CAROLA SUÁREZ-OROZCO - VIDEO POSTED
Youth-Nex and the UVA Department of Psychology welcomed Carola Suárez-Orozco on January 26 for her talk, "A Developmental Perspective on Undocumented and Mixed-Family Status Children and Youth." Suárez-Orozco is Professor of Human Development at UCLA; and Co-founder of Re-imagining Migration.
TOLAN TO LEAD SYMPOSIUM AT 2018 SRA BIENNIAL MEETING in MINNEAPOLIS
Youth-Nex Director Emeritus, Patrick Tolan was invited to chair the panel, "Positive Youth Development: Update and State of the Science and Application," at the April 12-14 event. The symposium will highlight four diverse presentations on the current state of knowledge in these important areas: a) key concepts and principles b) applications to interventions c) culture and ecological considerations and d) federal governmental application. The presentations are as follows:
"Theoretical Advances in Positive Youth Development: Implications for Application"
Richard M. Lerner, Tufts University
"Four Frameworks for Positive Development: Implications for Intervention and Future Integration"
Patrick H. Tolan, University of Virginia
"Cultural, Ecological Integrative Model for Studying Positive Development in Youth of Color"
Velma McBride Murry, Vanderbilt University
"Positive Youth Development and Federal Programs"
Cheri Hoffman, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Learn more at the SRA website. The invited program can be seen here.
CHAUNCEY SMITH: FACILITATING VOICE AMONG BLACK BOYS
On Thursday, Feb. 15, Smith will present "Through Our Lenses: Facilitating Voice among Black Boys through Youth Participatory Action Research"
12:30 pm -1:45 pm -
Ruffner Hall, Rm 206
Smith will discuss findings from a study aimed at understanding Black boys’ meaning-making of their experiences in a suburban high school. The study employed multiple methods (i.e., phenomenology, photovoice, and critical media literacy) to engage and foreground participant narratives at the intersection of race, class, and gender. Smith will also discuss his vision for the future of the project and solicit feedback for best practices, approaches to the work, and strategies for success engaging the Charlottesville community.
Learn More.
Works In Progress meetings are primarily for graduate students & faculty. For others who are interested in attending, please contact Ellen Daniels: edaniels@virginia.edu. Audio for most Works in Progress talks are available after the talk on the Youth-Nex website.
Courtesy of Point Made Films
"I'M NOT RACIST...AM I?"
Joanna Williams, Youth-Nex faculty member and Chair-elect of the Curry School of Education's Diversity Action Committee, spoke to WMRA radio about the film, "I'm not Racist...Am I?" — a documentary following 12 NYC teens on their journey to understand structural racism. Williams created an assessment to gauge the impact of the film on viewers.
Listen to the interview which includes the director, Catherine Greene. A February 9 screening kicked off a month-long community dialogue on racism. Upcoming screenings are as follows:
• February 26 -
Crozet Library, 6-8:30pm
• February 28 -
Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC), 6-9:00pm
• March 6 -
Northside Library, 6-9:00pm
• March 16 -
Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, 6:30-9pm
Photo: Andrew Shurtleff, The Daily Progress. Pictured: Joanna Williams
WILLIAMS SPEAKS AT DARDEN FORUM
Williams also spoke at Darden's Future of Learning Forum on the importance of diversity in public education.
Charlottesville Tomorrow reports: Williams said minority students perform better on standardized tests, have improved attendance and are suspended less frequently when they have at least one same-race teacher. However, she said minorities are significantly underrepresented in the teaching profession. Read the full story, "
Teachers, Education Researchers Look Towards Future at Darden Forum"
YN FACULTY LIT REVIEW FEATURED
New America cited Jessika Bottiani, Katrina Debnam, Catherine Bradshaw and colleague literature review which was published in the Journal of Teacher Education. From the story: The article "suggests that of hundreds of studies published about culturally responsive teaching over a span of almost two decades, only a surprisingly small number have measured the impact of educator-level interventions—the type of evidence you need to show interventions work."
Read the full story.
DEUTSCH PRESENTS at NATIONAL CONFERENCES
National Mentoring Summit -
Youth-Nex Director,
Nancy Deutsch, who sits on the research advisory board for the National Mentoring Resource Center, spoke at the “8th Annual National Mentoring Summit” in Washington, DC last month. Deutsch presented on Mixed Methods as a tool in mentoring research, as a part of the “Workshop on Advanced Methods in Youth Mentoring Research.” Deutsch believes that mixed methods allows for studying both process and outcomes of mentoring programs, to better understand not just whether mentoring programs work, but how, why, and for whom. The workshop brought together researchers from across the country who study mentoring to present innovative methods and talk to each other about potential new directions for the field. View
slides.
(upcoming) AfterSchool Association Annual Convention - Cutting Edge Practices
Deutsch will also will be participating in a special session at the
National AfterSchool Association's (NAA) annual conference, being held in Atlanta, March 18-21. Organized by NAA's Bridging Research & Practice Committee, the session will feature multiple panels and a range of professionals with the aim of synthesizing and bridging research and practice in cutting edge ways.
(upcoming) SRA Biennial Meeting - April 12-14, Minneapolis
Deutsch's participation at the meeting includes:
• A roundtable with journal editors entitled "The Ins and Outs of Publishing: A Conversation with the Editors. Deutsch is Editor of the
Journal of Adolescent Research.
• A panel on youth-adult relationships,"'He Made Me See the Important Things in Life': Adolescent Purpose and the Role of Significant Non-Parental Adults." Mark Yu, Youth-Nex graduate student, is also on the panel.
• The workshop, as leader, "Using a Cloud-based Data Application for Longitudinal, Mixed Methods Research."
Learn more at the SRA
website.
WEISS INSTITUTE REPORT
Former Youth-Nex doctoral student, Shannon Varga, is an author on the Weiss Institute's systematic review of comprehensive community initiatives (CCIs).
The report assesses the state of the evidence for CCIs impacting population-level children, youth, and/or family outcomes – as well as promising elements for getting to impact. YN Director Nancy Deutsch sits on the organization's research advisory board.
The Weiss Institute is a partnership between Say Yes to Education and the Center for Promise. View the
full report; or a 4-page brief.
