Taylor & Francis / ATEA Best Paper Award 2014 committee selected Dr. Hyunjin Kim’s paper published in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education (APJTE: SSCI journal) titled: Pre-service teachers’ motivation, sense of teaching efficacy, and expectation of reality shock as the best paper of 2014. The award was recognized during the ATEA Annual Conference in Darwin (July 7-10, 2015) in Australia.

Assistant Professor Skye Leedahl was chosen as a Presidential Faculty Fellow by the Rhode Island Campus Compact.  Dr. Leedahl holds a joint appointment in Human Development & Family Science and Political Science.  A consortium of all 11 institutes of Higher Education, The RI Campus Compact works to increase the engagement of students, faculty and staff […]

Sue Warford is the 2015 APAW Woman of the Year.  APAW is a professional association at the University of Rhode Island and each year selects an outstanding woman through a nomination process.  The award is given in recognition of a woman’s commitment to “effect and ensure that professional woman at URI are accorded, just and […]

HDF professor and expert in outcomes research, Dr. Jacqueline Sparks, was recently a keynote presenter at the conference of Psycho-Therapeutic Alternatives to Medication held in Baton Rouge, LA. Science writer and author, Robert Whitaker was the other keynote speaker at the conference.  He is author of Anatomy of an Epidemic:  Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and […]

By teaching graduate students and others how to facilitate conversations about diversity, and leading workshops to engage faculty and staff in diversity efforts, Dr. Vaccaro has become a national leader in providing clear, research-based steps to creating safe and welcoming environments for all.

HDF Faculty members Sue K. Adams and Tiffani S. Kisler led a team on two ongoing studies, plus one previous study, examining the impact of technology use on physical and mental health, as well as interpersonal relationships, in college students.