula Fortune Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Emotion Suppression: Effects on Relationships
5/2	MA candidate presentations: Jordan Bendick Mentorship in Computer Science Programs: Communication and Relationships Examined through Qualitative Mixed- Methods Design Amee Recinos Parenting, Time Perspective, and Academic Success Among College Students Gabriela Quixtan

Fall 2021

8/23	Fall orientation
9/6	No meeting - Labor day
9/20	Jeff Cookston, Ph.D., Psychology, SF State Seeing and valuing others: Becoming aware of outgroup discrimination over time and within families
10/4	Molly McManus, Ph.D., Child and Adolescent Development, SF State Is Social Emotional Learning the New Classroom Management in Early Education?
10/18	Farzana Saleem, PhD, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University Examining Racial Discrimination, Racial Socialization, and Adolescent Adjustment with Attention to Context
11/1	Larissa Gaias, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts - Lowell Incorporating an equity lens into the development, implementation, and evaluation of school-based social-emotional and mental health supports
11/15	Marjorine Castillo, doctoral candidate in Developmental Psychology, City University of New York Acculturation Patterns Among Puerto Rican Youth in Two Contexts
12/6	TBD

Spring 2021

2/1	Welcome back for Spring 2021 Let's get in some breakout rooms and plan for this semester
2/15
3/1	We will join the Institute for Human Developmental panel below at 12:10. When Mattering Really Matters: A Panel Discussion on the Development of Meaning, Purpose, Contribution, and Social Inequities. Panelists: Andrew Fulligni (UCLA), Anthony Burrow (Cornell), Steven Roberts (Stanford) https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/92022532644
3/15	Rachel M Flynn, PhD, Department of Child & Adolescent Development, San Francisco State University Video Games as a Context for Cognitive Development
4/5	Guadalupe López Hernández, Doctoral Candidate, Human Development & Psychology, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies “We Understand You Hate Us”: Latinx Immigrant-Origin Youth Coping with Social Exclusion in the Suburban Mid-West
4/19	Needs assessment with students to launch the development of a Developmental Psychology Graduate Student Handbook
5/10	MA candidate presentations: Shaina Pilapil - Intergenerational Cultural Conflict Among Asian-American Families During COVID-19 Izabel Pisikyan - Links among mindful parenting, self-compassion, and anger & frustration in children Maria Hernandez Ceja - Impact of COVID-19 on Mexican Parents' Stress and Their Children's Behavioral Challenges Katherine Vavuris - Parenting in a COVID-19 World

Fall 2020

8/24	Welcome orientation to the Fall semester - remote addition!
8/31	Jeff Cookston, Ph.D., & Willow Weibel, Psychology Department Parenting in the Time of COVID-19
9/7	No meeting - Labor day
9/14	Adriana Ruiz, M.A. Teaching Latinx Culture to Children on the Autism Spectrum
9/21	Celeste Lopez, M.A. Emotion Knowledge And Theory Of Mind Among Chinese Preschoolers: A Curriculum-Based Approach
9/28	Wagner Peng, M.A. The Role of Family Obligation and College Attendance on Chinese American Emerging Adulthood
10/5	Discussion of the Society for Research on Adolescence, August 6th, 2020 webinar: ‘Ask the Experts’: What Adolescents Need from Education Right Now with Laurence Steinberg and Nancy E. Hill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRM9Nveaw5o
10/12	Looking for the right PhD program for you A convesation among the faculty and students led by Dr. Karras-Jean Gilles
10/19	Discussion of the William T Grant Foundation virtual panel titled “Critical Race Perspectives on the Use of Research Evidence,” featuring Jamila Michener, Janelle Scott, and Fabienne Doucet
10/26	Juliana Karras-Jean Gilles, PhD, Psychology Department Civic Implications of Social Inequality
11/2	Isabelle M. Elisha, Ph.D., Distinguished Lecturer and Associate Director, Psychology Programs, CUNY School of Professional Studies Black Youth's Strategies for Addressing Inequity in their Communities
11/9	Jae Paik, PhD, Psychology Department A systems approach to social-emotional learning
11/16	Applying the PhD programs - The statement of purpose and interview process A convesation among the faculty and students
11/23	No meeting - Fall recess
11/30	Discussion of the SRCD webinar "Becoming an Ally and Co-Conspirator in Developmental Science"
12/7	Linda Juang, Ph.D., Professor of Inclusive Education, University of Potsdam Studying ethnic-racial identity in a context where "race" is not recognized

Spring 2020 - a series of conversations about career and professional development

2/17	Rosalie Corona, PhD, Professor and Director of Clinical Training; Founding Director, VCU Latina/o Mental Health Clinic; Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University
3/2	Qing Zhou, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology & Director of Clinical Training; Director, Culture & Family Lab; Department of Psychology; University of California Berkeley
3/30	Manpreet Kaur, MA, Clinical implentation manager, Vida Health, Inc.
4/13	Alyssa Youngquist, MA, Behavior Analyst, Positive Pathways LLC
4/20	Allie Morford, MA, Clinical Psychology PhD candidate at Northwestern University Chase Boyer, MA, Human Development PhD student at University of California Davis Riley Chu, MA, PhD student at University of California at Berkeley

Fall 2019

9/16	We will watch the recent SRCD video titled Preparing Racial-Ethnic Minority Children for STEM Opportunities: Promoting Identity and Efficacy in Community Afterschool Programs Location: EP 503
10/21	Jeff Cookston, Ph.D., Psychology Department Becoming aware of outgroup discrimination: Longitudinal prediction of awareness of unequal treatment based on race among White adolescents Location: EP 503
11/4	Kay Reed, Executive Director, Dibble Institute The Dibble Institute - social enterprise in the psychology space Location: EP 503
11/18	TBD
12/2	TBD
12/16	TBD

Spring 2019

2/4	Jeff Cookston, Ph.D., Psychology Department Research with children and families in large and complex datasets: Big Data or Big Dataset? Location: EP 503
2/18	Bruna Mota and Wagner Peng, MA candidates Family structure changes and eating behaviors among adolescents: Evidence from AddHealth Location: EP 503
3/4	Marium Yusufzie, MA candidate Bilingualism and Theory of Mind: Variation within Bilingual Preschoolers John Kilic, MA candidate Differences Amongst Eastern Asian Children: Exploring Executive Function and Early Math Skills Location: EP 503
4/8	Celeste Lopez, MA candidate Emotion Knowledge in China: A Case for Social and Emotional Learning in the Preschool Classroom Benjamin Safer, MA candidate The Global Classroom: The Positive Effects of International Service-Learning on College Students’ Development Location: EP 503
4/22	Jae Paik, Ph.D., Psychology Department Psychology International Service-Learning: Supporting and Examining Chinese Preschoolers' Social-Emotional Competence
5/6	Inayah Baaqee, MA candidate Speaking Truth to Empower (STEP4Youth): A Program for Youth

2017-2018 Calendar

8/23	Developmental Graduate Concentration Orientation
9/18	Jeff Cookston, Ph.D., Psychology Department That's how I know I¹m important: Perceived mattering during adolescence
10/2	Linda Platas, Ph.D., Child and Adolescent Development Measuring early learning globally: Examining validity and reliability Location LIB 121
11/6	Marla A. Ramírez, Ph.D., Sociology & Sexuality Studies Transgenerational Illegality: The Mexican Repatriation Program & Banishment of U.S. Citizens Location LIB 222
12/4	The Brown Bag was cancelled so students and faculty could attend the School psychology candidate job talk
2/5	5:30pm special reception, screening and discussion of the documentary “The Voices of Children” Location Knuth Hall, CA building

2016-2017 Calendar

8/24	Developmental Graduate Concentration Orientation
9/19	Jeff Cookston, Ph.D., Psychology Department Putting the social construction in fatherhood research
10/3	Zena R. Mello, Ph.D., Psychology Department Time Perspective in Adolescence: A Construct Matures
10/17	Developmental psychology faculty Applying to graduate programs in developmental psychology: Planning your search and getting what you seek
10/25	Marion LeClercq, Ph.D. student, University Charles de Gaulle Lille 3 Cognitive flexibility and strategy use during preschool years
11/7	Ting Siu, Ph.D., Program in Visual Impairments SFSU Accessibility and Multimodal Strategies for Access to Information
12/5	Patricia Miller, Ph.D., Psychology Department Changes in Developmental Theories Over the Past 30 Years
1/30	Developmental faculty Interviewing for PhD programs in psychology
2/6	Valerie Francisco, Ph.D., Department of Sociology SFSU Sukli: Interpreting Unevenness in the Exchange of Care Work and Emotional Strain in Filipino Transnational Families
2/20	Jae Paik, Ph.D., Psychology Department Cultural and Parental Influences on Children’s Theory of Mind Understanding
4/3	Jennifer Daubenmier, Ph.D., Health Education, SFSU Breathing, Tasting, and Savoring: Mindful Eating Approaches for Adults with Obesity and the Mediating Role of Interoceptive Awareness
5/8	MA candidate presentations: Jacquelyn Taylor Nelson - A Cross-Cultural Study of Parental Socialization of Theory of Mind Caitlin Collins - The Cost of Materialism: Are Materalists Taking a Pay Cut?
5/15	MA candidate presentations: Kenn Lacsamana Dela Cruz - Empathy in Chinese Children: Cognitive Skills Predicting Affective and Cognitive Empathy Alexandra Sherman - Difficulty Regulating Emotion Predicts Depression and Anxiety in Chinese Adolescents: Mindfulness Moderates

Schedule for 2015-2016

Spring Term

2/1	Interviewing for Graduate Programs
2/15	Patricia H. Miller, Ph.D., Psychology Department, "Children as Mind Readers: Young Children's Social Cognition"
2/29	Andrea K. Finlay, Ph.D, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, "Justice-Involved Veterans and Health Care Services"
3/14	Amber Friesen, Ph.D., SFSU, Graduate School of Education, "Exploring the Impact of a Science-Based Curriculum for Preschool-aged Children, Including Those that are Deaf/Hard of Hearing"
3/28	Rescheduled to the fall semester
4/11	Alison Cerezo, Ph.D., SFSU, Department of Counseling, "Beyond Borders and Margins: Exploring Intersectional Oppression and Mental Health among LGBTQ+ communities of Color"
5/2	MA candidate presentations: Riley Chu, "The Relations among Self-Compassion, Implicit Theories of Intelligence, and Mental Health among Chinese Adolescents" Jessica Dow, "Supporting Chinese Preschools' Social and Emotional Development through a Technology-Integrated Program" Alyssa Youngquist, "Bullying and Time Perspective among Adolescents"
5/16	MA candidate presentations: Chase Boyer, "Mechanisms of Marital Violence Spillover into Dating Violence: Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood" Manpreet Kaur, "Trepidation and Time: Anxiety and Perspectives toward the Past, the Present, and the Future" Allie Morford, "Dear Mom of the Tantruming Toddler: Exploring Distress Tolerance across Parenthood"

Fall Term

8/24	Developmental Graduate Concentration Orientation
9/14	Jeff Cookston, Ph.D., & Chase Boyer, MA Candidate, Psychology Department, "Deciding to Vaccinate a Child: Are Fathers Involved Enough?"
9/28	Jae Paik, Ph.D., Psychology Department, “Cultural Approach to Studying Early Mathematics Learning”
10/12	Applying to Doctoral Programs
10/26	Canceled
11/9	Melissa Hagan, Ph.D., Psychology Department, "Early Experiences Matter: The Biological and Psychological Embedding of Childhood Trauma"
11/30	Social Psychology Faculty Candidate
12/14	Zena R. Mello, Ph.D., & Alyssa L. Youngquist, M.A. Candidate, Psychology Department, "Time Perspective and Substance Use among Delinquent Adolescents"

Schedule for 2014-2015

Aug 25	Welcome back
Sep 8	Jeff Cookston, Ph.D. - SF State Psychology Title: Researching children and families through collaboration with students: A call to young scholars to consider secondary analysis of existing data
Sep 22	Patricia Miller, Ph.D. - SF State Psychology Title: Put your hands up!: Gesture helps preschool children’s executive function
Oct 6	Zena Mello, Ph.D. - SF State Psychology Title: Conceptualizing Time Perspective in Adolescence: Cross-Cultural Implications
Oct 20	Monika Buhl, Ph.D. - Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg Title:Profiles of Time Perspective Attitudes and Developmental Outcomes in German Adolescents
Nov 3	Allison Baroody, Ph.D. - SF State Child and Family Studies Title:Examining the Contributions of Self-contained and Departmentalized Class Formats on Teaching Effectiveness and Student Achievement in Fourth and Fifth Grade
Nov 17	Jerome Clerc, Ph.D. - University of Lille Nord de France Title: Studying, teaching, and doing research in Psychology: A look at the French system
Dec 15	Developmental faculty and students Title: Fall check-in: How's your thesis work going?

Feb 2	Presenter Sarah Barber, PhD Title: The positivity effect and perceptions of time with age
Feb 16	Jae Paik, Ph.D., Department of Pschology, SFSU Title: The development of Theory of Mind and executive functioning of preschoolers in China
Mar 2	Lauren M. Haack, Ph.D., UCSF and Sam Yelland Title: Reducing Mental Health Disparities for Children with ADHD: Validation of the ADHD-FX Scale in a diverse clinical sample
Apr 20	Presenter Kayla Bowen, MA student in developmental psychology Title: Food, Stress and Academic Motivtion among College Students
May 4	Presenter Lanie Anton, MA student in developmental psychology Title: Autonomy, risk perception, and risk taking in emerging adulthood
May 18	Presenter Aly Sweet, MA student in developmental psychology Title: Parent beliefs and children's vegetable consumption

Aug 25	Orientation
Sep 8	Jeff Cookston, Ph.D. - SF State Psychology Title: Researching children and families through collaboration with students: A call to young scholars to consider secondary analysis of existing data
Sep 22	Patricia Miller, Ph.D. - SF State Psychology Title: Put your hands up!: Gesture helps preschool children’s executive function
Oct 6	Zena Mello, Ph.D. - SF State Psychology Title: Conceptualizing Time Perspective in Adolescence: Cross-Cultural Implications
Oct 20	Monika Buhl, Ph.D. - Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg Title:Profiles of Time Perspective Attitudes and Developmental Outcomes in German Adolescents
Nov 3	Allison Baroody, Ph.D. - SF State Child and Family Studies Title:Examining the Contributions of Self-contained and Departmentalized Class Formats on Teaching Effectiveness and Student Achievement in Fourth and Fifth Grade
Nov 17	Jerome Clerc, Ph.D. - University of Lille Nord de France Title: Studying, teaching, and doing research in Psychology: A look at the French system
Dec 15	Developmental faculty and students Title: Fall check-in: How's your thesis work going?

Schedule for 2013-2014

Sep 9	Patricia Miller, Ph.D. - SFSU Psychology Title: Mind Control: The Development of Executive Function
Sep 23	Jae Paik, Ph.D. - SFSU Psychology Title: Executive Function and Social Cognitive Skills among American, Singaporean, and Chinese Preschoolers
Oct 7	Developmental Psychology faculty Title: Applying to PhD programs without forgetting why you want to go to a PhD program: Planning, perseverence, and pride
Oct 21	Zena Mello, Ph.D. - SFSU Psychology Title: Time perspective and health: How does thinking about the past, the present, and the future predict food choices in diverse adolescents?
Nov 4	Jeff Cookston, Ph.D., & Kaitlyn Fladeboe - SFSU Psychology Title: Dual process latent growth curve modeling and mother- and father-child family processes: Explaining adolescent adjustment over time
Feb 3	Jerome Clerc, Ph.D. - University of Lille Nord de France Title: Transfer of cognitive strategies in children
Feb 17	Developmental psychology faculty and graduate students So you're going on a PhD program interview. What should you prepare?
Mar 3	Gretchen George, PhD, RDN SFSU Consumer and Family Studies / Dietetics Title: Current Community Research: Childhood Obesity Reduction Through a Summer Camp Model
Apr 21	Fran Blumberg, PhD, Fordham University Title: Children's and Adolescents' Learning from Video Games
May 5	Susan Mauskopf, MA student in developmental psychology Title: Exploring the Relationship Between Bullying, Self-Compassion, and Depression Kaitlyn Fladeboe, MA student in developmental psychology Title: Examining Measurement Invariance and Change Over Time in Parenting Behaviors Through Adolescence
May 12	Yookyung Lee, MA student in developmental psychology Title: The Interplay among Positive Fathering Behaviors of Mattering, Parent-Child Relationships, and Children's Adjustment Stephanie ChenWu Gluck, MA student in developmental psychology Title: Theory of mind development in Chinese preschool children: A closer examination of false belief and real-apparent emotion Allison O'Leary, MA student in developmental psychology Title: TBD

Schedule for Spring 2013

Feb 4	Pamela Wolfberg, Ph.D. - SFSU - Special Education Title: Including Children with Autism in the Culture of Play with Peers: Integrated Play Groups Training, Research and Global Outreach Efforts
Feb 18	Developmental Psychology Faculty - SFSU I'm accepted into a PhD program, now what?: How to navigate and succeed in a doctoral program
Mar 4	Helen Parker - Restorative Practices Coach - San Francisco Unified School District Title: An Introduction to Restorative Practices: Strengthening Communities, Building Relationships, Reducing Bullying
Apr 8	Developmental Psychology Faculty - SFSU Getting the most out of professional conferences: How to submit (so you get accepted), prepare (so you can relax when you arrive), and attend (so you can enjoy)
Apr 22	Danika Maddocks - SFSU Impact of Classroom Context and Teacher Beliefs on Student Mindset for Math Luke Remy - SFSU Integrated Exercise Groups: A Physical Activity-Based Adaptation of Integrated Play Group
May 6	Allen LeBlanc - SFSU - Health Equity Institute Professor of Sociology Minority Stress and Mental Heath among Same-Sex Couples
May 13	Candace Rhoads - SFSU Put Your Hands Up: Gestures and Executive Function in Preschool-Aged Children Brea Kelsey - SFSU Development of a Perceived Parental Favoritism Scale in Early Adulthood Priscilla Miranda - SFSU Ethnic Identity Development and Its Relationship to Humor

Schedule for Fall 2012

Date	Presenter
Aug 27	Patricia Miller, Ph.D. - SFSU Psychology Title: Sound body, sound mind: Effects of exercise on children's executive function and academic achievement
Sep 17	Jeffrey Cookston, Ph. D., & Luke Remy - SFSU Psychology Title: Who am I if we're not us? Divorce and identity across the lifespan
Oct 1	Carmen Gomez-Mandic & Charlotte Ferretti, PhD. - SFSU Edelman Institute Title: Edelman Institute data as opportunities for student and faculty research
Oct 15	Amy Branner, Ph.D. - Director of Research and eEaluation for Coaching Corps, Oakland, CA Title: From theory to reality: Opportunities and challenges in youth development evaluation
Oct 29	Developmental Psychology faculty Title: So you're thinking about applying to a PhD program: Tenacity, tricks, traps
Nov 5	AnnMarie Baines, Ph.D. - SFSU - Secondary Education Title: Disabled identities, educational positioning, and the damage to youth potential
Dec 3	Developmental Psychology job candidate in EP 304 from 12:00-1:30pm -- please attend
Dec 5	Developmental Psychology job candidate in EP 304 from 12:00-1:30pm -- please attend
Dec 10	Developmental Psychology job candidate in EP 304 from 12:00-1:30pm -- please attend
Dec 12	Developmental Psychology job candidate in EP 304 from 12:00-1:30pm -- please attend

Schedule for Spring 2012

Date	Presenter
Feb 6	Planning your graduate work in developmental psychology at SFSU - A discussion with the concentration faculty
Feb 20	Gina O'Neill - MA - doctoral student at UC-Davis My first semester in a doctoral program: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Apr 2	Speaker and Title To be Determined
Apr 16	Trang Nguyen - SFSU graduate student Cultural differences in factors associated with academic achievement Toi Sin Arvidsson - SFSU graduate student A cross-cultural study of interest, employment opportunities, and motivation among college students
Apr 23	Christina Peter, M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago (with Laurie Meschke, Ph.D., SFSU Child and Adolescent Development) Hmong American Parents' Views on Promoting Adolescent Sexual Health
May 7	David Anderson, Ph.D., Kinesiology - SFSU Why do infants plunge over drop-offs when they start to crawl?

Schedule for Fall 2011

Date	Presenter
Aug 29	Jeffrey Cookston, Ph.D., Psychology - SFSU Title: Your Brain, Yourself! Formative evaluation results from an elementary school intervention to change beliefs about ability
Sep 19	Jae Paik, Ph.D., Psychology - SFSU Title - Early childhood mathematical development: What can we take away from cross-cultural studies?
Oct 3	Sarah Holley, Ph.D., Psychology - SFSU Title - Can't we finally all just get along? A look at marital conflict behaviors in later life stages
Oct 10	Developmental psychology faculty Tips and tricks and traps in writing the personal statement to PhD programs: How to catch the right program and avoid snares
Oct 17	Scot Schumacher, graduate student, Psychology - SFSU Title - Multilingualism, language dissimilarity, and inhibitory control
Nov 7	Patricia Miller, Ph.D., Psychology - SFSU Title - Children's strategies...no, wait, it's metacognition...no, wait, it's executive function

Schedule for Spring 2011

Date	Presenter
April 11	Derek Levine, M. A. Threat simulations in earliest recalled, most important, and recent dreams We also discussed the 2011 conference for the Society for Research in Child Development where SFSU faculty and alumni will present
April 25	Karyn Riel, M.A. Title: Coming soon
May 9	Mario Aceves, Ph.D. - Clinical Research Associate/Lecturer Penumbra Inc./San Francisco State University Title: Perceptions of teachers? actions during conflicts: Evidence of a protective role for ethnic minority adolescents attending high conflict schools
May 16	MA thesis conference-style presentations Bao Ho - Being Asian, Being American in Emerging Adulthood: Culture, Obligation, and Family Context Garrett Jaeger - Motivational Sustainability of Thought Patterns During Play Processes Gabrielle Lai - A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Preschoolers's Conventional and Non-Conventional Mathematical Competencies Gina O?Neill - Gestures and Executive Function Development in Preschool Children Ruchita Patel - The Effects of Concrete Models on Mathematics

Schedule for Fall 2010

Date	Presenter
September 13	Jeffrey Cookston, Ph.D., Psychology - SFSU Title: He said what? Guided cognitive reframing, the father-adolescent relationship, and concurrent adjustment
September 27	Patricia Miller, Ph.D., Psychology - SFSU Title: Sound body, sound mind: Effects of exercise on children's cognition
Oct 11	Jae Paik, Ph.D., Psychology - SFSU Title: Cultural influences on early childhood mathematical development
Oct 25	Tips for applying to Doctoral programs in Developmental Psychology
Nov 1	Henny Bos, Ph.D., Education - University of Amsterdam Title: The US National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study
Nov 15	Tracy Farstad, Director, SFSU Children's Campus Title: A day in the life of a Child Care Director
Dec 6	Speaker To be determined

Schedule for Spring 2010

Date	Presenter
April 5	Christine Earle Gender-Role Development and an Adult Marker of Prenatal Testosterone Jason Poyner Music Preferences and Personality: An Exploration Beyond Music Genre
April 12	Sarah Brunskill Evaluations of Change: Differences Between Partners of How Father Needs to Change Charlie Leer Virginity Loss and Partner Selection in Young Adulthood
April 19	Hoan Luong Giving Children a Prefrontal Cortex: Using Environmental Stimulus to Supplant Existing Interference Kammy Kwok U.S. and Korean Teachers Use of Concrete Manipulatives to Teach Fractions
April 26	Adria Banihashemi The Relationship Between Parental Divorce, Family Context, and Obesity Risk in Bay Area Families Michelle Weiner Dinnertime Rituals: A protective factor for Children Experiencing Separation or Divorce
May 3	Sarah Dovi Play and Imitation among Children with Autism Wenson Fung San Francisco Sate University The Influence of Father Support on Maternal Parenting Stress and Behavior Among Adolescent Mothers
May 10	Derek Levine Testing the Threat Simulation Theory with Preschool Children Garrett Jaeger Motivational Sustainability of Play Processes

Schedule for Spring 2009

Date	Presenter
February 2	Charlotte Ferretti and the Gateway to Quality team San Francisco State University San Francisco ECE Harms Scale Data results and analysis - Useful data for researchers
February 9	Susan Courey, Ph.D. Department of Education - San Francisco State University Understanding Basic Fraction Concepts through Music: Research to Practice
February 16	Carolyn Peterson, M.A. San Francisco State University
February 23	Developmental Social Gathering
March 2	Aubrei McGinn, M.A. San Francisco State University
March 9	Michael Hays and Manuel Gonzales San Francisco State University
March 16	Jae Paik, Ph.D. Department of Psychology - San Francisco State University Do U.S., Korean and Taiwanese children benefit from the brief exposure to transparent fraction names?
March 23	No meeting - Spring Break
March 30	Developmental Social Gathering
April 6	Developmental Social Gathering
April 13	Amber Lowi, M.A. San Francisco State University Sociocultural adjustment and family context among Third-Culture Kids
April 20	Sacha Bunge, Ph.D. San Francisco Sate University
April 27	Thomas Schofield, Ph.D. Department of Human and Community Development and Family Research Group University of California at Davis Correlates of father involvement in intact-and step- families across two ethnic groups

Schedule for Fall 2008

Date	Presenter
September 15	Jae H. Paik, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Title: Language, Culture, and Conceptual Developmental: What Can We Learn from Cross-Cultural Comparisons?
October 6	Jeffrey Cookston, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Title: Marital Dissolution Processes among Diverse Families: Navigating the Lack of Data
October 20	Rita Rodriguez, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Title: Latino Youth's High School Adjustment: The Risk and Protective Factors of Perceived Discrimination and Ethnic Identity
November 3	Ezequiel Morsella, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Title: New Findings from the Action and Consciousness Laboratory
November 17	Developmental Social Gathering
December 1	Ryan T. Howell, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Title: The Science of Happiness: How Income, Shopping, and the Financial Meltdown Affect our Well-being?
December 15	Moin Syed, Doctoral Student Psychology - UC Santa Cruz Title: TBA

Schedule for Spring 2008

Date	Presenter
February 18	Amy Smith, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Title: Not "Waiving" but Drowning: The phenomenon of "Volunteering" for Execution
February 25	Amanda Johnson, Policy Analyst San Francisco Unified School District Title: In San Francisco's School Choice System, What Are Parents Really Choosing?
March 3	Susan Courey, Ph.D. College of Education - SFSU Title: Academic Music: Understanding Basic Fraction Concepts Through Music Notation
March 10	Jane McClure, Licensed Educational Psychologist McClure, Mallory & Baron Educational Counseling and Planning Title: TBA
March 17	Devon McCabe, MA Title: TBA
March 24	Spring Recess
March 31	Cesar Chavez Day
April 7	Former and Current MA students Title: Tips for applying to Doctoral programs in Developmental Psychology
April 14	Julie Law, Ph.D. Child & Adolescent Development Program - SFSU Title TBA
April 21	Sarah Wu, MA Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Stanford University School of Medicine Title: To be determined
April 28	David Anderson, Ph.D. Kinesiology - SFSU
May 5	Diane Harris, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU

Schedule for Fall 2007

Date	Presenter
September 3	Labor Day - No meeting
September 10	Jae Paik, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Bridging the Gap between Developmental Research and Math Education
September 17	Sacha Bunge, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Adult attachment status and quality of parenting
September 24	Linda Juang, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Parents and Adolescents Acculturation Among Chinese Immigrant Families
October 1	Jeffrey Cookston, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Three things I do well as a dad and three things I need to change: Narrative results from the Parents and Youth Study
October 8	Marci Hanson, Ph.D. College of Education - SFSU Children's School Success Project: Preventing School Failure
October 15	Ryan Howell, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU A Meta-Analysis of the Income-SWB Relation Among Impoverished Samples Across the Globe
October 22	Ezequiel Morsella, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU
October 29	Priya Shimpi, Ph.D. - Post Doctorate Fellow Psychology - UC Santa Cruz
November 5	David Gard, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Workshop: Writing Personal Statement for PhD Programs in Developmental Psychology and Related Areas
November 12	Veterans Day - No Meeting
November 19	Thanksgiving Recess - No Meeting
November 26	Mark Geisler, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU
December 3	Avi Ben-Zeev, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU

Schedule for Spring 2007

Date	Presenter
January 29	Sarah Wu, M.A. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford Math Project: A Developmental Neuroscience Study
February 5	Jamal Cooks, Ph.D. Secondary Education - SFSU The Achievement Gap: Is it Closing, Widening, or Staying Still?
February 12	Grace Yoo, Ph.D. Asian American Studies - SFSU Breast cancer, social support and racially/ethnically diverse communities
February 19	Avi Ben-Zeev, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Behind-the-Scenes: An Introspection on Generating Re- and Me- Search
February 26	Violet Cheung, Ph.D. candidate Developmental Psychology, Berkeley Ability to delay gratification and strategic planning: A longitudinal study
March 5	Diane Harris, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Trajectories leading to overweight in multi-generational familes of African ancestry
March 19	Julie Law, Ph.D. Child and Adolescent Development - SFSU Reflective Supervision: Mentoring Teachers on Awareness of Social Emotional Development
April 2	Richard Harvey, Ph.D. Department of Health Education - SFSU Vectors of Vulnerability in Adolescent Tobacco Use / part 2
April 9	Spring Break -- no brown bag
April 16	Russell Jeung, Ph.D. Asian American Studies - SFSU Religion and Resilience: The Effects of Congregational Participation on the Educational Attainment of Low-Income Asian Americans
April 30	Ryan Kelly and Norma Perez-Brena Tips for applying to Doctoral programs in Developmental Psychology
May 7	Qing Zhou. Ph.D. Department of Psychology - UC-BerkeleyRelations of Parenting and Temperament to Chinese Children’s Behavior Problems also, at 10am in McKenna Hall (CA 129), Joe White, Ph.D. Department of Psychology emeritus - UC-Irvine
May 14	Shinchieh (CJ) Duh - Developmental Masters student Department of Psychology, SFSU Transparency of Fraction Names and Children’s Fraction Comprehension

Schedule for Fall 2006

Date	Presenter
September 4	Labor Day - No meeting
September 11	Jeffrey Cookston, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Marital dissolution processes among Chinese and Mexican-American families: A proposed social buffering developmental study
September 18	Sacha Bunge, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU The study of attachment relationships: Challenges of a qualitative approach
September 25	Brenden Elwood Psychology - SFSU Getting a grip on infant handing: Carrying an infant facing forward may affect early social development
October 2	Chris Reilly Mating preferences of men across the lifespan
October 9	Jae Paik, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Elementary students learning fraction concepts - A complex system of mappings
October 16	Kate Hellenga, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Evaluating juvenile justice policy and practice effects: Qualitative and quantitative approaches
October 23	Linda Juang, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU with Jennifer Arter (UC-Berkeley) and Katherine Herold (UC-Santa Cruz) Types of Internet Use among Early Adolescents: Links to Social Anxiety, Loneliness, and Family Cohesion
October 30	No meeting
November 6	Patricia Jennings, Ph.D. Garrison Institute - Program Director of Contemplation and Education Cultivating emotional balance in the classroom
November 13	Norma Perez-Brena Peer discouragement and academic coping of Latino first generation college students Talk originally presented at the National Latina/o Psychological Association under the author list Delia Gutierez, Norma J Perez-Brena, Cidhinnia Torres Campos, Jean Phinney
November 20	Thanksgiving break - No meeting
December 4	Everyone attend job talk in EP 302
December 11	Everyone attend job talk in EP 302

Schedule for Spring 2006

Date	Presenter
January 30	All Developmental faculty - Bunge, Cookston, Juang, Spencer Welcome back -- planning for spring
February 6	Roger Mills, Ph.D. President, Health Realization Institute Center for Sustainable Change Releasing the Power of Health; Innate resilience and the capacity for change
February 13	David Mohr, Ph.D UCSF Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology Stress, Depression and Multiple Sclerosis
February 20	Moin Syed, M.A. Doctoral candidate - UC-Santa Cruz Exploring the links between personal identity and social identity: The sample case of ethnic identity
February 27	Linda Juang, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Studying adolescents in their cultural contexts
March 6	Devon McCabe, M.A. Maternal Affect, Emotion Regulation and Parenting Styles: Associations with Preschool Emotion, Emotion Regulation and Behavior
March 13	Brian de Vries, Ph.D. Gerontology Program - SFSU The Role of Friendship in Later Life
March 20	Kyra Bobinet, M.D. Founder, Vision Youthz Universal human life stages and inner-city thugs
March 27	Ethan Remmel, Ph.D. Western Washington University Social cognition in children with cochlear implants and children with typical hearing
April 3	Spring Break - No Brown Bag
April 10	Cherrie Boyer, Ph.D. UCSF Department of Pediatrics Preventing STDs in Adolescents and Young Adults Using Two Intervention Strategies
April 17	Neesha Patel, Ph.D. Counseling Department Race-related and gender-related stress in the lives of Asian American female college students
April 24	Jennifer Arter, Jennifer Becnel, Andrea Finlay, Joelle LeMoult Tips for applying to Doctoral programs in Developmental Psychology
May 1	Andrea Finlay Ethnicity as a moderator of civic behaviors among adolescents and emerging adults
May 8	Jennifer Becnel Relationships among sociodemographic factors, IMB mode constructs, and sexual risk factors in female military recruits Pubertal timing and risk behaviors: Parental and Peer influences as mediators
May 15	Mario Aceves Doctoral candidate - UC-Berkeley The Development of Stigmatizing Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness

Schedule for Fall 2005

Date	Presenter
August 29	Jeffrey Cookston, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Predicting risk among divorced families - Results from the Dads for Life Preventive Intervention
September 5	Labor Day - No meeting
September 12	Tom Spencer, PhD Psychology - SFSU Teaching undergraduate students
September 19	Rakia Bolds COR Student - SFSU Department of Psychology The Acceptance of Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV in Pregnant Women in Ghana where Antiviral Medication is Available
September 26	Jennifer Arter Psychology - SFSU Self-Reported Attachment and Feelings About Children
October 3	David Gard, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia Across the Lifespan: Emotion, Anticipation, and Enjoyment
October 10	David Matsumoto, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Culture, Development, and the Development of Culture
October 17	Julianna Deardorff, PhD UCSF Health Psychology Program Early puberty, stress, and related outcomes
October 24	Kristin Hunt Honors Student - SFSU Department of Psychology
October 31	Scott de Guzman SFSU Developmental Psychology Graduate StudentCo-Parenting and Play Behaviors During Triadic Family Interactions: Findings from the Family Interaction Project Jeff Cookston, Ph.D. Psychology - SFSU Imagining the Future of Immigrant Fathers from a talk prepared with Ross Parke
November 7	Sacha Bunge, PhD Psychology - SFSU Qualitative analyses of parent-child interaction
November 14	Marina Abalakina, PhD Psychology - SFSU Reverence toward mother in Ecuador and in the United States
November 21	Terry Gutkin Counseling - SFSU Public Health Approaches to Mental Health Services in Schools: A Rationale and Some Empirically Supported Interventions
November 28	No meeting
December 5	Katherine J. Conger, PhD Department of Human & Community Development University of California at Davis Older Sibling Contributions to the Delinquency of Younger Brothers and Sisters

Schedule for Spring 2005

Date	Presenter
February 7	Claire Barnes Kids' Turn, A Leader in Educational Programs for Divorcing Families
February 14	Sacha Bunge, Jeffrey Cookston, Linda Juang, & Tom Spencer Submitting research for presentation at a conference: Demystifying the process
February 21	Katherine Herold, Moin Syed, & Sarah Wu Tips for applying to Doctoral programs in Developmental Psychology
February 28	David Heubner Center for AIDS Prevention Studies - UCSF Preventing Risk Behaviors in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents
March 7	Mike Disch Department of Psychology - UC-Berkeley Perception of Object Velocity
March 14	David Anderson Kinesiology - San Francisco State University The significance of visual proprioception in motor and psychological development
March 21	No meeting - Spring Break
March 28	Chandra Ghosh Ippen Child Trauma Research Project - UCSF Examining the efficacy of Child-Parent Psychotherapy: A dyadic attachment based treatment for young children exposed to trauma
April 4	Laurie Meschke Child and Adolescent Development Program - SFSU Hmong Adolescent Pregnancy: Action Research Exemplified
April 11	David Funder Psychology - University of California, Riverside A social psychological approach to personality judgment: How to judge personality accurately
April 18	Annette N'Cho SFSU Developmental Psychology MA candidate Motivation to Succeed: An Evaluation of 4-D Stars Academic Sports Academy
April 25	Jennifer Arter SFSU Developmental Psychology MA candidate Non-Parents? Ideas about Parenting: The Influence of Attachment Security
May 2	Kate Herold SFSU Developmental Psychology MA candidate Which is more important for theory of mind development: Language or social interaction?
May 9	Amber Wingfield SFSU Developmental Psychology MA candidate The relationships between parenting, self-esteem, and depression:Voice as a mediator
May 16	Sarah Wu SFSU Developmental Psychology MA candidate Title TBA

Schedule for Fall 2004

Date	Presenter
August 30	Tom Spencer, Peter Morse, & Moin Syed Psychology - SFSU Undergraduate teaching experience and graduate education: Learning as teachers
September 6	Labor Day, No Brown Bag Meeting
September 13	Jeffrey Cookston Psychology - SFSU Coparenting during triadic play: Results from the Family Interaction Project
September 20	Linda Juang Psychology - SFSU Mental health and Asian American youth
September 27	Sacha Bunge Psychology - SFSU Intergenerational cycles of abuse: The role of attachment relationships
October 4	Kelly Werner Clinical graduate student - UC-Berkeley Neural correlates of empathy
October 11	Judy Chu Lecturer - Stanford - Human Biology Learning What Boys Know: Reconsidering Boys' Development Through a Relational Framework
October 18	Rosa Casarez-Levison Secondary Education - SFSU Trauma and Learning: Implications for poor and ethnic minority populations - particularly Latino populations
October 25	Speaker TBA
November 1	Amy Smith Psychology - SFSU All roads lead to death: social histories, social context, and the death penalty
November 8	Rebecca Toporek Counseling - SFSU Title TBA
November 15	Pamela Wolfberg Special Education - SFSU Peer Play and the Autism Spectrum: Blending Theory, Research and Meaningful Practice
November 22	Terry Gutkin Counseling - SFSU No Child Left Behind: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
November 29	Jessica Fields Sociology - SFSU Youth Sexuality Educators and the Conflicting Social Roles of Peer and Teacher
December 6	Rita Melendez Human Sexuality - SFSU HIV Issues among Male-to-Female Transgenders

Earlier presentations:

September 17, 2001 - Linda Juang, Psychology - SFSU - Minority Youth in Different Contexts
September 16, 2002 - Jeff Cookston, Psychology - SFSU - Parenting post-divorce and children’s adjustment: Using interactions in linear regression
September 30, 2002 - Linda Juang, Psychology - SFSU - Asian American Adolescents in Different Contexts
September 8, 2003 - Jeff Cookston, Psychology - SFSU - Using adolescents' narratives about their fathers to explain how they answer the question, ‘Am I important to my dad?’
September 15, 2003 - Linda Juang, Psychology - SFSU - Research with Adolescent Immigrant Families: The Chopsticks and Forks Project