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FALL 2003 CONTENTS Summary of the Third Biennial SSHD Conference, 11/1-2/03 |
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Message
from the President
I am thrilled to be your President, a new title conferred upon the leader of the Steering Committee at the business meeting. I am delighted to take on this responsibility and look forward to working with Susan Whitbourne, President-elect, Erin Phelps, executive secretary, and the very wonderful and collegial members of the Steering Committee. We must now fully exploit all of this positive energy and get to work on the challenges ahead. Just a few things on the list are: -Move the home base of the society to Tufts University, to the Applied Developmental Science Institute, where the journal is also produced. This represents a more efficient way to organize our many activities. -Oversee
the distribution of the first issue of our Journal, Research in
Human Development, edited by Jacquelynne S. Eccles. The theme of
the first issue is: "Innovative Methods for Studying Lives
in Context," Richard Lerner, guest editor. It is due out in
March. We are looking forward to getting those in the mail to you
as a benefit of your membership. We need to get at least 200 library
subscriptions for the journal to alleviate some of the financial
burden to the society, so please send in requests for subscriptions
from Erlbaum to your library now. -Most
importantly, I look forward to welcoming and engaging the talents
of all the volunteers who stepped forward and offered their services
to the society. Their enthusiasm was contagious and the main reason
for my buzzing. I remain available to your input, suggestions, and
offers for help at j_james@harvard.edu.
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I
am still buzzing with the energy and excitement that was present
at the SSHD biennial meeting here in Cambridge, November 1-2, and
the meeting of the Emerging Adulthood group that followed. Both
speakers and attendees were alive with provocative ideas; discussion
was rich and bold. The poster session was a standout with some 53
presenters. And some 15-20 people came forward to volunteer for
greater involvement with the society. Read more about the meeting
in this issue of The Networker! We are already making plans for
our fourth biennial meeting in 2005; watch for a call for papers
and program announcements on our website and in future issues of
The Networker.
SSHD
is at an important turning point in our short, but active,
early developmental phases. We are well past the "terrible
twos," and as we enter our fifth year as a group, have
taken increasing steps toward