Colloquium Series

The Center sponsors an in-house colloquium series for researchers from different Stanford departments and schools to discuss a topical issue related to adolescence. Here is a summary of the Center's colloquia by academic year, beginning with the most recent speaker. There were no colloquia in 2006-07.

Date	Speaker
02/16/2016	Ulisses F. Araújo Professor, School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, Brazil Topic: Research Presentation: Improvement and innovation in basic and higher education through the articulation between Project and Problem-Based Learning, educational technologies and citizenship commitment
11/19/2015	Parissa J. Ballard Research Scientist, University of California, Berkeley Topic: Youth Civic Engagement: Predictors, Processes, and Links to Healthy Adolescent Development
04/15/2015	Michael McDevitt Professor, College of Media, Communication and Information at the University of Colorado Boulder Topic: Research presentation: Exploring the roles of media, schools, and families in the cultivation of ideological identity among adolescents in red and blue states
03/15/2015	Mark Atkinson Academy Performance Manager, Bath Rugby Topic: Presentation: How "grit" and character development are relevant to recruitment, development and retention in the sport of rugby at the elite performance level
04/28/2014	AnnMarie Baines Professor, San Francisco State University Visiting Scholar, Center on Adolescence Topic: (Un)Learning Disability: Recognizing and Changing Restrictive Views of Student Ability
04/15/2014	Elina Kuusisto, Inkeri Rissanen & Sonja Laine University of Helsinki, Finland Topic: Research presentation linking "purpose" to studies on teachers' moral competence, gifted students and ethical sensitivity
02/13/2013	Mary Helen Immordino-Yang Assistant Professor, Rossier School of Education Assistant Professor, Brain and Creativity Institute University of Southern California Topic: Neuropsychology of Social and Moral Development
02/16/2012	James A. Banks Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies University of Washington, Seattle Topic: Diversity and Citizenship Education in Multicultural Nations
11/10/2011	Mario Yedidia Director of the San Francisco Youth Commission, and Leah LaCroix, a youth commissioner Topic: The Youth Commission: History, charter, goals, projects, accomplishments
05/19/2011	Elisabeth (Lissa) Soep, Ph.D. Senior Producer & Research Director, Youth Radio, Oakland CA Topic: Web Two Dot Whoa: Youth Adventures in the Digital Afterlife
05/11/2011	Amy Binder, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Sociology University of California, San Diego Topic: Creating Conservatism: How Campuses and National Organizations Shape Students’ Political Discourses and Styles
02/09/2011	Geoffrey Saxe, Ph.D. Professor, Graduate School of Education University of California, Berkeley Topic: The Social Origins of Numerical Representations and Ideas: A Framework for Inquiry
01/12/2011	Aaron L. Miller, Ph.D. Assistant Professor and Hakubi Scholar Kyoto University, Japan Visiting Scholar, Stanford University Center on Adolescence Topic: Navigating the ‘Green Years’: Exploring the Cultural ‘Uniqueness’ of Adolescence in Japan
05/19/2010	Joseph Kahne, Ph.D. Dean of the School of Education Research Director, Civic Engagement Research Group Mills College Topic: Discussion-Based and Experiential High School Curricula: Their Differential Impact on Civic and Political Outcomes
04/21/2010	Margie Lachman, Ph.D. Minnie and Harold L. Fierman Professor of Psychology Director, Lifespan Developmental Psychology Lab & Lifespan Initiative on Healthy Aging Brandeis University 2010 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) Topic: Long-Term Effects of Education on Health
03/03/2010	Kofi Marfo, Ph.D. Professor of Educational Psychology and Director Center for Research on Children's Development & Learning, University of South Florida 2010 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) Topic: Domesticating Child Development Inquiry in the Majority World: Pathway to a Global Science?
12/03/2009	Malene Gram, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Head of Cross-Cultural Studies Allborg University, Denmark Topic: Family Food Purchasing Decisions: Roles of Parents and Children
11/16/2009	Linda M. Wagener, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Fuller Theological Seminary Topic: Once There Was War," a documentary about how young adults from Bosnia, Iraq and Kyrgyzstan have tried to find meaning and purpose after the wars that devastated their countries
10/29/2009	Margarita Azmitia, Ph.D. Professor of Developmental Psychology University of California, Santa Cruz Topic: Finding Your Niche: How First Generation Early and Late Adolescents Transition to Middle School and to and from College
05/14/2009	Robert Emmons, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of California, Davis Topic: Spiritual Transformation and the Development of Character Strengths and Purpose
04/23/2009	Per Gjerde, Ph.D. Professor of Developmental Psychology University of California, Santa Cruz Topic: Developmental Implications of Openness to Experience in Preschool Children: Gender Differences in Young Adulthood
04/12/2009	Gregory M. Walton, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Stanford University Topic: Social Belonging and School Achievement: A Social-Psychological Intervention
02/26/2009	Seana Moran, Ph.D. No longer with Center on Adolescence, Stanford University [Need a new title for her.] [Hiep, Seana is another person w/o a website. This node needs info from page in current website.] Topic: Multiple Intelligences
01/29/2009	Mark R. Lepper, Ph.D. Albert Ray Lang Professor of Psychology Stanford University Topic: Advances in the Study of Intrinsic Motivation
11/20/2008	Daniel McFarland, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Education and, by courtesy, of Sociology and Business Stanford University Topic: The Mechanisms of Adolescent Social Network Formation
11/13/2008	David Whitman Freelance journalist, former senior writer at U.S. News & World Report Author of: Sweating the Small Stuff: Inner-City Schools and the New Paternalism Thomas B. Fordham Institute Topic: How to Close the Achievement Gap: From Schools of Rock to Schools of Character
11/06/2008	Michael F. Steger, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology & Applied Social Psychology Director, Laboratory for the Study of Meaning and Quality of Life Colorado State University Topic: Meaning in Life in Late Adolescence: The Latest Theory and Findings from the Meaning in Life Questionnaire
05/15/2008	Prudence L. Carter, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Education and, by courtesy, of Sociology Stanford University Topic: Race and Cultural Flexibility among Students in Different Multiracial Schools
04/10/2008	Ulisses Ferreira Araüjo, Ph.D. Associate Professor University of São Paulo, Brazil Topic: Moral Self Functioning and Some Educational Perspectives
02/06/2008	Jacqueline V. Lerner, Ph.D. Professor of Education Boston College Topic: Positive Youth Development: "Results from a National Study
01/24/2008	Rob Crosnoe, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Research Affiliate, Population Research Center University of Texas, Austin Topic: Education, Relationships and Inequality
11/29/2007	Brigid Barron, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Education Stanford University Topic: The Development of Technological Fluency in Highly Skilled Adolescents
11/15/2007	Maria Ojala, Ph.D. Researcher Orebro University, Sweden Topic: Hope and Worry: Young People's Values, Emotions, and Behavior Regarding Global Environmental Problems
04/24/2006	Lisa Henriksen, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist, Prevention Research Center Stanford University School of Medicine Topic: The Impact of Retail Marketing on Adolescent Tobacco Use
03/01/2006	Frank Zimring William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar University of California, Berkeley Topic: The Character and Future Prospects of Juvenile Sex Offenders
02/08/2006	Rob Reich, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science and Ethics in Society and by courtesy, of Education and of Philosphy Stanford University Topic: Equality and Adequacy in School Finance
01/25/2006	Linda Darling Hammond, Ed.D. Professor of Education Stanford University Topic: Schools that Support Adolescent Students
11/30/2005	Cheryl Gore-Felton, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University Topic: Community Based Interventions to Prevent HIV among Adolescents
11/02/2005	Michael S. Wald, LL.B. Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law, Emeritus Stanford University Topic: Parental Sexual Orientation and Children's Development
05/25/2005	Patricia Greenfield, Ph.D. Professor of Developmental Psychology University of California, Los Angeles Topic: Media and Adolescence
05/04/2005	Beth Cauffman, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of California, Irvine Topic: Assessing Juvenile Psychopathy
04/06/2005	Amado Padilla, Ph.D. Professor of Education Stanford University Topic: Why the Need to be Ethnic?: Reflections on Social Identity
03/16/2005	Michael Kirst, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus of Education Stanford University Topic: The Bridge Project
02/23/2005	David Harrington, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of California, Santa Cruz Topic: The Creative Process
02/09/2005	Andreas Schroeer, Ph.D. Hatfield School of Government Portland State University Topic: Development of Political Identity in Adolescence
01/19/2005	Carol Dweck, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Stanford University Topic: Self Theories and Paths through Adolescence
11/17/2004	Claude M. Steele, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Stanford University Topic: Contingencies of Social Identity and Their Roll in Intellectual Performance
11/11/2004	Peggy Dolcini, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Hallie Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families Public Health Oregon State University Topic: Putting the Social Context Back into Sexual Health
06/02/2004	Anne Colby, Tom Ehrlich, and Liz Beaumont The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching [link is to Erlich only. Colby no longer @ Carnegie, but has a CoA people page. would like to link to her bio.] Topic: Political engagement project
05/12/2004	Don Roberts, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Communication Stanford University Topic: Teen Television
05/03/2004	Doug McAdam, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Stanford University Topic: The Civic Impact of Participation in 'Teach for America'
01/14/2004	Catherine R. Cooper, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of California, Santa Cruz Topic: Bridging Multiple Worlds: Culture, Youth Identity, and Pathways to College
12/03/2003	Chris Hayward, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University Topic: Methodological Issues in the Study of Puberty and Psychopathology
11/19/2003	Shelley Mallett, Ph.D. [Doesn't seem to have a link. Her email is/was s.mallett@unimelb.edu.au] (former) Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow, Key Centre for Women's Health in Society University of Melbourne, Australia Topic: Homeless Youth
11/12/2003	Michael S. Wald, LL.B. Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law, Emeritus Stanford University Topic: Disconnected Youth
05/28/2003	Charles Bidwell, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Sociology University of Chicago Topic: Educational Project in Bosnia
04/15/2003	Marilyn Winkleby, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine Topic: Encouraging Low-Income High School Students to Pursue Advanced Studies in the Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences to Prepare them for Medical and Other Professional careers
03/12/2003	Fe Moncloa 4-H Youth Development Advisor University of California Cooperative Extension, Santa Clara Topic: Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Among Latinas
02/27/2003	Elliot Turiel, Ph.D. Professorof Education University of California, Berkeley Topic: Flexibilities of Mind: Moral Resistance and Subversion
02/12/2003	Peggy Giordano, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology, Center for Family and Demographic Research Bowling Green State University Topic: The Meaning(s) of Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Complications of Race/Ethnicity and Gender
01/28/2003	Sanford Dornbusch, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Human Biology, and (by courtesy) Education Topic: Effort and Ability: The Relative Strength of Effort-Engagement Behaviors and Standardized Test Scores as Predictors of High School Grades
12/03/2002	William Damon, Ph.D., Jennifer Menon, Ph.D., Kendall Bronk, Ph.D. William Damon: Director, Stanford Center on Adolescence Kendall Bronk: Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, Ball State University Jennifer Menon: Assistant Professor of Psychological and Social Foundations, University of South Florida Topic: Exploring the Nature and Development of Purpose in Youth
	Valeria A. Arantes Associate Professor, School of Education, University of São Paulo, Brazil Topic: Research Presentation: The Role of feelings and emotions in learning, youth purpose, moral development and problem-based learning
	Valeria Amorim Arantes Associate Professor, School of Education, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Topic: Research presentation: Interactions between values, feelings and youth purpose (also) The relationship between purpose and the elderly

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