Seminars are held Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m. via Zoom, unless otherwise noted.

 

2026-27 Schedule

 

DateSpeakerAffiliationTitle
September 30, 2026Professor Spencer JamesBYUOne Household, Many Families: A Child-Centered Account of Global Shifts in Children's Living Arrangements Across Low- and Middle-Income Nations
February 11, 2026Professor Johan KarremansRadbound University, the NetherlandsMindfulness in Romantic and Close Relationships: Theory and Initial Findings
April 24, 2026Emeritus Professor Len SperryFlorida Atlantic UniversityThe Elephant in the Room: The Impact of Workplace Dynamics in Couple Therapy

 

2025-26 Seminars
DateSpeakerAffiliationTitle
November 5, 2025Fabian Gander, Ph.D.University of BaselCan We Train Well-Being? Evidence from Positive Psychology Interventions
November 12, 2025Andrea Horn, Ph.D.University of ZurichFor better, for worse… Interpersonal Emotion Regulation over the life span

 

2024-25 Seminars
DateSpeakerAffiliationTitle
October 30, 2024Peter Zimmermann, Ph.D.University of Wuppertal (Germany)Attachment, Emotion Regulation and Children’s Mental Health Problems
December 6, 2024 (in-person SAN 340)Shengli Dong, Ph.D.Professor of Psychological and Counseling Services in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, Florida State UniversityACT in Mindfulness
March 19, 2025
(in-person SAN 345)		Mara Brendgen, Ph.D.Director, Professor at the University of Montreal (Canada)Peer stress and development – findings from a genetically informed longitudinal study
April 23, 2025Catherine Cook-Cottone, Ph.D.Professor of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education		Mindful Self-Care and the Mindful Self-Scale
2023-24 Seminars

2023-24 Schedule

DateSpeakerAffiliationTitle
Oct. 4, 2023Daniel S. Shaw, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, University of PittsburghTranslating Developmental Research on Early Problem Behavior to a Tiered Prevention Program for Young Children Living in Poverty
Oct. 25, 2023Sona Dimidjian, Ph.D.Professor and Director, Renée Crown Wellness Institute – Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Colorado BoulderMindfulness-Based Interventions and Maternal Mental Health
Nov. 1, 2023Marty Swanbrow Becker, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, Florida State UniversityFostering Social Connection to Support College Student Mental Health
Dec. 6, 2023David Sbarra, Ph.D.Professor of Psychology – University of Arizona College of Science, and Director of the Laboratory for Social Connectedness and HealthSocial Relationships and Health: A Twice Told Tale
March 6, 2024Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, Ph.D.Department of Psychology, Ohio State UniversityEarly Relational Health: A Family Systems Perspective
March 27, 2024Bruce E. Compas, Ph.D.Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor, Director of Clinical Psychology Training, Psychology & Human Development, Vanderbilt UniversityCoping and Emotion Regulation: Key Constructs in Understanding and Building Resilience
2022-23 Seminars

2021-23 Schedule

DateSpeakerAffiliationTitle
Dec 8, 2021Janae Neiderhiser, Ph.D.Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Penn State UniversityUsing multiple strategies and designs to understand genetic and environmental influences on development through the lifespan.
Feb 2, 2022Kirstin Purves, Ph.D.Core Analytical Group Co-Director, Anxiety Workgroup, Psychiatric Genomics ConsortiumThe Role for Genes and the Environment in the Development of Anxiety
April 6, 2022Koraly Pérez-Edgar, Ph.D.McCourtney Professor of Child Studies, Professor of Psychology, Associate Director of the Social Science Research Institute, Pennsylvania State UniversityCapturing Social Attention: Attempts to bring Attention Measures into the Social World
October 5, 2022Professor Crystal ParkProfessor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Connecticut, StorrsSpirituality, Meaning and Health
November 2, 2022Professor Andres De Los ReyesDepartment of Psychology, University of Maryland at College ParkWhen Youth Mental Health Assessments Produce Discrepant Results
Nov. 9, 2022Associate Professor Julie BowkerDepartment of Psychology, University at BuffaloUnderstanding Solitude and Social Withdrawal: Developmental Considerations and Individual Differences
Nov. 16, 2022Professor John (Jack) Hettema & Asst. Prof. Brad VerhulstTexas Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityAnxiety Genetics in the Age of Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) and the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium
Jan. 18, 2023Lyndsay Jenkins, Ph.D.Michael and Jean Shahnasarian Endowed Associate Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, Florida State UniversityPreventing and Addressing Peer Victimization: Two Approaches
Feb. 22, 2023Hye Won Chai, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center and the Center on Aging and Population SciencesDaily Experiences, Family Relationships, and Health in Later Life: Variations by Age and Gender
March 8, 2023Lisa Serbin, Ph.D.Research Chair in Human Development and Professor of Psychology, Centre for Research in Human Development and Department of Psychology, Concordia UniversityFrom Social Withdrawal in Childhood to Adult Functioning, Parenting and Inter-generational Risk: Findings from the Concordia Intergenerational Research Project
April 19, 2023Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Ed.D.Professor of education, psychology, and neuroscience at the University of Southern CaliforniaBuilding meaning builds teens’ brains: Beyond IQ, adolescents’ dispositions to construct transcendent narratives predict their neural development and young adult wellbeing
2021-22 Seminars

2021-2022 Schedule

DateSpeakerAffiliationTitle
Jan. 9Joanna Wu, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Child Sciences, Florida State UniversityModeling Longitudinal Data in Marriage and Family Therapy
Jan. 16Michele Parker, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Child Sciences and College of Social Work, Florida State UniversityAutism Spectrum Disorder and Complex Healthcare Needs: The Role of Healthcare Experiences
Feb. 13Damaris Aschwanden, Ph.D.Post-Doctoral Researcher, College of Medicine, Florida State UniversityPersonality and Cognition: From Long-Term Development to Short-Term Dynamic Processes in Daily Life
March 5Sara Hart, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Florida State UniversityUsing Precision Education to Understand Learning Differences
March 12Jim McNulty, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Florida State UniversityThe Automaticity of Being…in a Close Relationship
April 2Monika Ardelt, Ph.D.Professor of Sociology, University of FloridaTBD
April 9Ezgi Toplu Demirtas, Ph.D.Visiting Scholar, Department of Family and Child Sciences, Florida State UniversityTBD
April 23Shannon Montgomery, Ph.D.Post-Doctoral Researcher, College of Human Sciences, Florida State UniversityHealth and Social Network Analysis
2019-20 Seminars

2019-20 Speakers and topics

SpeakerAffiliationTitle
Beatrice Wood, Ph.D., ABPPProfessor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics & Psychology, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University of BuffaloThoughts on Full vs. Partial Mediation
Thomas Ledermann, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Family and Child Sciences, Florida State UniversityPractice to Research and Back: Building Family Interventions in a Service Setting
W. Alex Mason, Ph.D.Senior Research Director, Boystown; Courtesy Faculty, Family and Child Sciences, Florida State UniversityTBD

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