Center for Applied Developmental Science
Visitors
Dr. phil. Maria Pavlova
Visiting DAAD Scholar, Moscow City University of Psychology and Education, Russia; July-December 2008
Research Focus
trajectories of normative development, interplay of multiple transitions and developmental tasks in adolescence and young adulthood
Aysun Dogan-Ates
Mugla University, Turkey; July 2008
Research Focus
acculturation
Carolina Lisboa
University of the Sinos Valley Sao Leopoldo, Brasil; 01-11 July 2008
Research Focus
positive psychology, positive and healthy development, intervention programs
Professor Dr. Concetta Pastorelli
Professor of Psychology, Dipartimento Di Psicologia, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Italy; 20-25 August 2007
Research Focus
social change in Italy
Professor Edward Smith, Dr. P.H.
Director of Evaluation Research, Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development, The College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA; July 2007
Research Focus
adolescents, health education, leisure time, pregnancy, prevention, program development/evaluation, substance abuse, HIV/STD prevention
Professor Linda Caldwell, Ph.D.
Professor of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, The College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA; July-August 2007
Research Focus
adolescents, leisure and health; leisure education, prevention research, and the developmental affordances of leisure
Professor J. Douglas Coatsworth, Ph.D.
Professor-in-Charge, HDFS undergraduate program, The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA; Guest professor June-August 2007
Research Focus
aspects of risk and resilience and the development of competence in adolescence and emerging adulthood. I am particularly interested in how family-focused interventions promote competence and well-being and prevent problem behavior during these age periods
Professor Fred W. Vondracek
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Outreach and Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA; June 2007
Research Focus
Developmental-contextual approach to career development
Nathan C. Hall, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Scholar, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine USA; May 2007
Research Focus
social cognition, particularly with respect to the influence of attributions, metacognitive and cultural factors, as well as control perceptions and strategies on health, emotions, motivation, and performance, in addition to the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic interventions for at-risk individuals
Professor Manfred Diehl, Ph.D.
Professor, Human Development and Family Studies; Director, Center on Aging, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA; May 2007
Research Focus
cognitive-emotional integration in adulthood and aging, self-concept organization across the adult life span
Professor Dr. Jacek Wasilewski
Director of the Institute of Sociology, Warsaw School of Social Psychology, Poland; 10-12 January 2007
Research Focus
social change, transformation process in Poland
Professor Jutta Heckhausen, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine USA; Guest Professor August 2006-January 2007
Research Focus
life-span developmental psychology, motivational psychology, control behavior and developmental regulation across the life span
Deepali Sharma, Ph.D.
Department of Child Development, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India; June 2005 - June 2006
Research Focus
family life experiences and psychosocial well-being among adolescents in female headed single parent families in India and the US
Professor John Laub, Ph.D.
Professor of Crimonology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, USA; Guest Professor June 2005
Research Focus
crime and deviance over the life course, juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice, history of criminology
Professor Glen H. Elder, Ph.D.
Howard W. Odum Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA; Guest Professor June 2005
Research Focus
human development over the life course (e.g., Oakland Groth and Berkely Guidance Studies, Lewis Terman Study, Iowa Youth and Families Project, Philadelphia Inner-City Project, National Longitudinal Study of Adolescents Health)
Professor Clancy Blair, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Department Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA Clancy Blair visits the CADS with a group of 16 honors students of The Pennsylvania State University; May 10 - 17, 2004
Research Focus
Developmental antecedents of school readiness and risk for early school failure among children from low-income homes, ways in which children acquire the self-regulatory skills and abilities that enable them to become diligent students in the classroom and worthy playmates in the schoolyard.
Professor Fred Vondracek, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Outreach and Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA; April 28 - 30, 2004
Research Focus
Developmental-contextual approach to career development
Fabrizia Gianotta
Developmental Psychology, University of Turin, Italy; January 25 - February 21, 2004
Research Focus
Intervention projects on risk behaviour in adolescence
Deepali Sharma, Ph.D.
Department of Child Development, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India; July 17, 2003 - January 31, 2004
Research Focus
Family life experiences and psychosocial well-being among adolescents in female headed single parent families in India and the US
Professor Richard Lerner, Ph.D.
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA; June 22 - 29, 2003
Research Focus
Relations between life-span human development and contextual or ecological change; Adolescents' relations with their peer, family, school, and community contexts Programs of positive youth development
Professor Jeffrey Arnett, Ph.D.
University of Maryland, Human Development Department, MA, USA; July 8-14, 2002
Research Focus
Emerging adulthood: A new period of the life course
