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TOLAN HONORED WITH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Patrick Tolan, Director Emeritus of the Youth-Nex Center and Charles S. Robb Professor in the Curry School of Education, was selected to receive the 2018 Presidential Award, a lifetime achievement award, by the Society for Prevention Research (SPR). The honor is peer-nominated and recognizes those who have made a major specific contribution to prevention science research and whose work has greatly impacted the field. MORE >
 





BRADSHAW RECEIVES SRA MID-CAREER AWARD
The Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) awarded Catherine Bradshaw the Mid-Career Award for Research Excellence. She is a professor and associate dean for research and faculty development at the Curry School of Education. The award which comes from nominations by peers celebrates mid-career scholars who exemplify research excellence on a topic regarding adolescence and the transition to adulthood. MORE >
 





RFP: SEED FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Proposals are due Monday, April 23, 2018.
Please note: The PIs for this funding must be UVA affiliated faculty (tenure track or research faculty).

Youth-Nex seeks to fund one to four seed grants focused on translational research in one of our three priority areas: 1) middle school, 2) out-of-school time, or 3) youth engagement. Researchers may request up to $15,000. Proposals are due Monday, April 23, 2018 and funds will be distributed in early June. Please share with anyone you think may be interested. For details, including evaluation criteria and submission instructions click  MORE >
 





THURSDAY, APRIL 26
"Big is Beautiful: Media Images, Cultural Aesthetics and Body Image Ideals Among African-American Adolescents"
Valerie Adams-Bass, Ph.D. 
NOTE NEW TIME: 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm, Ruffner Hall, Rm 206. A snack will be served.
Adams-Bass will present findings from a mixed-method study of television and print media content with African-American youth. The talk will look at the study as a foundation for a model of investigation that explores cultural norms and body image ideals among Black adolescent girls. MORE >

 





EXTENSIVE DATA SHOWS PUNISHING REACH OF RACISM FOR BLACK BOYS
Noelle Hurd was recently featured in two New York Times articles highlighting an important study on the systemic and economic inequities for Black boys. The first Times article "Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys," focused on the Stanford and Harvard study entitled, "Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States: An Intergenerational Perspective." It evoked so much attention, the newspaper issued a follow-up story, "When I See Racial Disparities, I See Racism," in which Hurd is also featured.

Hurd also spoke about the research on Minnesota Public Radio's podcast, "Why are the Economic Odds Stacked Against Black Men?"

Excerpts from the first article, which may be behind a paywall:
  • The research makes clear that there is something unique about the obstacles black males face.
     
  • Black boys raised in America, even in the wealthiest families and living in some of the most well-to-do neighborhoods, still earn less in adulthood than white boys with similar backgrounds, according to a sweeping new study that traced the lives of millions of children.
  • White boys who grow up rich are likely to remain that way. Black boys raised at the top, however, are more likely to become poor than to stay wealthy in their own adult households.
     
  • The sons of black families from the top 1 percent had about the same chance of being incarcerated on a given day as the sons of white families earning $36,000.
     
  • Even without this data, the people who worked on [Obama's My Brother's Keeper project] believed that individual and structural racism targeted black men in ways that required policies devised specifically for them.
     
  • Previous research suggests some reasons there may be a large income gap between black and white men, but not between women, even though women of color face both sexism and racism.
  • Other studies show that boys, across races, are more sensitive than girls to disadvantages like growing up in poverty or facing discrimination.
     
  • While black women also face negative effects of racism, black men often experience racial discrimination differently. As early as preschool, they are more likely to be disciplined in school. They are pulled over or detained and searched by police officers more often.
  • "It’s not just being black but being male that has been hyper-stereotyped in this negative way, in which we’ve made black men scary, intimidating, with a propensity toward violence," said Noelle Hurd, a psychology professor [and Youth-Nex faculty affiliate] at the University of Virginia.
— from The New York Times
 



NEW UVA COURSE – BUILDING RESILIENCE
May 21, 2018 – June 8, 2018
The Curry School is offering this new UVA summer course, EDHS 3060: Building Resilience in Youth, Families, and Communities. Taught by Joseph M. Williams, the class will teach how to incorporate resilience-based interventions into your personal and professional life. It will introduce a strength-based approach to working with marginalized children, adolescents and their families in both private and nonprofit sectors, including classrooms, programs, and agencies. A few of the topics we will cover include an overview of resiliency, resiliency and youth development, resiliency and schools, resiliency and communities, resiliency and mentoring, support and counseling, resiliency and families, and resiliency and the brain. Students will leave with evidence-based strategies and interventions for enhancing resiliency among youth, families, and communities facing adversity. MTWRF, 1P to 3:45P
 



 

 
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TALKS & PODCASTS



April 26 - "Big Is Beautiful" Details here and at left. 2:00-3:15 p.m. Ruffner 206.

RECENT AUDIO 

"The Friendship Court Youth Leadership Program: Citizen Science in the Context of Neighborhood Change" – Andrew Mondschein, PhD AICP, Barbara Brown Wilson, Ph.D., Nancy Deutsch, Ph.D. Audio

 "Facilitating Voice among Black Boys through Youth Participatory Action Research" – Chauncey Smith, Ph.D. Audio

"A Developmental Perspective on Undocumented and Mixed-Family Status Children and Youth"  Carola Suárez-Orozco, Ph.D. Video


Works In Progress meetings are primarily for graduate students & faculty. Undergraduates or others who are interested in attending, please contact Ellen Daniels: edaniels@virginia.edu



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