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The Society for the Study of Human Development

8th Biennial Meeting

The Westin Beach Hotel & Spa

Fort Lauderdale, FL

November 3-5, 2013

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 Rethinking Developmental Science across the Life-span/Life-course:

 Theory, Methods, and Applications

 SSHD is proud to announce our 8th Biennial Meeting. SSHD is a diverse society of scholars representing all disciplines with an interest in human development. The conference and program are both open to members and nonmembers alike. If you are not a member, we urge you to consider joining. We particularly extend a welcome to young scholars and graduate students to attend the conference and join the society.

 

Presidential Address 
            Cynthia Garcia-Coll, Brown University

Keynote Addresses

Richard M. Lerner, Tufts University 

Developmental Science: Past, Present & Future

Lynn S. Liben, Penn State University 

      Individual-Context Relations in Developmental  Intergroup Theory: Explaining & Optimizing Social-Group Relationships

 

Toni Antonucci, University of Michigan

Rethinking the Link Between Cells & Society

 

Ingrid Connidis, Western University

Family Ties over the Life Course: Spanning the Macro-Micro Divide? 

 

Invited Plenary Symposia

Peter Molenaar, Penn State University & John Nesselroade, University of Virginia, Organizers & Co-Chairs

Contemporary Research Methods        

 Jonathan Zaff, Vice President of Research at America's Promise – The Alliance for Youth. Tufts University, Chair and Organizer

Contemporary Applications

Submission of Papers & Symposia

Submissions are now closed. The Conference Program Committee, chaired by Willis F. Overton, Temple University, President-Elect of SSHD, send decision information to those who have submitted abstracts in the near future.


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