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AUTHOR Reid, Pamela Trotman, Ed.; Ehart, Bridget, Ed. TITLE Society for Research in Child Development Newsletter, 2003. INSTITUTION Society for Research in Child Development. PUB DATE 2003-00-00 NOTE 62p.; For the 2002 issues, see PS 031 538. AVAILABLE FROM Society for Research in Child Development, University of Michigan, 3131 South State Street, Suite 302, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-1623. Tel: 734-998-6574; Fax: 734-998-6569; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.srcd.org. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT Society for Research in Child Development Newsletter; v46 nl- 4 2003 EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Child Development; Coping; *Developmental ; Emotional Adjustment; Financial Support; Information Dissemination; Newsletters; **Organizations (Groups); Program Descriptions; Psychological Studies; Public Policy; School Desegregation; Terrorism IDENTIFIERS Project Head Start; *Society for Research in Child Development

ABSTRACT This document consists of the four 2003 issues of a newsletter disseminating information on the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) and providing a forum for important news, research, and information concerning advancement in child growth and development research. Each issue of the newsletter includes announcements and notices of conferences, workshops, position openings, fellowship, and member obituaries. The January issue summarizes meetings of the Consortium for Social Science Associations and the Human Development and Public Policy Consortium, and features the article: " and the Argument for School Desegregation." The April issue features the following articles:(1) "Social Policy, Research, and SRCD"; and (2) "Perspectives on Policy and Research: News from SRCD Fellows." The July issue includes the articles: (1) "The Role of Research in Philanthropy," and (2)"Head Start: Where We're At." The October issue presents new SRCD policy on Web publications, and features the following articles: (1) "Funding Child Development Research"; and (2) "Children Living with Terrorism." (HTH)

Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Society for Research in Child Development Newsletter, 2003.

Pamela Trotman Reid, Editor Bridget Ehart, Managing Editor

Society for Research in Child Development University of Michigan

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Summary of the COSSA and the Human Developmental Psychology and the Development and Public Policy Consortium Argument for School Desegregation Meetings From my Fall travels, I have chosen two of the meetings I Melanie Killen, Professor of Human Development, Associate attended to highlight in this column. COSSA, the Consortium Director, Center for Children, Relationships, and Culture for Social Science Associations, celebrated its 20th University of Maryland anniversary a year ago and SRCD has been a member since its beginning. The second, the Human Development and I was an expert witness in a school desegregation case in Public Policy Consortium, is new, and held its second Lynn, Massachusetts, last spring. This came about because I meeting this Fall. went to a conference in Washington, D.C. two years ago sponsored by the Department of Justice. The meeting was Almost all the major behavioral and social science with civil rights lawyers and social scientists; the goal was to associations are members of COSSA. It is an advocacy discuss how lawyers and social scientists could exchange organization, and its mission includes representing the information relevant for school desegregation cases. It was a interests of the relevant sciences, educating federal officials small meeting, 25 or so, and Janet Reno, then Attorney about the social/behavioral sciences, and producing a General, was present for part of it. Surprisingly, I was the newsletter (biweekly) and occasional congressional only developmental . The other social scientists briefings. Many of these have relevance to developmental were political scientists and experts in school desegregation issues. For example, in May 2002, the topic of the briefing cases. A few minutes before the meeting began, my former was Welfare, Children, and Families: Results from a Three dean, Bill Hawley, who invited me to attend, asked me to say City Study. The speakers were Ronald Angel (University of a few words about my recent research on how children and Texas), Lindsay Chase Lansdale (Northwestern), Andrew Cherlin (Johns Hopkins) and Robert Moffitt (Northwestern). (cont. onp. 3) The transcript of the proceedings Mark Your Calendar! INSIDE is available through Feb Program Committee 2 www cossa org. 14 Deadline for Special & Preconference Event Psychological Studies 6 Scheduling Biennial Mtg. Pre-Conference 7 At the November Earlybird Biennial Meeting REGISTRATION Postdoc Opportunities 7, 15 annual meetings deadline - to receive a program book by mail Fellowships & Funding 8, 9 of COSSA in 15 Application deadline for Millenium Fellows Members in the Media 9 Washington, D.C. Program Memoirs 10 the agenda Mar Newletter submitting guidelines 13 consisted of 15 Deadline for Biennial Meeting Childcare Job Openings 13, 14, 16, 17 several speakers Applications available on the SRCD website Member News 18 who addressed 23 Deadline for Biennial Meeting HOUSING Obituaries 18 matters of interest 28 Biennial Meeting Preregistration deadline Announcements 19 and concern to Apr Classified Ads 19 17 Audio Visual Equipment Reservation Deadline (cont. onp. 12)

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Brett Laursen & Erika Hoff meet these admittedly somewhat arbitrary Program Committee Co-chairs cut scores.

Across formats, the average acceptance The volume of submissions and the rate was 78.7%, with variations as a size of the program continue to grow. function of format and review panel. The For the 2003 meetings in Tampa, the number of submitted items, including average acceptance rate for posters was 79.9 % with a range across panels from posters, symposia, and all other 72.8 % to 88.5%. For paper symposia the formats was 3,478, compared to 3,320 for the Minneapolis meeting. Posters acceptance rate was 72.1% with a range across panels from 50% to 80%. constituted the largest category, with 3,013 submissions, and paper symposia We look forward to seeing you in Tampa the second largest, with 348 in 2003. The Tampa Bay area is usually submissions. The submitted portion of warm and sunny during the spring. Most the program will include over 2,400 attractions will require a rental car and a posters, 250 paper symposia, 38 half day to visit, so please plan electronic posters, 20 poster symposia, accordingly. We do encourage you to and 18 discussion hours. resist the warm weather to attend the meetings Thursday afternoon through Erika Hoff These meetings marked the advent of Sunday morning. The meeting facilities in Program Co-chair new online submission and review Tampa are extraordinary. Indeed, for the Invited Addresses procedures. Most submissions (94.2%) first time in recent years, SRCD has solved and all reviews were handled online. the problem of insufficient seating at By all accounts, these new procedures Convention Center Ballroom A, Thursday, symposia. By our calculations, seats will 12:30 PM - 2:20 PM were a success. Kudos to the staff in be available should every single registrant Ann Arbor who performed this "Nested Designs: Challenges and decide to attend symposia. Most of the Insights From the Project on Human remarkable feat on our behalf. In rooms are very large. Indeed, we do not Development in Chicago another change, panel chairs were anticipate that any rooms will be filled to Neighborhoods" by Felton Earls given greater responsibility in terms of capacity, so you can look forward to determining the program content. As in attending the symposium of your choice Convention Center Ballroom A, Thursday, the past, all submissions received at and enjoying a seat for the duration. 2:30 PM 4:20 PM least two reviews; this year, panel "Language Is No Mirror of Our Thought" by Lila Gleitman chairs also had the option of soliciting We would like to gratefully acknowledge ad hoc reviews from outside their the contributions of the entire Program panel's membership if they felt that was Convention Center Ballroom A, Friday, Committee: Roger Bakeman, Cathryn L. 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM necessary to insure expert review. Panel Booth, W. Andrew Collins, Sandra "Why Should One Study Neonates? chairs made the final decisions about Graham, Brenda Jones Harden, Grazyna Species-Specific Processes and the poster acceptance. For formats other Kochanska, Jin Li, Kathleen McCartney, Modular Organization of Learning" by than posters, acceptance was Charles A. Nelson, and Paige H. Fisher; Jacque Mehler determined by cut scores, which were and the invaluable assistance of Thelma Convention Center Ballroom A, Saturday, approved by the program committee. Tucker, Pat Settimi, and the rest of the 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM Cut scores were computer generated, Ann Arbor staff. The full program will be with the goal of minimizing differences "What Makes Humans Smart?" by available online in January 2003. A list of Elizabeth Spelke across panels in acceptance rates while the invited program was included in the accepting as many submissions as the October issue of Developments, and due Convention Center Ballroom D, Saturday, space could accommodate. to space limitations, we ask that you visit 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM Nonetheless, acceptance rates varied the SRCD website for more information. "Infants' Physical World" by Renée from panel to panel because the Listed below are the invited program, Baillargeon distribution of review scores varied. special events planned for the celebration Convention Center Ballroom A, Saturday, Panel chairs were given the opportunity of SRCD's 70' Anniversary, and SRCD 4:00 PM 5:50 PM to appeal submissions that failed to committee presentations. (cont. onp. 4)

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School Desegragation (cont. from p.I) governments have turned to voluntary Commonwealth of Massachusetts, plans (using race as a consideration whenconducted the direct examination, and a asking for out-of-district transfers) to lawyer for the plaintiffs conducted the maintain integration in their schools. cross-examination. We communicated Voluntary plans to desegregate are now the idea that children, from all under attack because race is taken into backgrounds, benefit from being in consideration, even though it's done to positive and diverse environments. As avoid racial isolation or imbalance. the social have demonstrated, however, intergroup Research in developmental psychology contact alone is not enough to reduce has shown that integration is beneficial prejudice. A number of conditions have for all children because interacting with to be met and these include: common kids who are racially and ethnically goals, authority sanctioning of different from yourself contributes in a intergroup interactions, cooperative positive way to understanding the exchanges, and personalized wrongfulness of exclusion, and for interactions. When these conditions are Melanie Killen fostering social , met (or partially) the result can be very positive. This is what we witnessed in adolescents evaluate the wrongfulness "it was time for lawyers to bring Lynn, Massachuetts. The closing of exclusion and discrimination based in the developmental evidence arguments for the case are scheduled to on gender and race. I had not prepared when arguing for school begin on December 13,2002. Reporters anything because I had assumed that I. desegregation" covering this case expect it to go to the would be a passive observer. U.S. Supreme Court. What began as a 5-minute talk turned moral development, and positive The most relevant aspect of this into a 2-hour discussion. The civil intergroup attitudes. Further, the earlier, experience for developmental rights lawyers wanted to know about the better, because stereotypes get quite psychologists is that we have a history our research on how children and entrenched and are hard to change by of research findings that bear on school adolescents evaluate gender and racial adolescence and adulthood. desegregation cases.Yet, until very exclusion as well as current findings in recently, these findings have not been the areas of developmental social In order to prepare for the trial, Jack used by trial lawyers to make the case cognition, intergroup attitudes, and Dovidio, a social psychologist, and I madefor integration. Because it has become racial biases. Based on this extended several trips to Lynn, Massachusetts to increasingly difficult to argue for discussion, Richard Cole, the Assistant conduct systematic and extensive desegregation on the grounds that past Attorney General for the Common- observations and interviews in the public wrongs (segregation) have to be wealth of Massachusetts (and Senior schools. We conducted observations of undone, our research is relevant for Counsel for Civil Rights & Civil children, teachers, and staff, and making the argument from a develop- Liberties), asked me to serve as an interviewed children, lunch aides, mental viewpoint. Arguing for expert witness in his upcoming school counselors, principals, football coaches, integration is not just about undoing desegregation case in Lynn, athletic directors, librarians, parents, and historical wrongs, it's about creating Massachusetts. He said that it was time administrators. Our observations and positive and racially diverse learning for lawyers to bring in the develop- interviews revealed that integration was environments for children for now and mental evidence when arguing for working very well; there were positive for the future. school desegregation. Apparently, this intergroup interactions at all levels of has never been done. Typically, expert schooling (for example, adolescents from Acknowledgements witnesses come from political science different ethnic backgrounds sat together Richard Cole is the Senior Counsel for Civil or school desegregation research fields in the cafeteria, contrary to many other Rights & Civil Liberties and the Assistant but not developmental psychology. reports from places around the country). Attorney General for the Commonwealth of The need for developmental evidence Massachusetts for the Lynn, Massachusetts stems from changing political view- Serving as an expert witness was an case. John Dovidio, Colgate University, a points about desegregation cases. Over extraordinary experience. The case was social psychologist, and Gary Orfield, the past 15 years, as the federal courts tried in the Federal Courthouse in Boston. , a political scientist, were also expert witnesses. I would like to moved away from desegregation Richard Cole, who was defending the voluntary desegregation plan in the thank Stephen Thoma for suggesting that I remedies, many state and local write this article.

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(cont. fromp. 2)

"Globalization and Child Development: Convention Center 13, Thursday, Discussant: Cynthia Hudley The Research Agenda" by Marcelo M. 12:30 PM - 2:20 PM and Caro la Sufirez-Orozco "Language and Literacy in Bilingual Convention Center 22-23, Friday, Children: The Miami Experience" chaired 8:30 AM 10:20 AM Convention Center 22-23, Saturday, by Rebecca E. Eilers and D. Kimbrough "Nurturing and Nourishing the 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM Oiler Developing Brain" chaired by Betsy "Trust and Socioemotional Presenters: Rebecca E. Eilers, Alan Cobo- Lozoff and Theodore D. Wachs Development" by Lea Pulkkinen Lewis, Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole, Presenters: Michael Georgieff, Maureen Barbara Zurer Pearson Black, and Margaret Bentley Master Lectures Discussant: Erika Hoff Convention Center Ballroom A, Friday, Convention Center Ballroom D, Thursday, Convention Center Ballroom D, Thursday, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM 12:30 PM 2:20 PM 2:30 PM - 4:20 PM "Developmental Psychopathology in the "Cognitive Integration in Adolescence: "Developmental Research With Latinos in Postgenomics Era" chaired by Robert The Next Sensitive Period" by Daniel P. the : Conceptual and Plomin Keating Methodological Issues" chaired by Presenters: Ian W. Craig, Philip Cynthia Garcia Coll Asherson, John C. DeFries, and Anthony Convention Center Ballroom A, Thursday, Presenters: Robin Harwood, Leslie Reese, Bailey 4:30 PM - 6:20 PM Raymond Buriel, and Pablo Chavajay "Gray Matters: A Neuroconstructivist Discussants: Marlene Zepeda and Cynthia Convention Center Ballroom A, Saturday, Perspective on Cognitive Development" Garcia Coll 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM by Charles Nelson "Evidenced-Based Reading Reform: Convention Center Ballroom A, Friday, Opportunities and Dangers" chaired by Convention Center Ballroom A, Saturday, 8:30 AM - 10:20 PM Robert E. Slavin and Steven Yussen 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM "New Directions in Personality Presenters: Michael Pressley, John "Competence and Psychopathology in Development Theory and Research" Baron, and Steve Fleischman Development" by Ann Masten chaired by William G. Graziano Presenters: Charles F. Halverson, Jr., Convention Center Ballroom D, Friday Marriott Ballroom IJ, Saturday, Rebecca Shiner, Cornelis Van Lieshout, 8:30AM - 10:20AM 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM and Louis Goldberg SRCD 70th Anniversary Event: "Wobbles, Bumps, and Sudden Jumps: "Development of Children of Color: Views and Methods in the Study of Marriott Ballroom 1.1, Friday, Developmental Transitions" by Paul van 8:30 AM 10:20 AM Reflections on Past Research and Geert "Peer Aggression and Victimization in Directions for Future Research" Schools: Rethinking Context, Culture, chaired by Ellen Pinderhughes Convention Center Ballroom D, Saturday, and Ethnicity" chaired by Sandra Graham 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM Presenters: Kenneth Dodge, Nancy Guerra, "Critical Periods in Language and Other Olivia Pillado, Jaana Juvonen, Adrienne (cont. onp. 8) Domains: A Computational Perspective" Nishina, and Rolf Loeber by Mark Seidenberg

Convention Center Ballroom A, Saturday, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM Biennial Meeting Events "Less Guilty by Reason of Adolescence: A Developmental perspective on youth and Two events scheduled for the 2003 SRCD Biennial Meeting in Tampaopen the Law" by Laurence Steinberg to all meeting attendees that require registration (limit 100 participants):

Symposia Friday, April 25, 2003, 7:00 AM 8:30 AM, Marriott 9 "Breakfast With the Funders: Funding Opportunities for Child Development Convention Center 18-19, Thursday, Research From the National Institutes of Health" 12:30 PM - 2:20 PM "Children and Political Violence" Saturday, April 26, 2003, 7:00AM 8:30 AM, Marriott 9 chaired by Ed Cairns and Gary Ladd The 2003 Lawrence Frank Symposium "Junior Investigator Research Breakfast," sponsored by the National Presenters: Andrew Dawes, Raija-Leena Institute of Mental Health Punamäki, Michael Wessells, and William Yule Please contact Amy Debrecht ([email protected] or 734-998-6578 ext. 111) at SRCD Central for information and to sign up for these events.

4 6 BESTCOPYAVAILABLE REPORT FROM SRCD ,wASHINGTON OFFICE

Human Research groups wrote letters and sent in recommendations to include strong While the OPC continues to advocate Protecthms scientists on the committee. These for appropriate protection of human research subjects in the behavioral and Rebecca Goodman nominations were to be reviewed the last Office of Policy & Communication week in November. SRCD also provided social sciences, it is important for our names of expert scientists in the social members to understand the changes that are occurring in the government, Policy surrounding human research and behavioral sciences. The Washington and to understand their implications. protections is one of the top concerns Post reported that Mildred Jefferson, a doctor who helped found the National Members of the new SACHRP have not for the OPC and I want to alert you to yet been named, neither has a new some of the changes that have recently Right to Life Committee, is one of the experts HHS officials hope will serve on Director of OHRP. These occurred. Dr. Greg Koski, Director of the announcements will play a significant Office for Human Research Protections role in how our members conduct their (OHRP) resigned from his position in research in coming years. The new October. He served as the official liaison charter of SACHRP can be viewed at between the National Human Research http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/sachrp/ Protections Advisory Committee sachrp.htm (NHRPAC) and the government.

Two years ago, NHRPAC was formed The OPC is very excited to welcome with a mission to examine the current Mary Ann McCabe as the new Director status of human research protections of the Office for Policy and and to make recommendations for Communications. Dr. McCabe received improvement. While the 17 members of her Ph.D. in from NHRPAC worked on reports with Catholic University of America and has specific recommendations, the charter spent the past 15 years at Children's for the committee was allowed to expire National Medical Center. We look this summer. NHRPAC members were forward to Dr. McCabe beginning full writing on topics such as children as time with the OPC in February 2003. Her research subjects and the status of third experience and expertise will be parties when referenced by human Rebecca Goodman beneficial to all members as she subjects. Key reports the NHRPAC represents SRCD's policy interests in members were working on remain the years to come. unfinished. This group had the the new committee. No other members important role of advising the Secretary have as yet been mentioned. of HHS and the Director of OHRP. What do these changes mean? Donate an old computer In its place, the Administration has Two changes are important to watch for. created a new committee to report on Established in 1992, Computers 4 First, as committee members are named, it human research protections. The Kids is an award-winning non-for- is important to review their qualifications Secretary's Advisory Committee on profit community technology as scientists and their ability to view Human Research Protections (SACHRP) center whose primary goals are: science distinctly from personal religious was chartered this fall with fewer To distribute affordable Internet- and moral views. If the committee members (11) and a higher budget. Of capable computers to families, members are able to do this, the SACHRP special note, the mission of the schools, and organizations, and should be able to work to improve human committee has changed to include to cost-effectively utilize technol- research protections regardless of the embryos and fetuses. ogy, donated and new, to help personal views of its members. Second, achieve educational, economic with the changes in SACHRP's mission As the SACHRP has not yet named and social gains for learners. members it is hard to say how this (inclusion of embryos and fetuses), it is Most donations are within the essential to watch how the committee committee will be used to influence State of Connecticut. Contact advises the government and Secretary on policy relating to the protection of information: human research subjects. Advocacy issues not covered under federal regulations. http://www.c4k.org

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20 Studies that Shook Up Child Psychology

Wallace E. Dixon, Jr. Heidelberg College

It's probably a truism to say that scientific advances rarely come about as a result of a bunch of scientists sitting around the dinner table nodding in amicable agreement about the latest scientific findings. Instead, scientific ,r progress is usually the product of considerable debate, disagreement, and even downright contentiousness between the scientists.

Occasionally, the results of a study are viewed by the scientific community to 44. be so preposterous that they must be wrong. At other times, it's not the results that are controversial, but the interpretations of them made by the Wallace E. Dixon, Jr. and daughter Rachel author. Still, in either case I suppose science benefits because the surrounding controversy stimulates 1)Herrnstein, R.J., & Murray, C. Development and individual additional research, even if said (1994). The Bell Curve. New differences.Child research is designed for the sole York: Free Press. Development, 63, 1-20. purpose of contradicting the original, 2)Jensen, A. (1969). How much can 9)Klaus, M.H., & Kennell, J.H. controversial work. we boost IQ and scholastic (1983). Parent-infant Bonding. achievement? Harvard St. Louis, MO: Mosby. Educational Review, 39, 1-123. In an effort to compile a list of the most 10) Scarr, S. & Weinberg, R.A. 3)Belsky, J. (1988). The "effects" of (1976). IQ test performance of controversial child psychological infant day care reconsidered. investigations, I surveyed SRCD black children adopted by Early Childhood Research white families. American doctoral-level members about which Quarterly, 3, 235-272. Psychologist, 31, 726-739. studies they regard as "Most 4)Gilligan, C. (1982). In a Different 11) Bell, S.M., & Ainsworth, M.D. Controversial" in the field of child Voice: Psychological theory and (1972). Infant crying and psychology. I defined controversial women 's development. maternal responsiveness. studies as those "that resulted in a Cambridge, MA: Harvard Child Development, 43, 1171- great deal of conflict in some venue or University Press. 1190. forum," and that might have "caused 5)Harris, J.R. (1998). The Nurture 12) Baillageon, R. (1987). Object controversy among child developmental Assumption: Why children turn permanence in 3.5- and 4.5- researchers and theorists" or "between out the way they do. : month-old infants. the child development research Free Press. Developmental Psychology, community and the lay public." 6)Skinner, B.F. (1957). Verbal 23, 655-664. Behavior. New York: Appleton- 13) Stevenson, H.W., Chen, C., & Based on SRCD member responses, the Century Crofts. Lee, S.Y. (1993). Mathematics Rank Ordered List of the 20 Most 7)Melzoff, A.N. (1977). Imitation of achievement of Chinese, facial and manual gestures by Controversial Studies Published since Japanese, & American human neonates. Science, 198, 1950 are: children: Ten years later. 75-78. Science, 259, 53-58. 8)Scarr, S. (1992). Developmental theories for the 1990s: (cont. on p. 13)

6 2003 BIENNIAL MEETING PRECONFERENCE EVENTS

Sign Language Acquisition: Typical Junior Investigator's Breakfast 8th Biennial Preconference of the and Atypical Development The junior investigator's breakfast is an Black Caucus of SRCD: "Where This SRCD pre-conference opens with a opportunity for early career researchers to We've Been and Where We're Going: A keynote address by Dr. Rachel find out about opportunities for funding History of Research on Black Mayberry (McGill University), followed at the National Institute of Mental Health Children." by six short research reports from (NIMH). After a presentation on the The Black Caucus of SRCD will host its leading researchers studying sign research mechanisms most appropriate for 8th biennial Pre-conference on April 23- language acquisition with typical and early career development, there will be 24, 2003. Contact Aline M. Garrett at atypical learners. Dr. Dan Slobin will time available for discussions with NIMH [email protected] for additional provide a short wrap-up commentary. program staff on current research information Contact person for registration: Dr. priorities and initiatives in children's Jenny Singleton, [email protected]. mental health. Contact: Cheryl Boyce 2003 Adult Development Symposium Dr. Esther Dromi is also a coordinator [email protected]. The 18`h Annual Adult Development the pre-conference event. See website Symposium of the Society for Research for details http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/ Continuing Education Training in Adult Development. This year's signlanguageconference/. Workshops themes include the status of adult Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Training developmental stages, possibilities of SRCD Public Policy and Policy Fellows Workshops will be provided by the different stages for different domains Reception University of South Florida Department ofand other positive adult and life-span SRCD's Office for Policy and Psychology. Please see our website for developmental topics from an Communications invites all current and more information (www.cas.usf.edu/ interdisciplinary perspective. For:, former SRCD Policy Fellows to a psychology). Contact: Vicky Phares details, Contact: reception celebrating the continued [email protected]. admin@adultdevelopmentorg orwisit success of our fellowship program. http://www.adultdevelopment.org/. Please join SRCD staff in SRCD Conversation Hour on the Nature congratulating our many fellows on and Meaning of Middle Childhood Peer Relations Preconference their active involvement in the policy Co-chairs: Libby Batter Blume and Mary This full-day event is scheduled for arena. Contact: Rebecca Goodman Jo Zembar. This session is designed to Wednesday, April 23, 2003, with [email protected]. encourage an open discussion among all morning and afternoon sessions. interested SRCD conference participants Researchers, postdoctoral fellow-s, and Using Others' Data for Developmental with Gerald Adams, VincentAnfara Jr., advanced graduate students who have Research Mary Eberly, Ray Montemayor, and Anne already begun a program of research in The Murray Research Center is a data Petersen on current conceptualizations ofpeer relations are invited to attend. archive with special emphases on middle childhood. Registration is required. For longitudinal and open-ended, (cont. onp. 14) qualitative data. This workshop will introduce participants to the use of existing data and the resources the POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY Murray Center provides. Contact: Erin Developmental Research Postdoc Phelps [email protected] and University of California, Santa Cruz Jacquelyn James, Murray Research Center, Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Two-year postdoctoral traineeship (post-PhD) in NIH-funded developmental Study, Harvard University (617-495- research training program, to begin Summer or Fall 2003. The trainee will develop 8140). research of mutual interest with program faculty, focusing on cultural, interpersonal, and individual processes involved in human development in Division 7 APA Executive Committee diverse communities and in institutions such as families, schools, and museums. Meeting Faculty: Akhtar, Azmitia, Callanan, Cooper, Gibson, Gjerde, Harrington, Leaper, This meeting constitutes the winter Rogoff, Tharp, Thorne. Send vita, statement of research interests and career meeting of the Executive Committee of goals, and reprints, and request at least three recommendations to be sent to: Division 7, APA. Contact: Arlene Barbara Rogoff, Postdoc Search, 277 Social Sciences 2, University of California, Walker-Andrews Santa Cruz, CA 95064. Applications will be considered March 1 and until filled. [email protected] Applicants from underserved minority groups are especially encouraged to apply.

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(cont. from p. 4) Issues, SRCD Black Caucus Eleanor Maccoby, Sandra Scarr, Julius Presenters: Vonnie Mc Loyd, Teresa Richmond, and Michael Rutter LaFromboise, Cynthia Garcia Coll, and Ruby Takanishi Symposia Organized by SRCD Discussant: Richard M Lerner Committees

Convention Center 18-19, Saturday, Convention Center 18-19, Saturday, 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM SRCD 70111 Anniversary Event: "Does "Developmental Perspectives on Character Count? Theories of Male Educational Success" chaired by Vivian Adolescence From the Field" by Jay Gadsden, Sponsored by SRCD Policy & Mechling, Sponsored by SRCD History Communications Committee Committee Presenters: Oscar Barbarin, Susan Fuhrman, Diane Scott-Jones, Robert Convention Center Ballroom D, Saturday Slavin 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM Discussants: Martha Zaslow and SRCD 70th Anniversary Event: "Science William Darity and Policy in the Study of Child Development: Reflections on the History Convention Center Ballroom D, Sunday, Brett Laursen of SRCD" chaired by Joan Grusec, Program Co-chair 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Sponsored by SRCD History Committee "Explaining Dynamic Systems and SRCD Sponsors: History Committee, Presenters: John Hagen, Glen H Elder, Functionalist Approaches to Emotion" Policy & Communications Committee, Robert N Emde, Willard Hartup, Mavis chaired by Joseph J. Campos, Committee on Ethnic & Racial Hetherington, Frances Degen Horowitz, (cont. onp. 16)

FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Neuroscience, Behavior, Genetics, Emotion, or Education John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, Vanderbilt University The John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development at Vanderbilt University announces the availability of full-time, non-faculty, Research Fellow positions. The purpose is to encourage young researchers to join a laboratory whose efforts are focused on the advancement of understanding disorders that affect human development and to conduct empirical research on mental retardation, developmental disabilities, and related basic science mechanisms. The Kennedy Center's research programs focus on basic and clinical studies of disorders of Communication and Learning, Mood and Emotion, and Developmental Neurobiology and Plasticity. Candidates with strong academic records are encouraged to apply. Applicants may identify a Vanderbilt University faculty sponsor who is a member of the Kennedy Center and who can serve as their mentor. Applicants may also apply directly, specifying the program in which they are interested. Applicants must submit a statement of research goals (1-2 pages), current vitae, three letters of recommendation, anda statement from the proposed research mentor indicating support for the appoint. The 12-month appointment is renewable for a second year upon satisfactory review. Application materials should be sent to: Kennedy Center Research Fellow Search, Vanderbilt University, ATTN: Dr. Stephen Camarata, Peabody Box 74, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203- 5701. Review of applications will begin January 15, 2003.

Potential candidates are urged to examine the Kennedy Center's web site http://www.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy to learn more about the types of research activities taking place. Inquiries: please contact Stephen Camarata at [email protected]. Vanderbilt University is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action.

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The SRCD Office for Policy and (Sydney), Body+ Soul, October 20, Suniya Luthar, Columbia Communications is interested in 2002: Are children now forced to University: Journal Sentinel, highlighting our members who are mature earlier? October 14, 2002: "Study finds rich featured in the news media for their Melanie Killen, University of teens use drugs more." work on various research-related Maryland: Teaching Tolerance Suniya Luthar, Columbia topics. The following are submissions Magazine, Fall No. 22, 2002: A University: Corpus Christi Caller- by our members and are presented developmental psychologist Times, October 9, 2002: "Drug according to affiliation, name and date investigates children's reasoning abuse among rich kids grows." of the media coverage, and title or brief about fairness and exclusion. Irwin Sandler, Arizona State description of the topic: Melanie Killen, University of University: USA Today, October 16, Maryland: American School Board adjustment problems." Kim Burgess, University of Magazine, October 2002: Defining Maryland at College Park and diversity. We strongly encourage all members to Children's National Medical Tovah Klien, Barnard College: report recent noteworthy mentions in Center: Fox 5 (WTTG) of Sacramento Bee, September 4, 2002: local, state, or national magazines, Washington, DC, September 10, How we've changedKids Show newspapers, news broadcasts, radio 2002: "Children's Back to School Ability to Heal, but most haven't spots, interviews, or articles published Fears and 9/11 Anxieties." forgotten the attacks, experts say. based on their research. Information Lorinda Camparo, Whittier Tovah Klien, Barnard College: New may be mailed, e-mailed, or faxed to College: The Orange County York Times, September 10, 2002: "Howthe Office for Policy and Register, July 21, 2002: "The Brain and Spirit Adapt to a 9/11 Communications at: Slaying of Samantha Runnion: A World." Haunting Verdict." Michael Lewis, UMDNJ Robert Rebecca Goodman Lorinda Camparo, Whittier Wood Johnson Medical School: SRCD Office for Policy and College: ABC World News Midday with Kim Jeffreys, WCCO Communications Tonight, July 22, 2002: Children as Radio, October 15, 2002: "Lying." 750 First Street, NE witnesses. Suniya Luthar, Columbia University: Washington, DC 20002-4242 Lorinda Camparo, Whittier Boston Globe, October 7, 2002: "Early (202) 336-5953fax College: ABC Good Morning pressures tied to drug abuse." [email protected] America, July 23, 2002: Children as witnesses. Stephen Juan, University of RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Sydney: The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), September 4, 2002: The W. T. Grant Scholars Awards impact on children of TV war footage. Each year the William T. Grant Foundation awards up to $300,000 ($60,000 per Stephen Juan, University of year for five years) to each of five post-doctoral scholars from diverse Sydney: Sunrise, Channel 7 TV disciplines. The awards fund research that increases the knowledge base Network (Sydney), September 12, contributing to creating a society that values young people (ages 8-25) and 2002: What can parents do to helps them reach their potential. Now in its 23rd year, the W. T. Grant Scholars protect children from the trauma of Program promotes positive youth development by supporting: (1) Original September 1 1 th TV footage?" Stephen Juan, University of research on youth development, (2) Evaluations and analyses of programs, Sydney: Today Tonight, Channel 7 policies, laws, and systems affecting young people, and (3) Original research TV Network (Sydney), September on adult attitudes about and of young people, and on the 26, 2002: Safety with children in consequences of those attitudes and perceptions. cars. Deadline for applications for the 2004 Awards is July 1, 2003. For application Stephen Juan, University of guidelines, including new, expanded eligibility requirements, visit Sydney: The Daily Telegraph www.wtgrantfoundation.org or contact the Foundation. (Sydney), October 4, 2002: Children coping with Australia's W. T. Grant Scholars Program, William T. Grant Foundation, 570 Lexington Av- big drought. enue, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10022-6837. Phone: 212-752-0071, Stephen Juan, University of Sydney: The Sunday Telegraph Email: wtgswtgrantfdn.org

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Marty Deutsch's work in early education. soul for long, long hours into what was How so? The rapid expansion and broad possibly one of the most important popularity of Head Start during the 1960s behavioral science issues in the 20th and 1970s captured the attention of middle century. and upper class parents to the importance of this period in a child's life. Some Many of Marty Deutsch's writings were preschools for the well-to-do children wereseminal in the sense that he was one of even probably modeled somewhat after the pioneering behavioral scientists to Head Start. Soon afterwards, preschool describe the environmental realities of became accepted as a standard for all what was then called the disadvantaged American children regardless of social child; not in pejorative or nosological class. terms but uniquely from an ethno- graphic perspective in concepts that Marty Deutsch was also at or near the almost took you into these children's center of the polemics that followed the (and their families') environments, publication of the article in the Harvard especially in terms of the challenges Educational Review by Berkeley they faced while entering school. Martin Deutsch psychology professor Arthur Jensen, 1917 - 2002 "How Much Can We Boost IQ and Marty's writing belonged with that Academic Achievement?" To say that special cadre of behavioral scholars, Martin (Marty) Deutsch died on June such as Uric Bronfenbrenner, Jerome 26, 2002 of renal failure in Norwallc, Jensen's controversial article caused a flurry of anger and protest well both Bruner, and J. McVicker Hunt, and Connecticut. Born in , he others whose theoretical models of received both his undergraduate and beyond the academic community in general and among behavioral scientists in child development were nonlinear in graduate degrees at Columbia describing child behavior as a University. He served in the Navy from particular would be an understatement. Marty's response was made in a later issueconfluence of multiple and diverse 1943 to 1945. Some of his professorial layers of environmental influences and positions were at Brooklyn College, of the Harvard Educational Review, in his own article, "Happenings on the Way Backfactors. Said differently, Marty Columbia University, Fordham presented what many advocates of University, and Hebrew University. He to the Forum: Social Science, IQ, and Race Differences Revisited," which he wrote as minority children such as Kenneth Clark retired as professor of early childhood have said all along "...don't portray education and applied psychology at President of the Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). However, children of poverty as victims" and the Steinhardt School of Education at "don't assume that all these children New York University. the real motivation for Marty's article was his conviction that Jensen gave a are the same!" It would not be hyperbolic to state that misleading account of Marty's (and I will be eternally grateful for the an entire generation of American others') work dealing with the role of indelible imprint that Marty Deutsch left children of all races, ethnic groups, and environment in stimulating intellectual on me. He was not only my boss at the social classes were the beneficiaries of development and Marty's research that Institute for Developmental Studies and Marty Deutsch's groundbreaking demonstrated, unequivocally, the positive my dissertation chairman, but also my scholarship and tireless advocacy. effects of creating compensatory and very dear friend. Of the many things I During the early 1960s, Marty's intervention programs for culturally learned from him, three of his most demonstration program at the Institute disadvantaged children. salient gifts to me were: 1.) Become a for Developmental Studies in preschool behavioral scientist who can associate education predated and was one of the I was privileged to work closely with Marty Deutsch in preparing his rebuttal to Jensen.proudly with schools and the field of antecedent projects upon which the education. 2.) Become a behavioral nationwide Head Start effort was It was a dream assignment for any graduate student interested, as I was, not only in thescientist who is also a social activist launched. When Washington policy and advocate working closely with makers convened blue ribbon panels of literature on racial differences and cognitive functioning, the nature/nurture policy makers. 3.) Become a behavioral national experts to plan future scientist who rejects academic directions for the far-reaching federal issues, but also the work required my attending many seminars and meetings parochialism and is well-versed in programs for poor children and families, disciplines other than his/her own. Marty was always at the table. with top scholars in a broad variety of disciplines; working with the Harvard John R. Dill, Yes, middle and even upper income Educational Review editors (also graduate Deputy Chancellor, children and families benefited from students); or just immersing my body and Department of Defense 10 12 MEMOIRS

To readers who knew only the name in 1999, Rod took an intergovern-mental Rodney Cocking, it was no doubt in the leave from NAS to assume the post of context of one of the many federal Program Director of the Human agencies at which he worked. Throughout Cognition and program at the his career, Rod worked at National National Science Foundation. Institutes of Mental Health, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National What the above chronology lacks is a Science Foundation. From the start, it was sense of what Rod was about, clear to those of us who knew Rod that he professionally and personally. During was destined to do great things. Choosinghis years at the various federal to focus on science policy and admin- agencies, Rod had an impact on istration, he became one of the strongest developmental science that is and most influential voices for develop- unparalleled. He launched boards and mental science in the nation. initiatives that took the field in new directions (e.g., under his aegis, NSF Rod received his PhD in developmental launched the Children's Research psychology in 1972 from Cornell Initiative, the National Academy of Rodney R. Cocking University, our own department of Human Science assembled its prestigious Board 1943 - 2002 Development. His first position was at on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Educational Testing Service, where he Years ago at a conference, we stood in a Sciences, currently directed by Anne eventually was promoted to Director of crowded hotel lobby awaiting a meeting Peterson). Rod saw connections Research and Evaluation. During his 12 with Rod Cocking. Amidst the sea of between developmental psychology and years at ETS, Rod earned a reputation as frazzled faces, he appeared, with his other fieldsnot just the usual someone who had a sense of where the omnipresent wonderful smile, warm and suspects such as neuroscience and field was headed. Along with Irving Sigel, sincere greeting, funny joke, fabulous genetics, but also anthropology, he co-founded and edited the Journal of attire, and of course, the latest Coach physics, and life-course sociology, to Applied Developmental Psychology, and attache. What is virtually always a name a few. One of the countless dreaded aspect of our jobthe endless was appointed to several prestigious sadnesses associated with Rod's murder slew of conference meetingswas advisory boards (e.g., A.A.A.S., U.S. was a workshop on transfer of learning Dept. of Education, the Piaget Society). transformed into a valuable and he was in the midst of organizing, which During his final four years at ETS, Rod was eventually held several weeks after enjoyable exchange of ideas with a man took a leave to be a visiting scholar at the willing and able to take risks, get things his death at NSF. Attending this National Institute of Education, a post he done, and always retain his humanity, workshop were researchers from held until 1985 when he left for a post at decency, and compassion in the developmental psychology, cognitive the University of Delaware for two years. process. science, neuroscience, physics, and He left Delaware to assume the post of education. This was precisely the sort Our friend Rodney R. Cocking died Chief of the Cognition, Learning & of initiative he was known for; one that horrifically on February 22, 2002, the Memory Program at NIMH's Behavioral is both creative and innovative and that victim of violent crime. After being Science Research Branch. makes connections across disciplinary missing for two months, his skeletal boundaries. It was during these years that Rod began remains were found in a wooded area of slowly to place his signature on the field. rural Virginia, and an arrest was made. Often thoe who work at the frontiers of He did this by convening workshops, Apparently Rod was killed by someone a field are alone, take risks, come back special issues, and Calls for Proposals to who owed him and others a large sum of with a chest full of arrows. Happily, this jump-start new areas of developmental was not a problem for Rod. He was so money. As a result of these unfathom- inquiry. While at NIMH, Rod became able and unbearable events, the field of well liked by eyeryone that he never Acting Chief of the Basic Behavioral & developmental psychology has lost one seemed to run afoul of special interests. Cognitive Sciences Research Branch, a of its staunchest and most effective He forged new directions for our field post he held until 1994 when he left NIMH supporters. Rod's friends, who truly some of which may be unknown to to become a Senior Program Officer at the number in the many hundreds, have lost SRCD members because they slowly National Academy of Sciences. While at a dear friend, an individual of emerged from seeds that Rod planted NAS, Rod put together the Board on extraordinary generosity and kindness. years ago, without stepping on toes or Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory provoking extreme reactions. He was Sciences, and was its first director. Then, singularly effective in moving our field

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the membership of SRCD. Paul The first was research, and the Brathwaite, Policy Director of the discussion groups considered the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), diversity in research, in locales or discussed the special concerns of the settings where research is conducted, CBC, which currently has 38 members. A and the needs for translating research to lawyer by training and well experienced policy in res-ponsible ways. The second in the political arena in D.C., he was dissemination and informing discussed the challenges faced by the policy. Here the concerns were the changes in leadership in congress for many different ways that findings are the next two years. His portfolio currently disseminated, used and includes both domestic and foreign misused, and ways of improving policy initiatives. He presented a dissemination in the future. The third generally optimistic view in that the issue was teaching and mentoring. numbers and activites of the CBC have Issues explored included the fact that increased over the past several many faculty do not get involved years. Matters of importance to the directly in dissemination or policy, yet Caucus overlap with many of our their students want and are expected to concerns, including economic do so. The lack of any generally agreed disparities, health coverage, and of we are one of the two or three member up on standards in these areas was also course improving the educational organizations that are committed to issues considered. The conveners of the system for all children, especially those concerning children, develop-mental meeting of this Consortium will prepare who historically have not achieved at perspectives, and improving the lives of summaries and recommendations that acceptable levels. children and families. will go back to the participants and the organizations they represent. The Other topics of this years's meeting The Human Development and Public general plan is to have feedback, included the role of behavioral science Policy Consortium held its first meeting at editing, and revisions via email or in the national efforts to counter Georgetown University, hosted by conference calls and then the areas of terrorism, the new directives in the Deborah Phillips and Lawrence Aber, in consensus will be affirmed and National Institute on Aging (presented May, 2002. It had representatives from 16 distributed. If participants decide by the newly appointed director, Dr. academic institutions, as well as from sufficient progress has been made, a Richard Hodes), and the establishment SRCD and the Foundation for Child third conference will be convened in the of priorities relevant to the Social and Development. The guiding principal was: Spring of 2003. Economic Sciences, including how would a consortium create a sum that behavioral and cognitive sciences, is greater than the parts, provide added I was pleased to be a part of this newly within NSF (National Science value for individual programs, and be emerging group and believe that there is Foundation). There is real optimism that sufficiently rewarding and practical to considerable interest and need for a the commitments to these areas that sustain itself? The second meeting, held consortium such as this to exist. The have been made will continue to receive in very nice surrounds on the campus of challenge will be to build upon the increased attention and Case-Western Reserve University Nov. 3- short-term activities that have occurred funding. Developmental research has 4, 2002, was hosted by Jill Korbin and thus far and to move towards a longer- been especially well represented in the Rick Settersten. Over 30 representatives term vision. The quality, diversity, and portfolios of the SBE directorate of NSF were there from various programs and commitment of the leadership and the and all indications are that this trend insti-tutions. The agenda focused on participants bode well for the future of will continue. three issues. this new endeavor.

I came away from these meetings of John Hagen COSSA with renewed optimism that the behavioral sciences continue to make inroads and are treated with increasing SRCD Book Authors/Editors respect in the Washington environment. It is clear that we benefit from our SRCD Members are invited to notify the Developments Office or editor affiliation with COSSA and with the about your new publications. These will be listed in the newsletter. organizations that are a part of it. They also benefit from our involvement, as

12 14 PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES (coNT.)

18) Straus, M.A., Sugarman, D.B., & 20 Studies(coot. from p. 6) Giles-Sims, J. (1997). Spanking by Developments' 14) Kohlberg, L. (1969). Stage and parents and subsequent sequence: The cognitive- antisocial behavior in children. Submission Guidelines developmental approach to Archives of Pediatrics and socialization. In D.A. Goslin Adolescent Medicine, 151, 761- Text: Provide your material in (Ed.), Handbook of 767. unformatted text blocks only, socialization theory and 19) Piatelli-Palmerini, M. (1980). preferably using "Times New research. Chicago: Rand Language and learning: The Roman" 10-pt font in Word or McNally. debate between and WordPerfect. A photo of the 15) NICHD Early Child Care . Cambridge, MA: author or topic or both to Harvard University Press. Research Network. (1997). The accompany the article would be 20) Bowlby, J. (1969). Attachment and effects of infant child care on greatly appreciated. infant-mother attachment loss, Vol. 1. New York: Basic Books. security:Results of the NICHD Photographs: 300 DPI, Study of Early Child Care. Child Based on a quick scan of the content of grayscale, "tif' files only. If you Development, 68, 860-879. do not have a scanner to 16) Bandura, A., Ross, D., & Ross, these studies, it appears race, gender, and produce the photo quality we S. (1961). Transmission of parenting issues generate the lion's share need, loan us your photo; we aggression through imitation of of controversy within the field, having aggressive models. Journal of been addressed by 13 of the 20 studies. will scan it for our use, and then Abnormal and Social But I suppose that's only fitting; since return it to you. Psychology, 63, 375-382. race, gender, and parenting issues occupy 17) Inhelder, B., & Piaget, J. (1958). the lion's share of contemporary domestic Ads: Contact Thelma Tucker [email protected]; 734-998- The growth of logical thinking and societal problems as well. from childhood toadolescence. 6578 for information and an New York: Basic Books. order form.

JOB OPENINGS Family Studies Purdue University

Tenure-track positions are available at Assistant or Associate rank at Purdue University. We seek these specialties: a) unpaid work; b) links between the economy and family life; and/or c) processes of daily life in families. Successful candidate(s) will conduct and publish research, seek external funding, teach undergraduate and graduate courses, and contribute to engagement activities. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in family studies, sociology, psychology, gerontology, or a closely related field. Strong research and teaching skills are required. Purdue University is home to an interdisciplinary program in Gerontology, and gerontologists who focus on the above topics are welcome to apply. Send vita, three letters of reference, and representative publications (hard copies only, please) to: Dr. Shelley M. MacDermid, Purdue University, Child Development and Family Studies Building, 101 Gates Road, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2020 (Phone: 765-494-6026; email: [email protected]).

Screening begins on December 2, 2002 and continues until positions are filled. The Department of Child Development & Family Studies offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees. Its 18 faculty members represent graduate programs in developmental studies, family studies, and marriage and family therapy. See www.cfs.purdue.edu/CDFS. We encourage minority applicants.

Purdue University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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(cont. from p. 7) more information contact: Marion K. adoption or foster care families. Mary more information on these workshops Underwood, School of Human Dozier, Miriam Steele, and Kristin Caspers please visit www.cas.usf.edu/ Development, University of Texas at have been invited to provide overviews ofpsychology. Dallas, PO Box 830688, GR41.or visit their recent research relating Adult www.humsci.auburn.edu/ Attachment Interview classifications to APAAcademic Career Workshop peerpreconference2003/. the developing parent-foster child In conjunction with Division 7 and relationship and to the experience of beingSRCD, APA will host this workshop DOTDEP Preconference for raised in an adoptive family. For further designed to introduce graduate Directors of Training in information and registration procedures students and post-doctorates to the Developmental Psychology contact David Pederson at academic career. Topics range from how The primary focus of the meeting is on [email protected] or fax 519-661-2961. the academic culture varies across opportunities to participate in different Registration is required, and is limited to institutions to the pragmatics of the workshops. Topics include: recruiting 60 attendees. hiring process. The workshop is free, graduate students, applied but an e-mail indicating your intent to developmental science, breadth and Continuing Education Unit (CEU) attend must be sent to Deborah McCall depth in graduate education, use of Training Workshops at [email protected]. technology in teaching and mentoring. Three workshops are offered through the Contact: Nancy Budwig at University of South Florida Department ofThe Penn State Alumni and Friends [email protected] or Judith Psychology, two Wednesday April 23, Reception Smetana at 2003 and one on Thursday April 24, 2003. The event is jointly sponsored by the [email protected]. The topics covered are Behavioral and Department of Psychology and the Cognitive-Behavioral Techniques with Department of Human Development and AdultAttachment and Parenting School-Aged Children, Teaching Family Studies, and offers the sponsored by theAdultAttachment Abnormal Child Psychology to the opportunity for our former alumni and Interview Trainers Clinicians of Tomorrow, and Treating friends to gather, reunite with each This informal conference will focus on Challenging Childhood Disorders. For other as well as with current faculty and adult attachment and parenting in students. Contact Keith Crnic at [email protected].

JOB OPENING

Department of Psychology University of California, Davis

The Department of Psychology at the University of California, Davis, invites applications for a tenure-track appointment in developmental psychology to begin in July 2003. The level of the appointment is open, and so could be at the assistant, associate, or full professor level. Applicants must have a Ph.D. and a strong, active program of research in the area of social or emotional development. Candidates with research programs involving human infants and/or children are preferred, but those with interests in adolescence will be considered. Candidates must also have a demonstrated record or evident potential to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in developmental psychology, supervise dissertation research, and obtain external funding. Interested applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching interests, representative reprints and/or preprints, and at least three letters of recommendation. Review of applications has been extended to begin on January 6, 2003 and continue until the position is filled. Send materials to: Developmental Psychology Search Committee, Department of Psychology, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8686. For information contact the Search Committee Chair, Dr. Gail S. Goodman, at the above address or via the internet: [email protected]. To learn more about the rapidly expanding program in Developmental Psychology at the University of California, Davis, please visit our web page at: http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/PsychAreas/Developmental.html.

The University of California, Davis, and the Department of Psychology are interested in candidates who are committed to the highest standards of scholarship and professional activities, and to the development of a campus climate that supports equality and diversity. The University of California is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

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Rodney R. Cocking (cont. from p. 11) toward his vision of "integrative developmental science". By this, Rod Postdoc Opportunity meant that various branches of research often needed to be integrated Research Postdoc in Informal Learning to address complex problems and University of California, Santa Cruz "jump-start" new areas of develop- mental inquiry. Rod believed that Research Postdoc in Informal Learning, University of California, Santa Cruz. opportunities exist for basic research Begins Summer or Fall 2003. This is a two-year postdoctoral research on animal and human models to be traineeship (post-PhD) in the NSF funded Center for Informal Learning and melded with research from cognitive Schools. CILS is a collaboration with UC Santa Cruz, the Exploratorium and social development, resulting in science center and King's College London. The trainee will develop research frameworks to catalize future basic of mutual interest with program faculty associated with UCSC's research while simultaneously developmental psychology and education programs. Research focuses on contributing to societal needs. Our own informal learning processes in settings that are historically little involved in center at Cornell is an example; it was schooling, such as interactive museums, after-school clubs, and families and funded by Rod to undertake integrative community organizations with the goal of improving K-12 science and developmental science in the public mathematics education.Issues of diversity are a strong interest. Faculty interest. include: Doris Ash, Maureen Callanan, Sally Duensing, Laura Martin, Judit Moschkovich, Barbara Rogoff. Post docs will teach one course per year Rod has left a striking legacy in our and will participate in seminars in theory and research methodologies field that will endure. He has also left a appropriate to different learning contexts. Send vita, statement of research cadre of friends, associates, and interests and career goals, and reprints and at least three letters of colleagues who have been forced to recommendations to: Sally Duensing, CILS Postdoc, University of California accept the vast unfairness and sheer Santa Cruz, 296 McHenry, Santa Cruz,California 95064. Applications will be pointlessness of his early death. We considered March 1 and until filled. Applicants from underserved minority will remember him always with warmth, groups are especially encouraged to apply. gratitude, and sadness.

Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams Conferences New York Academy of Sdences Conferences

Roots of Mental Illness in Children, March 15-17, 2003 New York, New York Organizers: Jean King, Craig Ferris and Israel Lederhendler Co-sponsored with the National Institute of Mental Health, this two and a half day meeting's main focus is to build bridges between animal research and clinical approaches for studying mental health and disorders in children and adolescents. The long-term goal is to foster interdisciplinary research collaborations and policy initiatives to enhance our understanding, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness in children.

Adolescent Brain Development: Vulnerabilities and Opportunities, September 18-20, 2003 New York, New York Organizers: Ronald Dahl, Linda Spear and Ann Kelley This two and a half day meeting will bring together basic and clinical investigators performing research relevant to neurobehavioral changes during adolescent development. The long-term goal is to stimulate further investigations and advance understanding that will have clinical and social policy relevance to a wide range of behavioral and emotional health problems emerging in adolescence.

Both conferences will include contributed poster sessions. To receive program and registration details contact: Science and Technology Meetings, New York Academy of Sciences T: 212.838.0230 ext. 324; F: 212.838.5640 E: conferencee,nyas.org; W: http://www.nyas.org

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Sponsored by SRCD International SRCD Ethnic & Racial Issues Committee Convention Center 11, Saturday, Affairs Committee Presenters: Linda M. Burton, Felton 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM Presenters: Paul van Geert, David Earls, and Nancy Gonzales "Influencing Policy at the Federal Witherington, and Marc Lewis Discussant: Jacquelynne S. Eccles Level: SRCD Policy Fellowships" chaired by Rebecca Goodman, Convention Center 18-19, Sunday Discussion Hours Sponsored by SRCD Office of Policy & 8:00 AM - 9:50 AM Communications "Family and Social Environments of Convention Center 18-19, Friday, Participants: Michael Lopez, Vincent Children and Adolescents" chaired by 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM Smeriglio, Ann Marie White, Heather Oscar A. Barbarin "What Do Editors Want? (and Hints on Kersey, Laurie Cutting, Tamara Sponsored by SRCD Committee on Policy How to Give It to Them)" chaired by Haegerich, Elizabeth Albro, Anthony & Communication, Ethnic & Racial Issues Susan B. Campbell, Sponsored by SRCD Salandy, Jonathan Miles, Stephanie Committee, SRCD Black Caucus Publications Committee Curenton, Cassandra Simmel, Ivelisse Presenters: Robert H Bradley, Robert F Participants: Lynn S. Liben, Willis F. Martinez-Beck, Helen Raikes Corwyn, Terry McCandies, Cheri Overton, Lonnie Sherrod, and Pamela Coleman, and Martha J Garcia-Sellers Trotman Reid Discussant: Martha Zaslow A special thank you to the Convention Center Ballroom D, Sunday, Convention Center Ballroom D, Friday, Foundation for Child 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM 12:30 PM 1:20 PM "To HonorAnn Brown" chaired by Judy Development for their support of "Issues of Measurement in Research the 70th Anniversary With Diverse Ethnic and Racial DeLoache and Rochel Gelman, Groups in the United States" chaired Sponsored by Governing Council Celebration Events by Cynthia Garcia Coll, Sponsored by Participants: Susan Carey, Joseph Campione, Michael Cole, and John H Havel

rtiOBOPENING Department of Family Studies University of New Hampshire University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension announces an opening for an Extension Specialist in Family Life with expertise in one or more of the following areas: parenting education, family and youth development, intergenerational relationships, adult and elderly development. The Family Life Specialist will be eligible for an Extension Faculty appointment with the Department of Family Studies, School of Health and Human Services. Twelve-month position, 80% Cooperative Extension and 20% Department of Family Studies. Non-tenure track, renewable appointment.

Doctorate required. At least one degree in human development, family studies, or a related field. Experience in program development and evaluation preferred. Candidates should have a strong background in applied research and in teaching or outreach education. Candidates should have excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with faculty, students, staff, administrators, and external constituencies. Experience in planning, implementing, evaluating, and managing grant funded programs preferred. Experience with Cooperative Extension, distance education techniques and web-based education desired.

Salary will be commensurate with education and experience. Application review begins January 20, 2003 and continues until position is filled. Send cover letter, resume, application form (UNH Cooperative Extension employment application form can be accessed on-line at http://cecifunh.edujobapps/EE_apps/jobapp_home_ee.cfm), official transcripts and direct three letters of reference to: to: Jim Grady, Assistant Director, Finance and Human Resources, UNH Cooperative Extension, 59 College Road, Taylor Hall, Durham, NH 03824-3587 Phone: (603) 862-1520. UNH, as an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer, is committed to excellence through diversity among its faculty and staff and shall not discriminate in recruitment, selection and employment on the basis of color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual .orientation, disability, veteran's status or marital status.

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JOB OPENING

Department of Psychology Fordlham Universfty

The Department of Psychology at Fordham University announces two open positions. One Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position and one Half-Time Assistant Professor position.

The Tenure-Track Assistant Professor would teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Undergraduate teaching will include an experimental course in a basic psychological process such as sensation/perception, language, or memory; Introductory Psychology; and electives. Graduate teaching will be in the license eligible Developmental Psychology doctoral program with Applied Specialization, a strong lifespan research program.

QUALIFICATIONS: The program is seeking a person who can successfully combine developmental and applied knowledge and skills. Areas of specialization may include developmental delays and disabilities; diversity and multicultural issues; developmental issues in relation to psychopathology; and the development and assessment of infants/children in typical and atypical populations. The person will be expected to develop a graduate course related to his/her area of research in infant or childhood normative and/or atypical development. The successful candidate will show evidence of excellent teaching, programmatic research, and the ability to secure research funding. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 The Half-time Assistant Professor (non-tenure track, two year renewable appointment) will be expected to coordinate and enhance the internship component of the doctoral program in Developmental Psychology. Teaching responsibilities include one undergraduate and one graduate course per year, with a one-course reduction during the first year to allow greater concentration on the internships.

QUALIFICATIONS: The position requires a Ph.D., field-work experience and good contacts with institutions and agencies in the New York City area. The Program requires an internship focused on research, program development/ evaluation, developmental assessment, and/or service delivery. Responsibilities include developing new placements, placing 6-10 students per year, evaluations, and regular meetings with students. The person will be expected to develop a graduate course with an applied focus such as child/adolescence risk and prevention, juvenile justice, health and aging, etc.. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits and can begin as early as January 2003.

TO APPLY: Please send vita, evidence of teaching credentials, and three letters of reference to:

Frederick J. Wertz, Chair Psychology Department Fordham University Bronx, NY 10458-5198 or send email to: [email protected].

Fordham is an independent, Catholic university in the Jesuit tradition that welcomes applications from men and women of all backgrounds. Fordham University is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage minorities and women to apply.

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New It; ooks IffelIp Us IHIellp Yout! Warm Wishes for a by SRCD Peaceful 2003 from the 2003 ExhibitsWe would like to expand Members academic exhibit participation for the Staff at SRCD! upcoming biennial meeting and ask for O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 00 0 Mortimer, Jeylan T., and Reed W. your help. If you have a book being O 0 published in 2002 or 2003, please contact O SRCD 0 Larson (Eds.) (2002). The Changing O 0 Adolescent Experience: Societal the SRCD Executive Office o Contact Information 0 ([email protected]; 734-998-6578) with the o o Trends and the Transition to o o Adulthood. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge details and its publisher. o Membership & Website: o University Press. o Tel: (734) 998-6524 o o Fax: (734) 998-6569 o o o o Email: [email protected] o Kopp, Claire. (2003). Baby Steps: A o o Guide to Your Child's Social, Physical, SRCD Iiernilall Meeting o Biennaeetngil M i rogram:P o and Emotional Development in the o Tel: (734) 998-6578 o April 24-27, 2003 o Fax: (734) 998-6569 o First Two Years. New York, NY: Henry o o Email: [email protected] Holt and Company. o o Permissions & Exhibits: o o o o Tel: (734) 998-6578 o New for the 2003 o Fax: (734) 998-6569 o o Email: [email protected] ° o o iennliaft Meeting o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) OBITUARIES will be available for the SRCD Biennial , Meeting free of charge. Three preconference training workshops will Hugh Lytton, born September 26, be offered on Wednesday, April 23rd James B. Grossman died on June 14, 1921, died April 16, 2002. Hugh and Thursday morning, April 24th 2002 and an emerging star in through the University of South developmental psychopathology was earned his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of London in 1953. Florida Department of Psychology. For lost. A graduate student in Clinical After working as a schoolteacher for more information on these workshops, Psychology at , he please visit www.cas.usf.edu/ received his BA from Princeton several years, Hugh joined the Department of . University in 1992, and then worked with John Flavell and Eve Clark at Psychology at the University of Stanford University. At Yale, advised Calgary in 1969 as Associate Dedslion Nottillkatkms by Alice Carter and in collaboration Professor. A Fellow of the British with Fred Volkmar and Ami lain, he Psychological Society and the Decision notifications were sent by continued to integrate his interests in Canadian Psychological Association, email to the corresponding author of psychology and linguistics, Hugh published 70 peer-reviewed each submission on December 7'h. If developing a creative program of papers and chapters plus many other you did not receive notification about research in autism, most recently publications. His research included your submission and you were the studying the development of sarcasm publications dealing with corresponding author, please contact in individuals with autism and typicallydevelopmental psychology, school Thelma Tucker ([email protected]). developing preschoolers. He also counseling, creativity, psychological wrote on . Jim assessment, special education, and was an outstanding teacher and child academic achievement. In 1980 he Thank you, Victoria Roth! clinician. His deep intellect and humor received international recognition for Serving as the managing editor for much will be greatly missed. Jim became a his work Parent-Child Interaction: of this issue was Victoria Roth. Her ser- member of SRCD in 1998. The Socialization Process Observed vice, hard work, and pleasant working in Twin and Singleton Families. He style have been greatly appreciated. became a member of SRCD in 1970.

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Call for Papers Special Issue: Early one successful graduate student Childhood Research Quarterly Early applicant to assist with expenses in writing, information regarding Learning In Math And Science. conducting dissertation research on the applicants and nominees must be Susan Golbeck and Herbert Ginsburg, topic of child maltreatment. Applicants released upon request. Finalists Guest Editors. Early Childhood are requested to submit: (1) a letter of cannot be guaranteed confiden-tiality. Research Quarterly invites submission interest, indicating how the applicant The University of Wisconsin-Madison of manuscripts for a special issue on would use the award funds toward the is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative young children's development of math completion of the dissertation research; Action Employer. and science concepts. Papers should (2) a 100 word abstract; and (3) a five report original research findings or page proposal summarizing the research CORNELL UNIVERSITY. Chair, provide a critical analysis of research to be conducted. Please submit Department of Human Development in and should include a discussion of applications by April 1, 2003, to: Mark the College of Human Ecology invites implications for educational policy. Chaffin, Ph.D., Director of Research, nominations and applications for the Studies employing a range of metho- Developmental and Behavioral position of Chair of the Department of dologies and theoretical perspectives Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Human Development and Helen G. are welcome. Manuscripts will follow Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26901, Canoyer Professorship. The Chair the standard review process, and as Oklahoma City, OK 73190; Tel: (405) 271- provides leadership with the faculty such should be submitted to: Karen E. 8858; Fax (405)271-2931; mark- and staff in the planning, development Diamond, Editor. Early Childhood [email protected]. Applicants will be and implementation of the multi- Research Quarterly, Purdue University, notified of the decision in mid June. The disciplinary teaching, research and 1267 CDFS Building, W. Lafayette, IN award will be presented at the annual outreach/extension programs of the 47907-1267. Authors should explicitly APA meeting in Toronto, Ontario, department. The Department of state in a cover letter that the Canada, August 7-10, 2003. Human Development is a manuscript is being submitted for the multidisciplinary faculty who study Special Issue. Questions may be Classified Ads human development over the life addressed to Karen Diamond: course and in the contexts in which it [email protected] or either of UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN- occurs. Areas of research include the two Guest Editors: Susan Golbeck: MAD ISON. Human Development psychological, biological and [email protected] Herb Ginsburg: & Family Studies, invites sociological aspects of development [email protected]. The deadline for applications for a tenure-track from conception throughout the life submission of manuscripts is December assistant professor position course. Qualifications for the position 31, 2002. beginning August 2003 (contingent include: outstanding scholarship and The Fourth Annual "Bridging the Gap" on final funding approval). an established reputation of conference sponsored by "The Candidates should have a doctoral leadership in the areas of development Children's Center" and the Department degree and active research agendas and/or the life course; achievements of Pediatrics, Primary Children's Medical in child development (ages birth to commensurate with a named Center, University of Utah will take 10) with a focus on intervention, professorship; demonstrated ability place on February 3-4, 2003 in Salt Lake prevention, assessment and/or early for administration; and a commitment City, Utah. The conference will focus childhood programs. Responsibi- to multi-disciplinary programs. on Clinical Applications of Attachment lities include conducting quality Application reviews will begin Theory and Research and presenters research, competing for extramural December 7, 2002 and continue until will include Dr. Mary Target from funding and teaching under- the position is filled. Please send University College London and Bert graduate and graduate courses. nominations or a letter or e-mail Powell from Marycliff Institute in Send letter of application, vita, and indicating interest and a CV to: Chair Spokane. For more information please three letters of reference to Stephen of the Search Committee, 142 MVR contact The Children's Center by phone Small, Search Committee, Human Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (801) 582-5534 or email: Development & Family Studies, 14853,Emailaddress:b1h5@cornelLedu. [email protected] 1430 Linden Dr., University of Cornell University is an Affirmative Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706. Action/Equal Opportunity Employer The Section on Child Maltreatment Deadline to ensure consideration is and Educator. http://www.cornell.edu (Section 1 of Division 37, APA) Friday, February 7, 2003. Unless http://chronicle.com/jobs/profiles/ announces its fourth annual dissertation confidentiality is requested in ' 2377.htm award. A $400 prize will be awarded to _

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51st Nebraska Symposium on contact: Dee Frisque, Ph: (814) 863-7108; Motivation, "Moral Motivation Across Fax: (814) 863-7109; Email: SRCD Developments the Life-Span: Theory, Research and [email protected]; Web: Applications," featuring , www.hhdev.psu.edu/chdfrdc. Editor Nancy Eisenberg, and Ervin Staub, Pamela Trotman Reid Darcia Narvaez, Daniel Hart, and Clark 18TH Biennial ISSBD Meetings: Ghent [email protected] Powers will be held at the University of 2004 The 2004 meeting of the Nebraska-Lincoln on April 3-4, International Society for the Study of Managing Editor 2003. Call for papers for a poster session Behavioural Development will be held in Thelma Tucker and more information can be Ghent, an exquisite medieval town in the [email protected] found at www.unl.edu/psypage. heart of Flanders (Belgium) between Bruges, Antwerp and Brussels, July 11- Memoirs Editor Call for Abstracts. The International 15, 2004. 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Of particular interest are the Department of Developmental and proposals that encompass Kashy & all members of the SRCD including , Ghent researchers, practitioners in the field of Kenny's Actor-Partner Interdependence University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 child development, social and behavioral Model, but submissions that reflect Ghent BELGIUM Fax: + 32 (0)9 2646486 sciences, social workers, administrators, other similar frameworks are welcome. website : physicians, nurses, educators, and Abstracts that describe cross-national http://allserv.rug.ac.be/ISSBD2004 (from students. samples, diverse populations, and/or Febr. 2003 onwards). Submission life-span perspectives are especially deadlines: Symposia: September 10, 2003; The newsletter publishes announce- ments, articles, and ads that may be of encouraged. This is a call for abstracts Posters: October 1, 2003. The complete only. Please send a one-page abstract interest to members of the Society, as announcement, including submission space permits. and a letter of intent to the editor of the forms, will be available in February 2003 special section, Brett Laursen, care of and sent to all IS SBD members and Copy deadlines: the International Journal of Behavioral anyone who requested it. December 1 for January issue Development editorial office: March 1 for April issue [email protected]. Paper The Program Committee for the Society June 1 for July issue submissions will be invited following a for the Study of Human Development September 1 for October issue review of abstracts. The due date for invites graduate students from all abstracts is 1 June 2003. Final invited disciplines to participate in The Graduate For advertising rates--website display manuscripts will be due 1 December Student Symposium. The Graduate ads, classified or display ads for the 2003. Student Symposium will be featured as newsletter--contact the SRCD Office or part of the society's Third Biennial tetucker@umich. edu. The Family Research Consortium III, Meeting, which will be held at the Governing Council "Intervention as Science," supported Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at President Ross D. Parke by the National Institute of Mental Harvard University in Cambridge, Past President Michael Rutter Health, will sponsor a 2003 Summer Massachusetts from November 1 through President-Elect Esther Thelen Institute for family researchers at the 2, 2003. This year's Graduate Symposium Secretary W. Andrew Collins Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa will be devoted to the theme of Members Ronald G. Barr in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, from "overcoming the odds" and will thereby Jeanne Brooks Gunn June 26 - 29, 2003. The Institute accepts accept papers focused on positive/ Cynthia Garcia Coll Sandra Graham a limited number of both junior and healthy human development and, Donald J. Hernandez specifically, on the understanding of senior researchers as participants and Aletha Huston allows for intellectual exchange among healthy and positive development that J. Steven Reznick participants and presenters in addition occurs despite the multiple and often Mary K. Rothbart to the more structured program of high changing challenges of context and Arnold Sameroff quality presentations. Deadline for setting. For additional information, please Student Rep Anthony Salandy applying is Friday, March 28, 2003. For visit the conference website at Ex Officio John W. Hagen applications and/or more information www.sshdonline.org/gss.htm. 22 SR CD Newsletter of the Society for Research in Child Development Volume 46, Number 2 April 2003

Notes from the Executive Officer... Focus on... Perspectives on Policy and Research: Social Policy, Research, and SRCD News from SRCD Fellows John W. Hagen LeShawndra N. Price & Cassandra Simmel The role of research in social policy continues to be an issue of discussion, debate and concern. Since its beginning, SRCD has weighed in on the topic in several important ways. Our constitution, written in 1933, states: "the purposes of the Society shall be to stimulate and support research, to encourage cooperation among individuals engaged in the scientific study of child development, and to encourage applications of research findings" (SRCD Constitution, Article I). In the 1940's, the governing council committed the Society to work towards the goals of the nation's defense, and a special meeting was held in Washington, D.C. on emerging issues for children and youth.

Thomas W. Richards became the editor of Child Development in 1949, and in this role he argued for LaS hawndra Price Cassandra Simmel interdisciplinary representation in the journal contents, and that the research should be "particularly significant in the Dr. Price Goes to Washington:_LeShawndra N. Price, Ph.D. light of the broad problems of the world today. It is the I have long had an interest in policy and issues affecting function of the publication to bring research out of the children. As a developmental psychologist with research laboratory...to interests in risk and protective factors for children's reach not only psychopathology, I was interested in a position where I INSIDE scientists, but could use my research background outside of the academic also the larger setting to inform policy, intervention, and prevention efforts Student GC Rep. Report 2 public which affecting children and families. As the end of my graduate Conference Announcement 2 needs to career approached, I received an email announcing the SRCD Report from SRCD Washington Office 3 know...the Fellowships. I knew I had found the perfect opportunity. Members in the Media 4 continuous Award Announcement 5 contributions of I was an Executive Branch Policy Fellow placed in the Contacting SRCD 6 research" Developmental Psychopathology and Prevention Research Memoir 7 (Richards, 1949, Tidbits 8 Editorial (cont. onp. 6) Job Openings 4, 9 Comment, Child Member News 10 Development, 20, Mark Your Calendar! Announcements 11 3-4). At the 1979 Month Submission Guidelines 12 Biennial Change of Address Notification 12 April Newletter submitting guidelines 12 24-27 Biennial Meeting, Tampa, Florida (cont. on p. 8)

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Report from Governing representatives. Language changes to the SRCD Constitution were proposed to Colima Student officially include student representative on GC and all committees except the Representative Finance Committee. The changes were presented to GC at their annual meeting in Anthony D. Salandy 2002, voted upon by the full membership SRCD Executive Branch Fellow, Center that fall, and consequently passed. on AIDS and Other Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse, NIDA, The revised SRCD Constitution now NIH allows for student representation on all committees and GC with the exception of As the first student representative the Finance Committee. The approved selected to the SRCD Governing Council language states that the Nominations (GC), I would like to provide information Committee will solicit nominations for Proud new dad, Anthony with son Aidin on some of the new developments. student representatives in the fall prior to biennial meetings. The Nominations students will be notified of the Prior to assuming this position, I served Committee will select the students for the committee on which they will serve. as the director of the SRCD Student appropriate committees. The requirements Policy Network. As the director, I for service are membership in good There have been other successes conducted a survey of student members standing with SRCD and current during the past two years. I proposed to assess their professional needs and to enrollment in a graduate or professional that GC increase funding for student ascertain how SRCD could better assist program at the time of appointment. The travel scholarships to the biennial them. Survey participants indicated, student representative to GC is further meeting. The travel fund had been among other things, that they wanted required to have previously served on a $10,000 for the past few years. As more opportunities for participation in SRCD committee. requested, GC approved a $5,000 SRCD and increased funding for student increase in the travel fund for this year travel to the Biennial meeting. I drafted Since the passage of the constitutional with the hopes of subsequent funding and submitted a report to John Hagen, changes, the Nominations Committee increases in subsequent years. Executive Officer of SRCD, and issued a call for nominations for student recommended that student representatives to committees. We Finally, as a continuation of my efforts representatives be selected to serve on received several nominations and should during my tenure as director of the all committees and GC. be able to place most on committees. Student Policy Network, I coordinated However, the final slate has to be the roommate matching assistance I argued that student involvement in the approved by GC. Upon approval, selected Society is important because students (cont. onp. 9) assist in promoting the discipline, infusing it with vigor and creativeness, CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT and serving as a viable pool of future full members and scholars. In addition, having student representatives on Adolescentrain Development: Vulnerabilities committees and governing boards is and Opportunities consistent with current trends among A New York Academy of Sciences Conference, September 18-20, 2003, New York, professional associations (e.g., Society New York. This conference will bring together basic and clinical investigators for Research on Adolescence, National performing research relevant to neurobehavioral changes during adolescent Council on Family Relations). development. The long-term goal is to stimulate further investigations and advance understanding that will have clinical and social policy relevance to a Based on this work, the SRCD wide range of behavioral and emotional health problems emerging in administration agreed to address the adolescenceparticularly the development of nicotine dependence, alcohol and issue of student representation. I was other substance use, risk-taking behaviors, depression, and suicide. There is a selected as the student representative to Call for Abstracts for participation in a scheduled Poster Session. Contact for GC through a competitive process and information and deadlines: New York Academy of Sciences T: 212.838.0230 x 324 was charged with formalizing the E: [email protected] W: www.nyas.org/scitech/confcal.cfm selection procedures for future student 2 24 REPORT FROM SRCD w,ASHINGTON OFFICE

Report from SRCD stronger advocates if we can cite in coalitions. We will be working specific areas of members' research to increase the distribution of the Washington Office when we have the opportunity to do SPR over the coming year, so in meetings with Congress including to state policymakers. Mary Ann McCabe regarding NIH funding. In addition, (3)To enhance communications and Director, Office for Policy & Secretary Thompson's priorities for dissemination of information Communications HHS include a strong emphasis on regarding child development. prevention in order to ultimately This mission is closely It is a sincere privilege to assume my lower health care costs. This places intertwined with our efforts in new role in the Office for Policy & health-related research with infants, science and social policy. Again, Communications (OPC) for SRCD. Since it is exciting to witness how much I am still in the orientation process, I the knowledge base and expertise thought this may be a good time to of SRCD is being sought by both provide an overview of the OPC for policymakers and the media. We SRCD members, in terms of both our encourage individual members to missions and our proposed activities become effective advocates on for the coming year. In doing so, I issues pertaining to their area of would like to invite the membership to study, and to become resources view this office as a resource, and for the media in sharing their thereby assist us in serving the needs expertise with the public. The of the organization within the policy OPC is happy to provide training arena. for members in advocacy with policymakers and/or talking to the The OPC has five inter-related media. missions: (4) To oversee the SRCD Fellowship (1) To advance science policy, program, which provides career including advocacy for the role of development in bridging science behavioral and social science and policy. Our fellows are a research in policy formation, and Mary Ann McCabe highly valued resource in both advocacy for federal funding for congress and federal agencies, research that concerns children, children, and adolescents, as well as and strong diplomats for both youth, and families. This year we research concerning health SRCD and the scientific enterprise will be closely watching behaviors, in a potential spotlight. regarding issues facing children developments in the area of (2) To advance social policy, including and families. The names and human subjects protections, and participation in coalitions regarding placements of our current fellows advocating for the importance of such issues as welfare reform, child can be found on our website. In involvement from behavioral and care, Head Start, education, brief, this year we have two social scientists, and disabilities, juvenile justice, mental congressional fellows (one developmentalists, in new health parity, and health care. We working in the House and one policies. We are very fortunate will be keeping members apprised of working with the Senate) and nine that Celia Fisher will be serving developments and legislation in ekecutive branch fellows on the newly formed Secretary's these areas through this column and (including placements at ACF, Advisory Committee on Human our monthly Washington Update on NICHD, NIDA, and IES), some of Research Protections (SACHRP). the website. I am quite pleased to whom are continuing their This year we will also be observe that this office is already fellowship from last year. We lobbying Congress for greater well integrated within the policy invite members to attend the than the 2% increase for NIH network, with countless Fellows' symposium at the funding which is proposed in opportunities to participate in biennial meeting in order to learn President Bush's budget. To this discussions regarding issues that more about their activities. We aim, we will be working to concern children and families. The also encourage both students and develop a database of SRCD Social Policy Report (SPR) is established professionals who are researchers who receive federal viewed as a valuable resource by interested in policy work to funding. We can be much both policymakers and our partners (cont. onp. 9)

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Members ha the Media Journal, January 9, 2003: Results Stephen Juan, University of from The NICHD Study of Early Sydney: Today Tonight, October Child Care and Youth Development. 21, 2002: Why does a university The SRCD Office for Policy and student turn violent? Communications is interested in . I highlighting our members who are I L.,--\ Stephen Juan, University of Sydney: featured in the news media for their Today Tonight November 21, 2002: work on various research-related topics. I,, 0 Why are kids obsessed with The following are submissions by our fi Michael Jackson? members and are presented according to name, affiliation, and date of the media 4, Stephen Juan, University of Sydney: coverage, and title or brief description 2UE Radio (Sydney), November 24, of the topic: 2002: The psychological impact of , terrorism on Australian children. David L. Dubois, University of \ Illinois at Chicago: Health , ) -,.., Stephen Juan, University of Sydney: , ---- Behavior News Service, January 15, The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), ''; 2003: Youth Who Experience December 3, 2002: What kind of i Discrimination Carry Higher Stress ç headmaster tells his primary school I Burden. , pupils that Santa is not real? , Sarah Friedman: The Washington Rebecca Goodman Stephen Juan, University of Sydney: Post, February 25, 2003: "School PE 2UE (Sydney), December 3, 2002: Programs Short on Exercise Time." Stephen Juan, University of Sydney: Why Santa is good for children. 2UE Radio (Sydney), October 21, Sarah Friedman and Margaret 2002: Exam pressure and the Monash (cont onp. 9) Tresch Owen: The Wall Street University shooting. i- JOB OPENINGS

The Steinhardt School of Education, Department of Applied Psychology New York University

The Department seeks two senior professors, one of whom will serve as its chairperson. The Department offers graduate and undergraduate programs in psychological development, , and ; and a Bachelor's degree in applied psychological studies. DEPARTMENT CHAIR. The Chair will provide academic leadership to facilitate faculty research, curricular review, and grant development; promote interdisciplinary collaboration within The Steinhardt School of Education, as well as the University's other academic division; and enhance ties to the City's schools and health care institutions. The Chair also has administrative responsibility for budgets, adjunct supervision, faculty evaluation and accreditation. ASSOCIATE/FULL PROFESSOR, TENURE-TRACK. Candidates should have an earned doctorate in a psychology discipline and a strong background in advanced quantitative research methods and research design, and a proven record of scholarship and external funding. Responsibilities include teaching graduate and undergraduate courses, advising students, and supervising doctoral dissertation work. Send a letter of application indicating position of interest and curriculum vitae to: Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda and Lawrence Baiter, c/o Dianne Witkowski, Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, The Steinhardt School of Education, 239 Greene Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY10003. NYU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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The Center for Mental Health Promotion & The New York Attachment Consortium are pleased to announce the 2003

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Special Award James* and Joyce Robertson Robert and Cherri Marvin For Documenting And Improving For Being The Lives Of Young Children A Secure Base In Difficult Circumstances To Mary Ainsworth

The Bowlby-Ainsworth Award recognizes singular contributions to the Bowlby- Ainsworth tradition of attachment theory and research. Selections are made by the Awards Committee of the Center for Mental Health Promotion and The New York Attachment Consortium, in consulta- tion with distinguished colleagues from several continents. The Award is repre- sented by a crystal sculpture engraved with the portraits of John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth, the recipients' name, and a brief award statement. In this first year of the Award, we recog- nize several senior scholars who helped establish the Bowlby-Ainsworth tradition and have exemplified the standards of scholarship, collegiality and service that John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth shared, taught, and valued. Awards are also given to highlight specific contributions that enrich and extend this tradition. These are typically to younger researchers and include an unrestricted grant paid to the awardee. Several such awards will be announced separately. Additional information about the 2003 Awards and about the nominating process is available on-line at www. nyattachment.org. BEST COPY AVAILABLE *Posthumous

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Branch at the National Institute of very positive career decision. I am in my Policy and Communications at http:// Mental Health, one of the institutes of second year at the Administration for www.srcd.org/policy.html or the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Children and Families in the U.S. [email protected]. You may also contact in the U.S. Department of Health and Department of Health and Human fellows directly. Human Services. The primary activity Services. in which I was involved during the LeShawndra N. Price, Ph.D. fellowship year was acting as an One reason for my overall satisfaction is Developmental Psychopathology and "apprentice" Extramural Program Officer that I think I am a good match for this Prevention Research Branch in my branch. I assisted the Program placement. My projects are similar to National Institute of Mental Health, Chiefs in their day-to-day activities. I those that I would likely be working on NIH, DHHS participated in giving technical were I in an academic setting, only my [email protected] assistance to prospective and current work here emanates from a different www.nimh.nih.gov grantees, attended grant review vantage point. Whereas I once spent time (301)443-5944 meetings of the NIH Center for theorizing about different policies and Scientific Review, and monitored the their associated ramifications, I now work Cassandra Simmel, MSW, Ph.D. progress of current grants. In addition, closely with those who may have created Commissioner's Office of Research and I participated in several scientific these policies or are charged with Evaluation meetings and conferences, and attendedimplementing them. It has also been Administration for Children and congressional briefings. Another educational to observe the overarching Families, DHEIS aspect of my work at NIMH involved federal perspective with respect to policy [email protected] examining the current grant portfolio to implementation and witnessing the http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/ "take stock" of research in particular complexity in carrying out a "one size fits (202) 260-8515 areas of child and adolescent all" policy agenda. psychopathology in an effort to identify future priorities for research. Another reason to which I attribute my overall placement satisfaction is that I My year as a Fellow was an exciting, have enjoyed the extraordinary good rewarding learning experience. Not onlyfortune to work with a unique group of was I exposed to government colleagues. Their command of public operations, but I also was exposed to policy, the budget process, child See you in Tampa at cutting edge research and future development, and research methodology research directions to advance our and design is exceedingly well refined. the 2003 knowledge of children's mental health. IFurther, they are generous about granting Biennial Meeting, gained invaluable insight into both autonomy to Fellows, yet are never more research and policy on the national than an email, phone call, or office visit April 24-27t1 level. In my " life after the fellowship," I away should I desire consultation. Both am a Program Officer at NIMH for the through formal and informal interactions Social and Interpersonal Factors O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 with them, I have learned a great deal O 0 Section of the Traumatic Stress Program about policy related research. O SRCD 0 O 0 and the Contextual Processes Section of O Contact ffnformation . the Disruptive Behavior and Attention I am pleased that through my fellowship I O 0 O 0 Deficit Disorders Program. have been able to delve into many o Membership & Website: o research areas and that these projects o Tel: (734) 998-6524 o o o A Year in the Life of a Child Policy have far reaching implications for o Fax: (734) 998-6569 o Fellow: Cassandra Simmel, MSW, countless children and youth in our o Email: [email protected] o Ph.D. This fellowship came at point o o society. I envision taking this experience o Biennial Meeting Program: o when I was contemplating whether or with me as I transition into an academic o Tel: (734) 998-6578 o not to pursue a traditional academic o Fax: (734) 998-6569 o career. o career track. Partially because of my o Email: [email protected] 0 0 0 0 0 eagerness to build on my background of o Permissions & Exhibits: o o o child welfare research, I decided to seek For more information on the SRCD o Tel: (734) 998-6578 o this opportunity. From the beginning ofCongressional and Executive Branch o Fax: (734) 998-6569 o o Email: [email protected] 00 my placement, I realized that this was a Fellowships contact the SRCD Office of o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

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national experts to plan future directions Jensen. It was a dream assignment for Editor 's Note: Due to some errors that any graduate student interested, as I appeared in the original printing of this for the far-reaching federal programs for memoir, we honor the memory of Dr. poor children and families, Marty was was, not only in the literature on racial Deutsch by reprinting his memoir in its always at the table. differences and cognitive functioning, entirety. the nature/nurture issues, but also the Yes, middle and even upper income work required my attending many children and families benefited from Marty seminars and meetings with top Deutsch's work in early education. How scholars in a broad variety of so? The rapid expansion and broad disciplines; working with the Harvard popularity of Head Start during the 1960s Educational Review editors (also and 1970s captured the attention of middle graduate students); or just immersing and upper class parents to the importance my body and soul for long, long hours of this period in a child's life. Some into what was possibly one of the most preschools for the well-to-do children important behavioral science issues in were even probably modeled somewhat the 20th century. after Head Start. Soon afterwards, preschool became accepted as a standard Many of Marty Deutsch's writings were for all American children regardless of seminal in the sense that he was one of social class. the pioneering behavioral scientists to describe the environmental realities of Marty Deutsch was also at or near the what was then called the disadvantaged center of the polemics that followed the child; not in pejorative or nosological Martin Deutsch publication of the article in the Harvard terms but uniquely from an 1926 - 2002 Educational Review by Berkeley ethnographic perspective in concepts psychology professor Arthur Jensen, that almost took you into these Martin (Marty) Deutsch died on June "How Much Can We Boost IQ and children's (and their families') 26, 2002 of renal failure in Norwalk, Academic Achievement?" To say that environments, especially in terms of the Connecticut. Born in New York City, he Jensen's controversial article caused a challenges they faced while entering received both his undergraduate and flurry of anger and protest well both school. graduate degrees at Columbia beyond the academic community in University. He served in the Navy from general and among behavioral scientists inMarty's writing belonged with that 1943 to 1945. Some of his professorial particular would be an understatement. special cadre of behavioral scholars, positions were at Brooklyn College, Marty's response was made in a later such as Urie Bronfenbrenner, Jerome Columbia University, Fordham , issue of the Harvard Educational Review, Bruner, and J. McVicker Hunt, and University, and Hebrew University. He in his own article, "Happenings on the others whose theoretical models of retired as professor of early childhood Way Back to the Forum: Social Science, child development were nonlinear in education and applied psychology at IQ, and Race Differences Revisited," describing child behavior as a the Steinhardt School of Education at which he wrote as President of the Society confluence of multiple and diverse New York University. for Psychological Study of Social Issues layers of environmental influences and (SPSSI). However, the real motivation for factors. Said differently, Marty It would not be hyperbolic to state that Marty's article was his conviction that presented what many advocates of an entire generation of American Jensen gave a misleading account of minority children such as Kenneth Clark children of all races, ethnic groups, and Marty's (and others') work dealing with have said all along "...don't portray social classes were the beneficiaries of the role of environment in stimulating children of poverty as victims" and Marty Deutsch's groundbreaking intellectual development and Marty's "don't assume that all these children are scholarship and tireless advocacy. research that demonstrated, the same!" During the early 1960s, Marty's unequivocally, the positive effects of demonstration program at the Institute creating compensatory and intervention I will be eternally grateful for the for Developmental Studies in preschool programs for culturally disadvantaged indelible imprint that Marty Deutsch left education predated and was one of the children. on me. He was not only my boss at the antecedent projects upon which the Institute for Developmental Studies and nationwide Head Start effort was I was privileged to work closely with my dissertation chairman, but also my launched. When Washington policy Marty Deutsch in preparing his rebuttal to very dear friend. Of the many things I makers convened blue ribbon panels of (cont. onp. 8)

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Meetings of SRCD in San Francisco, period, with the appointment of Mary Frank Kessel chaired a symposium on Ann McCabe, Ph.D., as director. Trained "Developmental Psychology's Applied in child clinical psychology at the Interdisciplinary Dimensions." William Catholic University, she has worked at Bevan argued that "...breadth of the National Children's Hospital in experience means embedding our Washington. Her expertise and interests sciences in the real world. To tie make her especially well qualified for scholarship to the real world means to this role, and she will work with Rebecca have our theories in practice" (SRCD Goodman, the second person in this Newsletter, Fall, 1980, p. 5). Another office. Please see the "Report from the speaker, Sheldon White, argued that our SRCD Washington Office" (page 3) for work should be focused on everyday information on their activities. There is settings and the distinction between no question about the importance to basic and applied research must be society of issues concerning children blurred. Thus, the concern with using and families, and we are committed to knowledge for policy and application working at multiple levels to see that the has long been expressed by leaders in John W. Hagen science, the knowledge generated, and our Society. those well trained in the relevant Eileen Blumenthal. It later was known as disciplines of human development are In 1975, the governing council of SRCD the Washington Report (from 1984-87) andmade available to those responsible for established a formal presence in then became the Social Policy Report in improving the lives of children and Washington, D.C., called the 1987, and has continued since that time, families. The staff also works closely Washington Liaison Office. The half- currently under the editorship of Lonnie with the Committee on Policy and time director was charged with working Sherrod with Jeanne Brooks-Gunn as Communications. on issues of federal funding and with associate editor. The topics are timely, key committees in Congress. The highly relevant to issues concerning You may reach Mary Ann McCabe and Congressional Science Fellows Program children, families, health and education. A Rebecca Goodman at srcdapa.org. I was established at that time, and about complete listing as well as texts of recent know that they are most interested in 100 fellows have served in the two-and- issues are available at the SRCD website hearing from our membership about a-half decades since that time. The (www.srcd.org). interests, concerns, and possible new forerunner of the Social Policy Report activities in the Washington Office of was also established, first appearing as I am pleased to announce that our Office the Society. the Social Policy Newsletter, edited by for Policy & Communications in the then-director of the D.C. office, Washington, D.C. has just entered a new Deutsch Memoir (cont. fromp. 7) learned from him, three of his most Tidbits Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, salient gifts to me were: Defense, Education, Energy, Health and A gateway (www.science.gov) to reliable Human Services, and Interior; the Become a behavioral scientist information about science and Environmental Protection Agency; the who can associate proudly with technology from federal government National Aeronautics and Space schools and the field of education. organizations was created by Administration; and the National Science Become a behavioral scientist collaboration of 14 scientific and Foundation. (The Charleston Report, who is also a social activist and technical information organizations from 2003, January/February, 7(4), 2.) advocate working closely with 10 major U.S. government science policy makers. agencies. More than 1,000 government Twenty years old, by some accounts, is the Internet, which started on January 1, Become a behavioral scientist information resources about science, who rejects academic including technical reports, journal 1983, when 400 computers linked to what was then called Arpanet switched to a parochialism and is well-versed in citations, databases, federal websites, disciplines other than his/her own. and fact sheets may be found through communications protocol called TCP/IP this gateway. Best of all, all information the foundation which allowed multiple is free and no registration is required. networks to coexist and the World Wide John R. Dill, Deputy Chancellor The participating agencies are: Web to develop. (New York Times, Office of the Chancellor for Education January 5, 2003.) and Professional Development 8 3 0 REPORT FROM SRCD WASHINGTON OFFICE (coNT.)

Report from GC Rep. (cont. from p. 2) program for the Tampa meeting. That is, created for the activities of the OPC; and newspapers, news broadcasts, radio students received assistance in finding Rebecca Goodman, who continues to spots, interviews, or articles published roommates at the biennial meeting bring relentless energy, insight, and talent based on their research. Information through email correspondence. This typeto her various roles in this office. I look may be mailed, e-mailed, or faxed to the of help was valuable for a significant forward to working with all of you. Office for Policy & Communications at: number of students. Rebecca Goodman, SRCD Office for In sum, the future of student Members in the Media (cont. fromp. 4) Policy & Communications; 750 First Street, NE; Washington, DC 20002-4242; representation on SRCD's GC and Stephen Juan, University of Sydney: Tel: (202) 336-5953 fax; srcdapa.org. committees is positive. Student Today Tonight, December 4, 2002: representation is now written into the Should children be told about Santa? SRCD Constitution. In addition, students are getting more assistance and support Stephen Juan, University of Sydney: to travel to the Biennial meeting. It is Today Tonight, December 20, 2002: through the commitment of the SRCD Kids, terror, and T.V. news. staff, GC and committee members, and the S CD I: ook Michael Lewis, UMDNJ Robert full membership that the Society Wood Johnson Medical School: Authors/ continues to grow and provide Discovery Channel, January 12, 15, Editors opportunities for student development in 16, and 18 2003: "Science of the our discipline. Sexes." SRCD Members are invited to Washington Office (cont. fromp. 3) Joy Osofsky, Louisiana State notify the Developments Office University: National Public Radio, or editor about your new consider this fellowship in the March 3, 2003: "A Scientific publications. These will be listed future. Approach to Child Study." (5) To integrate the activities of the in the newsletter. OPC with the infrastructure and We encourage all members to report membership of SRCD. It has been recent noteworthy mentions in local, so heartening for me to receive state, or national magazines, the warm welcome, sincere interest and offers of assistance to the OPC on the part of the POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP Executive Officer, the Governing Council, the Committee on Policy and Communications, editors of Mental Retardation Research Training Program the SPR, and the staff in the Peabody College, Vanderbilt University executive office of SRCD. Clearly the mission of SRCD to play a role The Developmental Disabilities Research Training Program of Peabody College, in advocacy for children extends Vanderbilt University announces the availability of a NICHD-funded well beyond this office or the postdoctoral fellowship in mental retardation or atypical development research. committee, and indeed underlies The program is closely associated with Vanderbilt's John F. Kennedy Center, the interests of many one of 14 NICHD-funded national menial retardation research centers. Fellows developmental scientists. Again, work closely with one or more faculty mentors, whose work is in diverse areas we invite members to view this including but not limited to language, reading, behavior disorders, autism, and/ office as a resource. Please feel or emotion. Applicants should have a PhD in psychology, special education, or free to contact us at any time with a closely related area and be interested in learning to conduct research relevant suggestions or questions. We will to children and adults with developmental disabilities. Several recent fellows do our very best to represent the have obtained NIH funding to support their research by the conclusion of their interests of SRCD in Washington. postdoctoral program and have gone on to faculty positions in major research universities. Start date is negotiable. Send resume and statement of interest to Finally, I would like to acknowledge my Linda Dupre, Box 74 Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN predecessor, Lauren Fasig, for the 37203. Address all inquiries to: tedra.waldenanderbilt.edu. Vanderbilt standard of excellence that she has set University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. and the infrastructure that she has

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New It mks Development. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Lamb, Michael E., Bornstein, Marc H., Erlbaum Associates. & Teti, Douglas (2002) Development in by SRCD Infancy: An Introduction (4e). Bornstein, Marc H., Davidson, L., Keyes, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum C. M., Moore, K., & The Center for Child Members Associates. Well-Being (2003). Well-Being: Positive Development Across the Life Course. Lidz, Carol S. (2002). Early Childhood Bornstein, Marc H. (Ed.) (2002). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Assessment. New York, NY: Wiley. Handbook of Parenting (2e). Vol 1: Associates. Children and Parenting, Vol. 2: Biology Moen, Phyllis (2003). It's about Time: and Ecology of Parenting, Vol. 3: Status Dixon, Wallace (2002). Twenty Studies that Couples and Careers. Ithaca, NY: and Social Conditions of Parenting, Revolutionized Child Psychology. Upper Cornell University Press. Vol. 4: Applied Parenting, Vol. 5: Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Practical Parenting. Mahwah, NJ: Mortimer, Jeylan T. (2003). Working and Honig, Alice Sterling (2002). Secure Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Growing Up in America. Cambridge, Associates. Relationships: Nurturing Infant/Toddler MA: Harvard University Press. Attachment in Early Care Settings. Bornstein, Marc H., & Bradley, Robert Washington, DC: National Association for Weinstein, Rhona S. (2002). Reaching H. (Eds.) (2003). Socioeconomic the Education of Young Children. Higher: The Power of Expectations in Status, Parenting, and Child Schooling. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

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Henrietta T. Smith, Prof. Emeritus of and drafted a psychological study of her. German literature and musical Psychology at was The SRCD Directory of Members lists her performance provided him with great the first African American member of as a member beginning in 1967. joy. His name appears for the first SRCD. Born in 1925 in Huntsville, time in the 1964 SRCD Directory of Armin Grams, Prof. Emeritus at the AL, she died in Poughkeepsie, NY Members. on November 12, 2002 at the age of University of Vermont, died suddenly on 76. She received her B.A. and M.A. November 20, 2002 at the age of 78. He Curtis R Acredolo died peacefully on from the University of Cincinnati was born on October 20, 1924 in December 9 after a long and valiant and her Ph.D. in Psychology from Chicago. A graduate of Concordia battle with cancer that began during Radcliffe College. She served as a University in River Forest, IL, he earned graduate school as Hodgkins research assistant in education at his Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Disease. Dr. Acredolo was born on the Harvard Graduate School and Prof. Grams achieved national June 9, 1947 in Richmond, CA. He taught psychology at Allen prominence in the field of gerontology. received his bachelor's degree from University in Columbia, SC, before He founded the Human Development UC Berkeley, and his Ph.D. in 1975 in joining the faculty of Vassar College and Family Studies Program and was Child Development from the in 1954. She served as the chair of instrumental in the creation of the University of Minnesota. Curt joined Psychology for many years. Dr. Certificate in Gerontology at the the Human and Community Smith's research and publications University of Vermont. In addition, he Development Dept. at UC Davis in focused on the acquisition of sex was a professor in Education and 1976. His research interests included roles and values in young children Psychology at DePaul University, developmental changes in children's and the perception of adult sex-role Chicago; in Psychology at Wisconsin coping skills and their understanding behavior by nursery school children. State College, LaCrosse, in the Institute of logical principles. His most lasting She also did research on the effect of Child Development, Minneapolis; legacy to UC Davis was as a teacher of institutionalization on infants and Head of the Human Development and mentor to undergraduate and young children in the late 1960s, Program at the Merrill-Palmer Institute in graduate students. Through the which took her to Greece, a country Detroit. Prof. Grams also participated in establishment of two companies, he she came to love, to gather data the design of the pioneering Head Start helped agencies evaluate and refine there. Prof. Smith had a great interest preschool programs in the 1960s. In their programs and demonstrated in the life of Elizabeth 1 of England addition to varied professional interests, (cont. onp. 11)

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how research in the social sciences Governing Council from 1979-1985 with Arizona, died February 2, 2003. Born in can and should inform policy. Of presidents John Flavell, Eleanor Macoby, Montclair, NJ, David received his A.B. SRCD, a close friend stated, "Curt and Arthur Parmelee. in social relations from Harvard in 1972 was a staunch member since graduate and his Ph.D. in Psychology from the school days [1967] ..., and SRCD was Thomas Tighe died January 15, 2003 of a University of Colorado in 1977. Prof always near and dear to his heart." heart attack at the age of 74. He was born Rowe held positions at Oberlin in 1928 in Hartford, CN, a son of Irish College, the University of Oklahoma, Eleanor J. (Jackie) Gibson, a pioneer immigrants. He earned degrees at Trinity the University of Arizona, and was a in perception studies, died on College and received his Ph.D. in fellow at Cambridge University, December 30, 2002 at the age of 92. Psychology from Cornell University. He Cambridge, England. He was a world- Born December 7, 1910, in Peoria IL. served at least two terms as chair of the renowned behavior geneticist who She received her bachelor's degree in SRCD Finance Committee and was our significantly advanced the 1931 and her master's in 1933 from liaison to AAAS. His name appears for understanding of nature-nurture Smith College, and her Ph.D. in 1938 the first time in the 1972 SRCD Directory issues. A prolific writer, he authored in Psychology from Yale University. of Members. more than 170 scientific articles and Dr. Gibson was best known for two books. David's name appears for development of the "visual cliff." She David C. Rowe, 53, Prof. of Family Studiesthe first time in the 1987 SRCD joined SRCD in 1970, and served on and Genetics at the University of Directory of Members.

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Announcing the annual Meeting of the The 2004 meetings of the International Head Start's 7'h National Research Jean Piaget Society. The Jean Piaget Society for the Study of Behavioural Conference: Announcing the Call for Society announces the 33rd Annual Development will be held in Ghent, Presentations for "Promoting Positive Meeting to take place in Chicago, Ill, Belgium, July 11-15, 2004. Submission Development in Young Children: June 5-7, 2003. This year's theme is Play deadlines: Symposia: September 10, Designing Strategies That Work, and Development. Scholars interested in2003; Posters: October 1, 2003. For "presented by the Administration on the development of knowledge are regularly updated information about this Children, Youth and Families, U.S. invited to participate whatever their meeting send an e-mail with your name Department of Health and Human discipline. Submissions which do not and address to: [email protected]. More Services, in collaboration with Xtria, LLC; address the program theme are welcome. information is available from the Columbia University's Mailman School of Please visit the Jean Piaget Society Department of Developmental, Public Health, and Society for Research website (http://www.piaget.org) for Personality and , in Child Development to be held June 28- registration details, or write to: Colette Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B- July 1, 2004 in Washington, DC. The Call Daiute, The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 9000 Ghent BELGIUM; Fax: +32 (0)9 is available at http://www.headstart Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016; 2646486; website : http://allservsug.ac. researchconf net. Proposals are due on [email protected]. be/ISSBD2004. June 27, 2003. For more information, please contact Bethany Chirico; [email protected]; 703-821-3090 ext. 261. 27' Annual National Quality Infant/ Fragile Families Summer Data Toddler Caregiving (QIC) Workshop Workshop. The Social Indicators Survey will be held from June 16-20, 2003, under Center at the Columbia University School the directorship of Dr. Alice Honig. of Social Work is accepting applications Contact Syracuse University Continuing for the Fragile Families Summer Data Education Inquiries at: 700 University Workshop to be held July 21-25, 2003 at Ave. Syracuse, NY 13244-3273; E-mail: Columbia University. For additional [email protected]; amstewar@uc. information and applications, go to syr.edu; Tel: (315) 443-3299; Fax: (315) www.siscenter.org, or call (212) 854-9046. 2003 Biennial Meeting in 443-4174; E-mail: cwu14@sytedu. Applications are due May 1, 2003. Tampa. April 24-27t1'l

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Executive Office staff members, left to right, Row 1: Thelma Tucker, Past President Ross Parke with President Esther Thelen John Hagen, Jennifer Retter; Row 2: Elliot Harik, Kate Tallerico, Joshua Sledge, Amy Debrecht, Detra Davis. Missing from photo: Nearly all developmental textbooks reprint an evocative Patricia Settimi and Angela Mackay. image credited to Uri Bronfenbrenner. A small child stands at the center of a set of concentric circles. The circles refer to The 2003 Biennial Meetings of SRCD are now history. The the ever-widening context of the child's development within number of registrants for the Tampa Meetings was the third family, neighborhood, school, community, nation, and so on. largest ever As a systems theorist, I like this image very much. But I also (Washington INSIDE like to add my own imaginary cartoon of the mutually D.C. in 1997 was interactive influences within the child that connects her to Government Fellow Report 2 the largest and this world: emotional, perceptual, motor, cognitive, genetic, We Can Make a Difference 2 Minneapolis was hormonal. When we see development we see the result of all Focus on 3 second). The of these intersecting circles. Report from SRCD Washington Office 4 program was the A Student Speaks 5 largest in terms of Contacting SRCD 5 I have been recalling these images a lot lately as I take over Members in the Media 6 accepted the office of President of the Society of Research in Child Position Opening 6 submissions, and Development. The SRCD has a complexity that mirrors, and New Leadership 7 the diversity in befits, the complexity of the children we study. Our diversity Fellowships Available 7 terms of topics, is astounding. Just a brief glance at the program of our 9 Memoir age levels Tampa meeting shows topics as different as parenting, Thanks. 13 covered, and Member News 14 language, violence, genetics, vision, reasoning, temperament, Classified Ad 14 author ethnic issues, social policy, brain function, and more. The Announcements 15 characteristics in array is especially awe-inspiring to me because my own work Change of Address Notification 16 Developments Submitting guidelines 16 (cont. onp. 10) (cont. onp. 11)

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Due Policy Roiles organizing briefings, and advising the delineate a research agenda to address Congressman on legislation. gaps in HIV/AIDS and drug abuse research with a special emphasis on Anthony D. Salandy The highlight of my year on the Hill was Center on Aids and Other Medical youth, drug-related violence, healthy the work I did in assisting on legislation workforce, and other public health Consequences of Drug Abuse, that resulted in a special session of the problems in epidemiology, etiology, National Institute of Drug Abuse, 107th Congress in New York City. It was an prevention, treatment, and service NIH, DHHS extraordinary experience to develop an research in the Caribbean region. idea from a New York Daily News editorial I have the distinct pleasure of being the that culminated in Congress convening In addition, I am the managing editor of first individual to participate in both of outside Washington for the first time a newsletter for the Center on Aids and the Congressional and Executive Branch since the early beginnings of our Other Medical Consequences of Drug Fellowships. As a Congressional Fellow, government. Abuse that highlights HIV/AIDS and I worked in the Office of drug abuse research Congressman efforts in the Charles Rangel. My primary Caribbean. responsibility was to work on My experience the as a SRCD reauthorization fellow has of the changed my life. I am Temporary Assistance to certain that IJ when I return Needy Families (TANF) to academia, legislation. my experiences Government Fellows, Past and Present Lefi to right, Row I: Rhonda Boyd, Tamara Heagerich, My additional and new Marilou Hyson, Stephanie Curenton, Ivelisse Martinez-Beck, Heather Biggar Kersey, Ann Marie White, perspective duties included laurie Cutting. Row 2: Brian Wilcox, Kim Boller, Helen Raikes, LeShawndra Price, Jessica Campbell, surely will managing a Margaret Feerick, unidentified Row 3: Jonathan Miles, Liz Albro, Rachel Schiffman, Anthony Salandy, legislative Cassandra Simmel, unidentified. enhance my portfolio that research. The long hours on the Hill and the fast included issues pertaining to pace of the legislative arena quickly gave My contact information: agriculture, the environment, children way to the subdued research environment [email protected] and families, drug abuse, and HIV/ at the National Institutes of Health. www.nida.nih.gov AIDS. Some of my tasks included (301)451-4938 writing speeches and editorials, meeting Currently, I work at the National Institute with constituent groups, drafting on Drug Abuse at NIH, DHHS, as an correspondence and legislation, Executive Branch Fellow. My task is to

We Can Make a judge in Boston, upheld the Reilly, said that: "This is a great victory constitutionality of a school for public school students and for civil Difference desegregation policy adopted in Lynn, rights." Apparently, the judge relied Massachusetts, 15 years ago. This was heavily on the expert witness evidence, Melanie Killen the case that I wrote about in the which argued for the benefits of University of Maryland December 2002 issue of Developments. diversity from a developmental The Chief of the Civil Rights Division in psychology viewpoint. Thus, this is a Last week (Friday, June 6th, 2003), Boston, Richard Cole, who tried the case, good example of how findings from Judge Nancy Gertner, the federal district was ecstatic. The Attorney General, Tom developmental psychology can make a difference in the lives of children.

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The Rolle of Researchhii need to understand that foundations have generally been found to be associated agendas, boards, mission statements, and with teen childbearing, but not with Phillanthropy specific goals that direct their research maternal employment in general. Thus, needs. research indicates that programs to prevent teen childbearing are a good Kristin Anderson Moore President and Senior Scholar What Is Required? idea, while interventions to keep mothers from working seem to be Child Trends Researchers and foundation staff have to unnecessary. By identifying problems, researchers can help foundations hone The role of research in philanthropy is be able and willing to form a partnership their focus. often misunderstood or underestimated and work together to determine what by both the research and the research is to be done, how to do it, and Investigating effective program and foundation communities. Both can what ultimately will be done with the policy strategies based on prior findings. For their part, foundations need learn from the experience Child Trends research:For example, research on has had in building collaborative to allow their research partners to publish adolescents has identified the relationships with a number of based on their work together; they can importance of relationships, including even publish together, so that both parties foundations, specifically with the John parent-child relationships and S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the to the partnership benefit. friendships with peers. Moreover, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, and research finds peer relationships are not the Foundation for Child Development. only important but that they are also These foundations not only use generally positive. This suggests research, trend data, and evaluation in programs that address relationships and their work on a regular basis, but they peer groups deserve attention. also see research as a critical Identifying mistakes that should be component of their work. avoided:Policy makers often seem to want informational or educational After working with foundations for approaches and simple, quick, low-cost more than 20 years as a researcher, my solutions. It would be nice to have an perception is that foundations are more inoculation to ward off problems, of savvy about how research can be course, and this may explain the useful to foundations than researchers popularity of approaches such as are about how and why they ought to "Scared Straight" and sex education be assisting foundations. programs that lecture students sternly. However, researchers find that these Foundations, after all, are important quick, low-cost approaches don't work engines of change in the United States. for at-risk teens. Learning from They support innovative programs. previous work can save time and They provide start-up money for new Kirstin Moore resources. ideas. They influence the direction of policies and programs in communities Evaluating foundation-funded that others fund. They take risks. And What Are the Possible Roles for programs, including implementation their work can benefit from the Researchers With Foundations? evaluation, outcome monitoring, and knowledge and methodological full-fledged randoin assignment experience of researchers. Based on the work that we have done experimental evaluation.Not every over the last 24 years at Child Trends, the program warrants experimental Foundations often look for partners as following are some possible ways for evaluation, but researchers can do they develop and implement their researchers and foundations to work studies that assess how well a program agendas. This work can be engaging, together: was implemented in the field and help gratifying, and intellectually monitor outcomes over time. challengingand it often informs the Identifying a problem:For example, Sharing findings with journalists and other work that researchers do. Yet researchers have examined the policy makers, as well as foundation researchers tend to see foundations as consequences of both teen childbearing staff:Even when work is done funders for the work that researchers and maternal employment. Negative themselves want to do. Researchers consequences for children have (cont. on p. 8)

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Head Start: Where Administration's view of Head Start is This bipartisan issue is quickly consistent with their focus on education becoming a very partisan debate. House We're At and essential coordination of early Republicans unveiled a bill authored by childhood programs within states. Representative Michael Castle (R-DE) Rebecca Goodman that would change the funding structure Office of Policy & Communications Earlier this year advocates and of Head Start. It would give states the policymakers began the process of opportunity to manage Head Start funds Since it began in 1965, Head Start has analyzing the current Head Start program. themselves and to combine Head Start served over 21 million children and theirRumors abounded that the Administration with other early childhood programs. families. It has been the recipient of wanted to see the program moved to the Many advocates are concerned that much praise over the years, yet has such a change would ultimately lead to continuously worked towards a decrease in per-child funds spent on improvement. Head Start is currently early childhood programs. They are also serving over 912,000 of the country's concerned that there will be changes to most vulnerable children. However, less quality and performance standards, and than half of all eligible children are that the states may try to serve more enrolled because of funding limitations. children with the same amount of funds, This year, Congress has the serious forcing them to reduce the services to task of reauthorizing the Head Start children and families. legislation. The Head Start program has grown, just Head Start serves children that are at or as the children, into a better program below 100% of the federal poverty level with higher goals and more guidance. compared with state-funded preschool Legislation that does not recognize the programs that generally serve children commitment of Head Start to serving at 130% or higher of the federal poverty young children, that does not include level. In the 1998-1999 period, 69% of the full set of Head Start Performance Head Start families earned less than Standards, and that chooses to change $12,000 a year and in 2001 the median rather than improve the structure of the family income of Head Start families Rebecca Goodman program, will risk a decrease in quality, was between $9,000 and $11,999. and perhaps in the comprehensive gains Fortunately Head Start is free to Department of Education; so far the in child development for which Head families, whereas other child care or introduced legislation has not Start is known. state-funded preschool programs recommended such a move. The National charge families for the services they Head Start Association launched a The Brookings Institution, a receive. Each state's commitment to campaign to "Save Head Start" by nonpartisan research institution, held a early childhood programs varies, which opposing any legislation or changes that briefing titled "Head Start's Future" on invites differences in funding, but the would dismantle the current program, May 7, 2003. Three distinct panels federally mandated Head Start sets the including moving it to the states. discussed the program and its funding level for each state based on reauthorization this year. Congressmen the number of anticipated participating Michael Castle and George Miller children. participated in the first panel and There is no debate The Office for Policy and Communications is delighted to welcome its first expressed their views that members of summer intern, Christopher Smith, who will be working with the office on on changing the Congress and the creating additional infrastructure in the form of databases and fact sheets. funding structure of Administration want Chris will be a senior at Georgetown University this fall. the Head Start to do what is best for program. During the children, specifically I will be leaving the Office for Policy and Communications this summer. briefing, several Head Start children; It has been a privilege to represent the interests of SRCD in my role, and a experts recommended the debate is what is pleasure to work with SRCD staff and members. Please address all future the formation of a best for these inquiries for the Office to the general mailbox at [email protected]. task force to explore children. The (cont. onp. 13)

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Forget Graduate sponsored through Columbia Teachers' the Internet. The Guide to Careers in College, provides an opportunity for Ph.D. Child and Family Policy (http:// Schooll...For a Surnamer! students to "link their academic learning www.igpa.uillinois.edu/cfp/) hosts links with their interests in social policy by to many internship programs of varying Shannah Tharp-Taylor working in a city or state agency or in a lengths and will be back up and running Graduate Student private foundation on a policy relevant at the end of June. Additionally, the University of Pittsburgh project." The fellowship afforded me a Everett Public Service Internship bird's-eye view into grantmaking for Program website (http:// What exactly are you planning to do this policy-related research. Meanwhile, I was www.everettinternships.org/ summer? Have you thought about able to contribute using skills gained default.html) could also be useful. spending a few months at your dream Additionally, look at websites for research institute? You could even organizations, companies, and summer in New York City working at an government agencies where you would organization dedicated to children's like to spend a summer. Be sure to find social issues or writing science news out whether they offer paid or features for a newspaper or magazine. volunteer positions.

Summertime provides a window for This summer, I hit my beat as a science exploring opportunities outside of the writer for the Chicago Tribune through typical GSR or TA experiences. There are the AAAS Mass Media Fellows many prospects for people with the Program. AAAS Fellows use our strong writing skills and analytical academic training in the sciences as we thinking abilities gained in graduate research, write, and report today's school. In fact, an eight-to ten-week headlines, for newspaper, magazine, program may offer an option for students television, and radio. I chose this who are looking to vary their work fellowship to learn to present my histories or who are simply interested in research in a way that will be doing something different. understandable and interesting to nonspecialists as well as to gain a Selecting the appropriate summer Shannah Tharp-Taylor better understanding of the process for fellowship or internship can enhance disseminating science news to a students' training by providing funding through my graduate training by broader audience outside of academia. and time to concentrate on research evaluating the merits of research areas we may be too busy to pursue proposals and collecting, organizing, and So, look for my byline and I'll look for during the school year. In fact, many reporting information gathered at yours next summer. research think tanks across the country conferences back to the foundation staff. I offer summer internships for students to even conducted preliminary analyses of , O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 work on independent projects while data investigating the quality of children's O 0 O SRCD 0 utilizing the resources of the host education as a function of tuition costs O 0 an interesting question outside of my o Contact Information 0 institution. For example, Educational o o Testing Service (ETS) offers a summer usual research pursuits. o o Membership & Website: program in research for graduate o o o Tel: (734) 998-6524 o If looking for something completely o students. Interns in this program o Fax: (734) 998-6569 different, a budding psychologist o o participate in research under the o Email:[email protected] o guidance of a senior ETS researcher in studying aggression in children might, for o o Biennial Meeting Program: one of ETS's many research areas from example, choose to intern at Harlem o o Children's Zone where interns develop o Tel: (734) 998-6578 o education to statistics. o Fax: (734) 998-6569 o arts-based projects, prepare lesson plans, o o Email: [email protected] 0 and teach media literacy and video o This past summer, I tried my hand as a o Permissions & Exhibits: o grant evaluator for the Foundation for production to youth in an effort to reduce o o teen violence. o Tel: (734) 998-6578 o Child Development through the Putting o Fax: (734) 998-6569 o Children First Summer Fellowship in o o o Ema:il [email protected] h do Child and Family Policy. This program, Information on these and other summer o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o internship opportunities can be found on 5 33 MEMBERS INTHE MEDIA

Members in the Media H. Harrington Cleveland, University of Suniya Luthar, Columbia University: Nevada, Las Vegas: Miami Herald The Inquirer, February International Edition, February 27, 3, 2003: "Help teens cope with The SRCD Office for Policy and 2003: "Smoking, drinking linked in isolation, stress." Communications is interested in schools." highlighting our members who are Gerald W. McRoberts, Lehigh featured in the news media for their H. Harrington Cleveland, University of University: CNN Headline News, work on various research-related topics. Nevada, Las Vegas: Alcoholism & Drug February 7, 2003: "BabyEars: A The following are submissions by our Abuse Weekly, March 10, 2003: High- recognition system for affective members and are presented according to use schools may influence drinking, vocalizations." name, affiliation, and date of the media smoking among peers. coverage, and title or brief description Gerald W. McRoberts, Lehigh of the topic: Michael Lewis, UMDNJ Robert Wood University: BBC World Service, Johnson Medical School: The Star February 19, 2003: "BabyEars: A Jeffrey Arnett, University of Ledger, February 23, 2003: "Want to recognition system for affective Maryland: NPR Talk of the Nation, spy on your kids? Be prepared for the vocalizations." May 28, 2003: Adolescence and the worst." definition of adulthood. Gerald W. McRoberts, Lehigh Michael Lewis, UMDNJ Robert Wood University: National Public Radio, Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Johnson Medical School: Woman's Day, March 2 and March 19, 2003: Northwestern University and Sandra March 4, 2003: Kids' Day. "BabyEars: A recognition system for L. Hofferth, University of Maryland: affective vocalizations." Michael Lewis, UMDNJ Robert Wood Yahoo!News, March 11, 2003: "When Moms Earn, Kids Learn." Johnson Medical School: John P. Murray, Kansas State Developmental Psychologist TV series, University: Touched By An Angel, April 25, 2003: Emotional March 15, 2003: Research findings on Developmental in Adolescence. (cont. on p. 7)

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Qualifications include: Doctorate in human development, educational psychology, developmental psychology,or related field; publication and external funding record commensurate with appointment as full Professor; administrative experience as department chair, associate dean, or other comparable experience. A full position announcement can be found at: www.education.umd.edu/news/vacancies.

Candidates should submit an application letter addressing the qualifications, current curriculum vitae, representative publications, and contact information of three persons from whom letters of referencemay be requested. Send nominations and applications to: Philip J. Burke, Ph.D. Human Development Chair Search Committee Room 1308 Benjamin Building University of Maryland &College Park, Maryland 20742 Voice: 301- 405-6515 FAX: 301-314-9158- Email: [email protected]. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Submit by October 1, 2003 for best consideration. Position appointment effective July 1, 2004. EOE/AA. 40 NEW LEADERSHIP

Members in the Media (cont. from p. 6) William T. Grant Darcia Narvaez, University of Notre Dame: PBS, March 18, 2003: Foundatkm "Education news that parents can Amounces use." Leadership Darcia Narvaez, University of Notre Dame: April 4, 2003: Character Transition education. Pamela Trotman Reid, University of The William T. Grant Foundation announced that Michigan, The Detroit News, March Karen Hein, M.D., president 26, 2003: "Ambition adds up to girls' success." of the Foundation since 1998, ,1 will step down as of July 1, Robert Granger and Karen HeM at the We encourage and welcome all members to 2003. After 35 years in academia, 2003 SRCD Biermial Meeting report recent noteworthy mentions in local, government, health policy, and state, or national magazines, newspapers, philanthropy, upon her departure from Foundation in 2000, Dr. Granger has been news broadcasts, radio spots, interviews, or the Foundation, Dr. Hein will work on responsible for leading the Foundation's articles published based on their research (limit: submis-sions per topic for each global peace education efforts, perform grant-making, including refinements that member.) Information may be mailed, e- public service in Asia, and continue to would improve its impact on youth policy and practice. Dr. Granger's research mailed, or faxed to: SRCD Office for Policy serve on the boards of a number of and Communications; 750 First Street, NE; specialties include the study of social national and international organizations. Washington, DC 20002-4242; (202) 336- programs and policies that affect low- 5953; fax [email protected] Her successor will be Robert C. Granger, income children, youth, and families. He Ed.D., currently senior vice president of earned his doctorate in education from the the Foundation. Since joining the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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Focus on... (cont. from p. 3)

specifically to inform foundation very stimulating work. It involves where they are going. Pictured below are decision-making, sharing this interacting with people who live and work the discussants and the dates of their knowledge with programs and in the "real world," and operating in that SRCD presidency. (See page 13 for a communities that cannot commission world offers a chance to make a difference listing of supporters of our 70th anniver- their own studies can benefit the directly, by developing a program, helping sary events.) larger community. It also can free up a community, or contributing to public community and foundation resources dialogue. for other activities. (cont. on p. 13)

What's in it for Foundations?

Very few foundations have large Reflecflons on the research departments. So drawing on History of SRCD the deep or the broad expertise of the research community can extend On Saturday afternoon, April 26, 2003, a foundations' knowledge base. special 70th anniversary event was held at the biennial meeting in Tampa, FL. Past What's in it for Researchers? presidents of the Society gathered to share their thoughts and observations about As a researcher, I can say that where the field and the Society were and collaborating with foundations is often Eleanor Maccoby 1981-1983

E. Mavis Hetherington 1985-1987 Frances D. Horowitz 1997-1999

_ Robert N. Emde 1991-1993 Willard Hartup 1993-1995 Glen H. Elder, Jr. 1995-1997

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Louise Sherlock. Together they moved to and Tighe, 1988). He was also able to use New York for his first teaching position at his passion for research to contribute to Columbia University (Barnard College). SRCD as Liaison Officer to AAAS from 1983 to 2002. He organized some twenty- After teaching at Barnard from 1960 to four research Symposia for AAAS aimual 1963, Tom moved on to Dartmouth meetings. The topics, represented by College where he taught till 1984. His superb scholars, ranged far and wide over research focused on perceptual and development. They were timely and of discrimination learning in children and highinterest.Examplesinclude animals. One emphasis was on the "Development of Scientific Thinking" transfer of learning within and outside of (1984), "Normal and Pathological Aging the initial stimulus dimensions after an of Human Memory" (1987), "A Critical initial discrimination had been mastered Examination of the Concept of Critical (intra- and extra-dimensional shifts). He Periods" (1991), and "Successful Children developed a model of the transfer in Risky Environments" (1999). behavior in terms of subproblem learning Thomas J. Tighe which was able to explain age differences Toward the end of his administrative 1928-2003 in children's performance as well as the career, and sadly his life, Tom turned his performance of various animal species. scholarship toward the university itself. Thomas Tighe passed away on January Using his perspective as a teacher, 15, following a heart attack. Two While at Dartmouth Tom served a term as researcher, and administrator he hallmarks which characterized him were Chair of the Psychology Department and authored a book, Who 's in Charge of a thoroughness in preparation andalso as Associate Provost for Budget and America's Research Universities? This execution of any task he undertook andPlanning. Such positions signaled a career book, published posthumously, is a wry sense of humor revealed sometimes shift to administration. Thus it was not subtitled A Blueprint for Reform. It is a only by a twinkle in his eye. The tasksurprising when he moved to the scholarly treatment of the history of the preparation and performance wereUniversity of Texas at Dallas as Dean of American research university and its manifest in the many aspects of histhe School of Human Development, achievements. Tom makes the case that career:teaching,research,and serving from 1984 to 1988. In 1988 he the university is under attack from a administration. His sense of humor came returned to his home state as Provost and variety of sources. However, he has out in knowing when not to take himselfVice President for Academic Affairs of the positive suggestions about how the too seriously without sacrificing hisUniversity of Connecticut, serving until various constituencies of the university principles. 1995. He then moved to the University of can work together to overcome these South Florida serving as Provost and dangers. Tighe was born in Hartford Executive Vice President until 2000. Connecticut on December 30, 1928. He Stepping down from these high Tom is survived by his wife, Louise, his received a B.A. from Trinity College as administrative posts he became Founding daughter, Lisa Cramer, son-in-law, Rex an undergraduate, majoring in English. Director of the University Center for Brain Cramer, and his son Mark Tighe and After serving in the army during the and Behavior and returned to teaching daughter-in-law, Mitzi Kremer Tighe. Korean War he began graduate study duties in the Psychology Department. With his death his family has lost a at Cornell University. Working under With all the fiscal skills he had acquired devoted husband and father, the the guidance from Richard Walk, he Tom was able to contribute to SRCDhe Society has lost a splendid contributor, received his Ph.D. in experimental served on the SRCD Finance Committee and higher education has lost a fine psychology in 1959. acting as Chair from 1996 to 1998. teacher, scholar, and administrator.

One of the highlights of Tighe's In spite of the demands of his administrativeHerbert Pick research at Cornell was his duties Tom never lost his keen interest inInstitute of Child Development collaboration with Walk and Eleanor research. This is exemplified by his book onUnivei-sity of Minnesota Gibson on the initial investigation of modern learning theory (Tighe, 1982), his the visual cliff (Gibson, Walk, & Tighe, book co-edited with J. Dowling on 1958). Another highlight of the time at psychology and music (Tighe and Dowling, Cornell was his falling in love with, and 1992), and a study with Michael Fanselow marrying, fellow graduate student, of contextual conditioning of rats (Fanselow

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(cont. from p. 1) terms of indices such as disciplines and who have been members for awhile, the Friday afternoon. Our reason was that countries of origin were indeed magnitude of the changes, not just in size many attendees are feeling the effects impressive. Of the 5,300 persons in but in contents and quality, became of three day's of meetings by Saturday. attendance, 1,980 were students and apparent as one viewed the exhibits and Indeed, attendance at the plenary, over 700 were from countries other thanattended the many special sessions that including President Ross Parke's the U.S. Comments on the Tampa site addressed both the changes in the address and the awards ceremony (see were overwhelmingly positive, and the Society and the changes in the field of the below and on page 12 for photos of Governing Council (GC) of SRCD study of child development. The special awardees) was very high. This Friday expresses special thanks to the display commemorating the 70th schedule will likely be retained for the members of the program 2007 meetings in Atlanta. It committee, and especially does mean that we did not the co-chairs, Erika Hoff schedule a special, elective and Brett Laursen, for event on Friday (such as their dedication to making the visit to the I tit:B.5'v this one of the most Minneapolis Museum of successful meetings ever. Art in 2001), so this was a Thanks also are owed to trade-off. Given our size, it Judith Becker Bryant and has become increasingly Jim Barnard from the difficult to locate University of South appropriate venues, sell Florida for facilitating I tickets at reasonable many arrangements and prices, and get sufficient providing and ,c7f numbers to attend. supervising over 150 ") Feedback from members on volunteers who played a ;44 this schedule change and crucial role in carrying out loss of the elective event is the meetings. Our A glimpse of the 70th Anniversary of SRCD history display. most welcome! wonderful staff members in Ann Arbor took a brief time off from Anniversary is shown in the photo below. Over the years I have heard time and their duties in Tampa to be photo- Parts of this display will be available on again from attendees that the content of graphed and the results can be viewed the SRCD website in the near future. One the program seems to have shifted, and on page 1. registrant was overheard to say, "It is usually the person making the humbling yet exciting to see how our field comments feels that his/her special The special features of the meetings has flourished in spite of the changes and areas of interest have lost time or that commemorated the 70th obstacles that have been the course of emphases. There certainly have been Anniversary of the Society were very our history." changes over the years, but as Esther well attended and received. While the Thelen points out in her presidential growth of SRCD in terms of the size of A major change for the 2003 Meetings was column in this issue of Developments, the biennial meetings and the size of its moving the plenary session and the program has become richer and more publications is apparent to all of us presidential reception from Saturday to (cont. on p. 11)

N. itt M Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development Awardees: Lois Bloom, Marshall Haith, William Greenough, and Lee Robins.

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Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Lives of Children winner, Irving Harris, was unable to attend.

Distinguished Contributions to Distinguished Contributions to Public Policy for Children Awardees: SRCD Awardee, Mark Robert McCall and Dan Olweus. Unable to accept their awards due Appelbaum. to illness: Steven Ceci, Leon Eisenberg. Notes from the Executive Officer (cont. from p. 10) diverse in many ways. With almost 3,000 different presentations, most people should find more than enough in their specialty areas. Again, if you have particular suggestions in terms of content, points of view, or diversity for the program, please let me know, and I will be sure they are brought to the attention of the new Program Committee.

We thank you all for your participation in the 2003 program of the biennial meetings. By all counts, the meeting was a huge success, SRCD has entered its eighth decade, and we look forward to even better programs over the next decade. Award for Early Research Contributions Awardees: John Spencer and Ariel Kalil. John Hagen [email protected]

Message From the President (cont. from p. 1)

comes from a tiny corner of the child's boundaries, disciplines, and levels of during my two years of serving as world, how infants learn to control their study. This is our best reminder that we President-elect. I look forward to movements. Not only are we diverse, are not studying just bits and parts, but continuing to work with them as well as we are also dynamic, changing as children. Our common goal is promoting current President-Elect Aletha Huston, theories come and go, and as families the welfare of children through new Secretary Judith Smetana, and the and social policies also evolve. When I understanding how they develop. dedicated and ever-sparkling members joined SRCD in 1976, for instance, motorEveryone has something to contribute to of Governing Council. development was not even on the this common goal, and I hope that SRCD program, now there are dozens and will continue to be the organization where Whereas officers drift through, SRCD is dozens of contributions. we can talk to each other. really run by our staff. We credit SRCD's excellent health to the I see maintaining diversity and flexibility I am honored, humbled, and not a little administrative skills of John Hagen, our as the foremost challenge for the intimidated by this office (which turns out Executive Officer, and Pat Settimi, our officers, governing council, committees, to be a whole lot more than a speech at Deputy Executive Officer. They, and a editors, and the superb professional the end!). I only sleep at night because very talented staff in Ann Arbor, have staff in Ann Arbor and Washington. In this is such a team effort. Pas.t-presidents organized our hugely successful the face of increasing specialization, we Michael Rutter and Ross Parke, and biennial meetings, supported our must embrace and celebrate our former Secretary Andy Collins have been publications, kept our membership at conversations across national incredibly helpful, wise, and patient (cont. on p. 12)

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Message From the President (cont. from p. 11) high levels, maintained a strong of our newsletter, Developments. Under Like our publications, the biennial financial situation, and kept the her editorship, it has been responsive andmeeting sets an agenda for the organization in the forefront of child timely to the changing needs of the discipline. Tampa Co-Chairs Erica Hoff research and policy. It is not always Society. and Brett Laursen along with the superb easy to negotiate between academic and staff in Ann Arbor, under the direction administrative issues, but the staff has Our publications are the pride of SRCD. of Thelma Tucker as Program managed to do this gracefully and We are indebted to our team of wonderful Operations Manager, deserve our responsively. editors, Lynn Liben (Child Development) thanks for the full and balanced program For our research to serve the lives of and Willis Overton (Monographs), and agreeable venue. The attendance children, it must reach the ears of those Blackwell Publishers, and an able staff in was splendid. Once again, a highlight who formulate and administer child and Ann Arbor, for maintaining our very high of the meeting was the presence of 36 family policy. The SRCD is committed to quality and visibility. A special thanks to Millennium Scholars. This program, maintaining a strong voice in the policy Angela Mackey, who has done such a instituted by Frances Horowitz and arena. We welcome Mary Ann McCabe splendid job as our new Managing Editor. LaRue Allen, allows a group of minority as the new director of our Washington undergraduates to participate in the Office of Policy and Communication. The issues of diversity are nowhere more SRCD meeting, with experienced Mary Ann has replaced Lauren Fasig, salient than in our publications because scholars as mentors and guides. The who with Rebecca Goodman, revitalized what gets published truly shapes the goal of the program is to increase SRCD's links in the Capitol. The field. I join the editors, Publications minority students in our field. Cynthia Washington staff, along with Garcia Coll and Natalia our Committee on Policy and Palacios organized this year's Communication, work to group. I look forward to disseminate research findings working with Roger Bakeman to appropriate federal and state and Kathleen McCartney on legislative and executive the 2005 meeting in Atlanta. agencies. They also keep We will continue to seek members informed of speakers and symposia on the legislation and administrative cutting edge of developmental decisions relevant to our science and policy, and from research. For example, with our less-well represented other social science groups, we disciplines, as well as trying are keeping a close watch on out some new formats for rules for protection of human debate and discussion. subjects and ever-changing SRCDEditors: Lynn Liben, Willis Overton, Pamela Reid, and policies regarding privacy of Lonnie Sherrod. Almost twenty per cent of our medical records. SRCD's members come from 47 publication, Social Policy Reports, ably Committee and Governing Council to different countries other than the U.S., edited by Lonnie Sherrod and Jeanne continue to work toward fully and many of them participate in our Brooks-Gunn, is another important representing the diversity of our subjects biennial meeting. As one way of venue for providing both our members and our members, recognizing that increasing our welcome to our non-U.S. and a wider audience of government meeting these goals is still a work in members, GC is working diligently to try agencies and foundations with progress. We live at a time when there is to secure a future biennial meeting in a integrative reviews of policy-related enormous fluidity in our constructions of non-U.S. site. There are many logistical research. On the topic of dissemination, social, national, ethnic, racial, and gender and financial issues to consider, but it is Child Development Editor Lynn Liben is boundaries. This means we need to a high priority. asking authors to provide general- heighten our sensitivity to the changing reader-friendly summaries of their questions about children and families and I would never have dreamed when I research papers. Some of this research the methods we use to study them. As joined the SRCD nearly thirty years ago is policy-related, but some is important one step, we will be surveying SRCD that I would be serving in this office basic research. We know there is a large members about their experiences with our today. I began as an outsider, from an audience for child-related information, publications and asking for suggestions alien disciplinebiologyand so we will continue to work on how to for the future. Please fill out your survey although I have shifted my interests get the messages out there. Finally, we when you receive it! (coM. on p. 13) acknowledge Pamela Reid's editorship 4 6 12 CONTINUATIONS AND THANKS

Washington Office (cont. from p. 4) Focus on... (cont. from p. 8) further improvements, such as teacher In sum, reciprocal relationships between more active in Washington. We've qualification, assessment instruments, the foundation and research communities changed publishers. We've added new and coordination among programs with have tremendous potential. People can programs. But we are specialists in federal funding (Head Start, child care, collaborate in many and varied ways, and change! and services for children with individuals often move back and forth disabilities). between research and foundation work. To help keep the Society a "dynamic The exact ways that researchers and system," I need to hear from you, the The Society for Research in Child foundations can work together are being members. Please email me your Development, in collaboration with the invented in real time...and the promise is reactions, suggestions, comments, National Association for the Education only beginning to be realized. complaints, and photos of the kids. I am of Young Children, and the American so pleased and grateful to serve, and I Psychological Association, organized a Presented by Kristin Anderson Moore, Ph.D., look forward to experiencing our bipartisan briefing for House and Senate at the Society for Research in Child diversity directly through our ongoing staff on June 6, 2003. We were fortunate Development Conference, April 27, 2003. dialogue. to have Senator Christopher Dodd and Child Trends is an independent, nonpartisan research center dedicated to improving the Senator Lamar Alexander as our Esther Thelen lives of children and their families. For thelene@ indiana.edu cosponsors. The purpose of the additional information on Child Trends, visit Congressional briefing was to offer www.childtrends.org. Congressional staff the opportunity to talk with researchers about the Head SRCD Book Message From the Pres. (cont. from p. 12) Start program. We were fortunate to Authors/ have the involvement of many Society somewhat over that time, the Society has Editors members in formulating the Society's always felt like a home. Of course the SRCD Members statement on Head Start and providing Society has changed, too. We've added are invited to notify the Develop- us with relevant literature and speaker many new members and increased the ments Office or editor about your topics for the briefing. professional staff to meet the increasing new publications. A listing of new responsibilities. We've become much publications by members appears on the "Member News" page.

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Exhibitors & Advertisers Exhibitors Sponsors Blackwell Publishers, Inc. 3-C ISD Foundation for Child Development Bradford, Freeman & worth Publishing Academia Book Exhibits For facilitating SRCD's 70th anniversary Group Allyn & Bacon celebration and supporting our Cambridge University Press American Psychological Association Millennium Fellows Program Electrical Geodesics Better Begiinnings, Better Futures Johann Jacobs Foundation Guilford Publications Brookes Publishing For providing support for young Harvard University Press Elsevier scholars from Eastern Eruope and developing countries to attend the James Long company ERIC Clearinghouse biennial meeting Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Houghton-Mifflin William T. Grant Foundation McGraw-Hill Kaplan Early Learning Co. For facilitating SRCD's 70" anniversary MIT Press Kendall Hunt Publishing celebration and supporting our Oxford University Press Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishing Millennium Fellows Program Prentice Hall Merrill Eucation Institute of Child Development, Wadsworth Publishing National Council on Family Relations University of Minnesota W. T. Grant Foundation National Institute on Drug Abuse For supporting our Millennium Fellows Noldus Information Technology Program Psychology Press Sage Publications, Inc. Salimetrics, LLC

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Notes from the Executive Officer... Focus on... Fundhig Child Development Research New SRCD Policy on Web Federal funding for research, training, and programs has Publications played a major (perhaps the major) role in biobehavioral and At the April, 2003 meeting of the Publication Committee, the behavioral fields for the past fifty years. There have been ups question of whether the existing SRCD policy of considering and downs in the availability of funds over the decades as any paper posted on the web as "published" was too well as political and policy involvements. The largest sources restrictive. It was agreed that this policy was problematic and for the fields relevant to child and human development have it was suggested that the earlier policy should be rescinded. been several of the 20 plus institutes that make up the The Publications Committee (PC) discussed the issues and National Institutes of Health. Of course, the Department of reviewed guidelines used in other organizations before Education, the National Science Foundation, the recommending a new policy to the Executive Council (EC). Administration for Children and Families, and others have The EC voted unanimously to accept the recommendation of and continue to make substantial contributions as well. the PC and to adopt the new policy. Currently there are concerns being expressed at several levels with regard to both funding and controls or The new SRCD policy will be implemented immediately. It restrictions being imposed on potential funding. SRCD is reads as follows: working at several levels, often in conjunction with other organizations, to ensure that the system continues to provide If a paper is unpublished, the author may distribute it on the adequate financial resources that are allocated in the ways internet or post it on a website but should label the paper that we feel are most appropriate. The foundation of the with the date and with a statement that the paper has not system we have supported for several decades is the peer (yet) been published. (Example: Draft version 1.3, 1/5/99. This review system, as free from external involvement and paper has not been peer reviewed. Please do not copy or cite pressures as possible. without author's permission.) It is important to view the current situation in context of the history of the way that the system evolved and earlier threats Upon submitting the paper for publication, the author is to its integrity. An obligated to inform the editor if the paper has been or is example that posted on a website. senior members of Millenium Fellows Program 2 our field recall was Authors of articles published in SRCD journals may post a SRCD Monographs 2 the commitment of copy of the final manuscript, as a word processing, PDF, or Report, SRCD Washington Office 3 President other type file, on their website or their employer's server Most Fascinating Studies 4 Kennedy and his (cont. onp. 10) Members in the Media 4 family to Memoirs 6 unraveling the causes and Mark Your Calendar! Job Openings 4,7 Month looking for Foundation Funding 8 Oct 10 remediation for Member News 1 2004 Membership Renewal reminders mailed Announcements 11 mental 15 2004 SRA Biennial Meeting online registration retardation. It was Classified Ad 11 available Submission Guidelines 12 Dec (cont. onp. 8) 2004 Membership Renewal deadline

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The SRCD Monographs that Monographs is now initially distributed to more than 4,000 library Willis Overton shelves. Combined with the distribution W14liert4t4.44711,9eliows, Editor, SRCD Monographs to SRCD members, this means that the "7"-vosrve. initial printing of an issue of As the current Editor of Monographs of Monographs reaches more than 9,000 The Millennium Fellows Program, the SRCD, I recently reported to the bookshelves. This is a particularly developed and established by SRCD in Publications Committee and the Executive impressive number when you consider 1998 to increase minority representation Council of SRCD some facts about that even the most highly regarded within the field of child development, Monographs that I assumed were academic books seldom sell more than took place again during the biennial commonly known. However, when several 3,000 copies. meeting held in Tampa in April of this members of both groups expressed year. The aim of the program is to Further, after its initial printing as a provide undergraduates from surprise at some of this information, I underrepresented groups with guidance realized that I had made the egocentric journal, the monograph is printed again and support in their pursuit of graduate mistake of assuming that because I knew, with an ISBN number, thus transforming education in Child Development. everyone else must know also. That it into a true "stand-alone" book. The Fellows were paired with Junior experience has led me to writing this piece book is then marketed by Blackwell, and Mentors, a group of current graduate for the newsletter to share this it appears on Amazon.com, Barnes and students, so they could receive advice information about Monographs with the Noble.com, etc. This is another on applying to graduate schools, entire membership. opportunity to go far above the initial choosing graduate programs and 9,000 plus. And add here the fact that professors, financial prospects during Monographs has beenfor almost 70 Monographs is available to the graduate school years, how to survive membership and many libraries in a full the workload, and manage their student, years a journal highly respected for its professional, and personal lives. The contributions that define the cutting edge text electronic form. In addition, fellows were also paired with Senior of conceptual and empirical advances in Monographs is now available Mentors, a group of established our field. This tradition was continued electronically through Blackwell- members of the Society, who provided and enhanced when, in 1999, SRCD chose Synergy (www.blackwell-synergy.com). guidance on educational and Blackwell to be the new publisher of both This means that not only can members professional development, and Monographs and Child Development. An and institutional subscribers access encouraged achievement by sharing important consequence of this change is articles online, but so too can many their experience and know how with their fellows. (cont. onP. 9)

The program reached a new level of DOCTORAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT success this year with an unprecedented rate of applications and admissions. Overall, 36 Fellows, 25 Junior mentors and 36 Senior mentors Devekopmentall Selleinice participated in the program. Fifteen of Georgetown University the fellows identified as African American, 12 identified as Latino, 7 as Georgetown University announces its doctoral program in Asian, and 2 as Native American/First Developmental Science. Students can concentrate either in Lifespan Nations. The fellows were from or in Human Development and Public Policy. Either universities across the U.S. and Canada concentration leads to a Ph.D. in Psychology. A joint Ph.D. in Psychology including UC Berkeley, Cornell, Princeton, Northwestern, UMASS and Master's Degree in Public Policy is also offered. Amherst, Penn State, Arizona State and the University of Toronto. They all Our doctoral program offers full financial support, in the form of a teaching came to the program with good or research assistantship, for four years to all matriculated students who academic records, considering graduate maintain a satisfactory record of performance. school but uncertain about their prospects and their field of study. Further information about our faculty, the Developmental Science graduate Before and during the biennial meeting, program, and application procedures can be found at the interne address: a series of events and activities were http://www.georgetown.edu/departments/psychology. designed towards exposing the Fellows

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Please visit http://www.srcd.org/ the needs of children, the report children who will have developed in the policyfellowships.html for more identifies the gaps in: The knowledge broad, uncertain context of information. base necessary to inform policies and international terrorism. This is also the procedures; coordination of agencies first time that our policymakers are whose goal is to develop treatment and and services; training of professionals; faced with developing a public health public communication; public health system of preparedness that safeguardsservice approaches for different types of trauma and special populations (e.g., child infrastructure; and planning and the unique physical and mental health preparedness. The full report can be needs of children and youth. 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Given the broad Traumatic Stress Initiative, was The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response context of national security, including developed to improve access to care, the need for highly technological treatment, and services for children and Act of 2002 chartered a National Advisory Committee on Children and Terrorism preparedness, the behavioral and social adolescents exposed to traumatic sciences have been working hard to events, and to promote collaboration (NACCT). Their objective was to provide recommendations to Secretary Thompson, keep pace with the other sciences, in among service providers in the field. A terms of making scientific knowledge total of $30 million dollars in grants was Department of Health and Human Services, regarding a comprehensive available to policymakers and securing awarded through the Center for Mental funding levels to insure our progress. Health Services (CMHS), Substance public health strategy to meet the physical, medical, psychological, and Empirical research on the impact of Abuse and Mental Health Services international terrorism in America, Administration (SAMSHA), social needs of children in the face of terrorism. There were 11 specific focus including media (distant) exposure, is Department of Health and Human growing. An example of this can be Services. areas and subgroups: primary care; community involvement; school and child seen in the number of symposia and The result is a new coalition, the care; research and data; training; mental posters regarding the impact of the National Child Traumatic Stress health response; children with special events of September 11 for children, Network (NCTSN), which combines the health care needs; mental health recovery; adolescents and parents at the recent results of academic clinical research hospital preparedness; public health biennial meeting of SRCD. Importantly, with the practical experience of departments; and prehospital and critical developmental researchers are community providers. The network has care. The Committee issued its investigating potential positive three components: (1) the National recommendations to Secretary Thompson outcomes (e.g., civic-mindedness) in on June 12, 2003, and can be found at Center for Child Traumatic Stress addition to presumed risks. Related www.bt.cdc.gov/children, including (NCCTS), a joint program of UCLA and bodies of literature provide a base of Duke University; (2) Intervention related links to their reports on mental knowledge on these potential risks to Development and Evaluation Centers, health issues and schools. (cont. onp. 9)

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Members in the Media oLynn S. Liben, Penn State University: Twenty Studies That Indiana StarIndiana Living, July 1, Fascinated Child The SRCD Office for Policy and 2003: No one factor will decide your Psychology child's future. Communications is interested in Wallace Dixon highlighting our members who are oEleanor Maccoby, Stanford featured in the news media for their University, John Love, Mathematica, East Tennessee State University work on various research-related topics. Michael Lamb, NICHD, Stanley The following is a sample of the recent Greenspan, George Washington As much as we scientists prefer to view coverage regarding child care from the University: , July the world from a hard-nosed, empirical July/August issue of Child 22, 2003: Turning a mass of data on perspective in which we sweep any child care into advice for parents. Development. purportive role of aesthetic splendor under our laboratory rugs, there is little oKathleen McCartney, Harvard oJay Belsky, University of London: The denying that we can occasionally revel University, and Sarah Friedman, in the beauty and harmony of a well- Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2003: The NICHD: NPRMorning Edition, July designed empirical study. I mean some Dangers of Day Care. 16, 2003: Effects of day care on children's behavior. studies just seem to appeal naturally to oSarah Friedman, NICHD, Megan our artistic senses. These studies may Gunnar, University of Minnesota, oKathleen McCartney, Harvard not be particularly Earth-shattering in Eleanor Maccoby, Stanford University and Nora Newcombe, their scientific impact (although many University: HealthDay, July 22, 2003: Temple University:NPRTalk of the certainly are!), but they just seem to More hours in day care, more Nation, July 16, 2003: Finding quality resonate with all that's good and honest behavior problems later. day care. in the scientific world. oStanley Greenspan, George Washington University, Sarah We strongly encourage and welcome all Of course, from an empirical, analytic Friedman, NICHD, Megan Gunnar, members to report recent noteworthy perspective, it's not enough simply to University of Minnesota, Aletha mentions in local, state, or national marvel at the magnificence of a well- Huston, University of Texas at magazines, newspapers, news/radio designed research study, there is also a Huston: The Start Ledger, July 16, broadcasts, interviews, or articles certain compulsion to understand why 2003: Research links stress and day published based on their research. We are we deem such research as fascinating. care. very enthusiastic about the Or at least, I feel that compulsion. increased interest in this column. To better apprehend what makes for a oMegan Gunnar, University of fascinating study in child psychology, I Minnesota, Eleanor Maccoby, (Depending on volume, we may need to limit submissions to three per topic for undertook the first step of aggregating Stanford University: USA Today, July the opinions of other scientists. As with 15, 2003: Day care raises shy toddlers' each member.) Information may be mailed, the other most outstanding studies levels of stress hormone. e-mailed, or faxed to: SRCD Office for articles I have reported here, my Policy and Communications, 750 First o sampling frame was primarily composed Megan Gunnar, University of Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242 Minnesota, Lynn S. Liben, Penn State of the doctoral level membership of the University, Sarah Friedman, N1CHD, (202) 336-5953 fax, [email protected] (cont. onp. 5) University of Minnesota, Susan Crockenberg, University of Vermont, John Love, Mathematica: The New JOB OPENING York Times, July 16, 2003: Two studies link child care to behavior problems. Applied Developmental Psychologist According to Child Watch, a program of Claremont Graduate University the Children's Defense Fund: Every 44 seconds, a baby is born into Tenure Track Graduate Faculty Position: Successful candidate expected to teach poverty ... graduate students, supervise graduate student research in the Ph.D. program in Every minute, a baby is born without Applied Developmental Psychology. Should have completed Ph.D., demonstrate a health insurance... strong record of research publications and funding. Search begins October 15, 2003 Every minute, a baby is born to a teen and continues until position is filled. Submit vita, personal statement, preprints/ mother.. Every 2 hours, a child or youth under 20 reprints, 3 letters of recommendation to: Developmental Search Chairperson, is killed by a firearm... Department of Psychology, Claremont Graduate University, 123 E. Eighth Street, www.childrensdefense.org/ Claremont, California, 91711. http://www.cgu.edu

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Society. A preliminary round of 13) Melzoff, A.N. (1977). Imitation of facial to the various opportunities and randomly sampled respondents first and manual gestures by human neonates. pathways available to them. During the Science, 198, 75-78. submitted up to three nominations for preconference activities the Fellows attended a presentation on career the "Most Fascinating Studies in Child 12) Hubei, D.H., & Wiesel, T.N. (1965). options in the field of child Psychology." Then, based on Receptive fields of cells in striate cortex of development, a tour of the University of frequency of nomination, a reduced list very young, visually inexperienced kittens. Journal of Neurophysiology, 26, South Florida and visit with the faculty, of 30 studies was distributed to a 944-1002. a dinner during which they met their second round of randomly sampled Senior Mentors, a poster session of respondents, who rank-ordered their top 11) Vygotsky, L.S. (1978). Mind in society: research by Head Start Graduate 5 most fascinating studies. In this The development of higher psychological Student Research Grantees and article, I report the fruits of the processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Millennium Fellow Junior Mentors, and University Press. membership's recommendations. a getting into and financing graduate school panel discussion. They also 10) Brown, R. (1973). A first language: The Once again adopting the Lettermanian early stages. Cambridge, MA: Harvard heard from distinguished members of presentation methodology, the top 20 University Press. our society about their own career paths and successes. During the conference most fascinating studies in child 9) Bandura, A., Ross, D., & Ross, S. the Fellows were given a chance to psychology published since 1950 are ... (1961). Transmission of aggression shadow their Senior mentors, hopefully through imitation of aggressive models. establishing the beginning of a solid 20) Field, T.M., Schanberg, S.M., Journal of Abnormal and Social mentoring relationship. Scafidi, F., Bauer, C.R., Vega-Lahr, N., Psychology, 63, 375-382. Garcia, R., Nystrom, J., & Kuhn, C.M. Pre- and post- program evaluations (1986). Tactile/kinesthetic stimulation 8) Piaget, J. (1952). The origins of effects on preterm neonates. in children. New York: indicate that the aim of the program to Pediatrics, 77, 654-658. International Universities Press. expose minority students to their prospects in the field of Child 19) Thelen, E., & Ulrich, B.D. (1991). 7) Chi, M.T.H. (1978). Knowledge Development was successfully Hidden skills. Monographs of the structures and memory development. In achieved. In particular, the Fellows Society for Research in Child R.S. Siegler (Ed.), Children 's thinking: expressed in their feedback that they Development, 56(1, Serial No. 223). What develops? Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. found the relationships with their mentors (both juniors and seniors) very 18) Werker, J.F., & Tees, R.C. (1984). 6) Suomi, S.J., & Harlow, H.F. (1972). Social helpful, as well as the networking Cross-language speech perception: rehabilitation of isolate-reared monkeys. Evidence for perceptual reorganization Developmental Psychology, 6, 487-496. opportunities and the exposure to so during the first year of life. Infant many different types of research. Behavior and Development, 7, 49-63. 5) DeCasper, A.J., & Fifer, W.P. (1980). Of human bonding: Newborns prefer their We would like to thank SRCD, the 17) Deloache, J.S., Miller, K.F., & mother's voices. Science, 208, 1174-1176. Foundation for Child Development and Rosengren, K.S. (1997). The credible the W.T. Grant Foundation for their shrinking room: Very young children's 4) Elder, G.H., Jr. (1974). Children of the continuous support, which has helped performance with symbolic and Great Depression: Social change in life to secure the existence and success of nonsymbolic relations. Psychological experience. Chicago: University of Science, 8, 308-313. this program. Thanks are also extended Chicago Press. to the Fellows for their enthusiasm and 16) DeCasper, A.J., & Spence, M.J. 3) Werner, E.E., & Smith, R.S. (1989). motivation, to the many SRCD members (1986). Prenatal maternal speech Vulnerable but invincible: A who participated in the preconference influences newborn's perception of longitudinal study of resilient children meeting and to the Junior and Senior speech sounds. Infant Behavior and and youth. New York: Adams-Banister- Mentors for their unique contributions. Development, 9, 133-150. Cox. We hope that the program held during the biennial meetings is just a catalyst 15) Flavell, J.H., Green, F.L., & Flavell, 2) Gibson, E.J., & Walk, R.D. (1960). The for ongoing mentoring relationships E.R. (1987). Development of knowledge "visual cliff." Scientific American, 202, that foster not only the fellow's success about the appearance-reality distinction. 64-72. Monographs of the Society for in getting into graduate school but also Research in Child Development, 51(1, and the Number 1 most fascinating study lead to a successful academic career in Serial No. 212). in child psychology published since 1950 child development. was... 14) Gottlieb, G. (1993). Social induction If you have any questions about the of malleability in ducklings: Sensory 1) Harlow, H., & Harlow, M. (1965). The program or would like to participate in basis and psychological mechanism. affectional systems. In A. Schrier, H. the next Millennium Fellows Program, to Animal Behaviour, 45, 707-719. Harlow, & F. Stollnitz (Eds.), Behavior of be held in Atlanta at the 2005 SRCD non-human primates. New York: Biennial Meeting, please contact Academic Press. [email protected] for more information.

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assumed that whatever one Gibson says, The research on reading led to another the other will agree to, we are annoyed, forbook, The Psychology of Reading it isn't so. On the other hand, if anyone (1975), written with Harry Levin, this should try to refute one of us by quoting one about the processes of perceiving the other, we should get even more and learning that go into becoming a annoyed. That may not be logical, but thatskilled reader. Then Jackie turned to is a fact" (1979, p. xiii). new questions.

After Smith, Jackie went to Yale, intending The concept of affordances had been to pursue Ph.D. study doing animal introduced widely in James Gibson's behavior research with Robert Yerkes. last book (The Ecological Approach to However, at their first meeting, Yerkes Visual Perception, 1979) although it had informed her that he did not permit women been evolving for many years. Jackie's to work in his laboratory. Instead she first paper on the affordance concept worked with Clark Hull and did her was titled "The concept of affordances dissertation research on principles of in development: The renascence of conditioning applied to verbal learning. functionalism" (1982) and the title The concepts of generalization and, captures well her point of view, for a especially, differentiation, fundamental in focus on the adaptive, functional nature all her subsequent work, first began to be of behavior always characterized her clarified in her dissertation. thinking. For the next two decades, she Eleanor Jack Gibson focused on the development of 19102002 By 1950 the Gibsons, now including son perception during infancy, investigating Jerry and daughter Jean, had moved to how emerging action systems in young Eleanor (Jackie) Gibson died on 30 Cornell and Jackie embarked on humans promote discovery and learning December, 2002 in Columbia, South comparative studies of learning with a about relevant affordances of the Carolina, shortly after her 92nd new species, young goats. In due course, environment. At the end of this period birthday. She was one of the most she made an observation that she wrote The Ecological Approach to important psychologists of the 20th foreshadowed some of her most well- Perceptual Learning and Development century, a mentor and cherished friend known research: Newborn kids, (2000) with Anne Pick, a book to generations of students and genetically related to mountain dwellers presenting the theory of perceptual colleagues, and a devoted wife, mother but never having experienced a drop-off, development as it has evolved, and and grandmother. would stand motionless on a small incorporating much of the recent platform several feet from the ground. research on perceptual development in Eleanor Jack was born in Peoria, Illinois Students the world over now learn about infancy as it pertains to the theory. where she lived until she took up her the elegant systematic "visual cliff' undergraduate studies at Smith College,studies (conducted with Richard Walk andShe was, of course, the recipient of a place, she has written "where women Thomas Tighe) about the emergence of many honors and awards, among them were not only permitted but encouragedsensitivity of the young of many species honorary doctorates from her two alma to be scholars, even scientists" (1980, to information for a drop-off. matersSmith College and Yale p. 240). Kurt KoffIca was a member of University, membership in the National the faculty, but a far more profound During the 1960's, Jackie's research was Academy of Sciences, and the National influence on her was that of James J. concentrated on perceptual development Medal of Science, the nation's highest Gibson who became a junior faculty and learning during childhood, especially scientific honor. member as she became a psychology in the context of the acquisition of reading major. Many years later, when each was skill. By now her ideas about the new kind Although she was never presented with a world-renowned scholar, he wrote of learning she defined as perceptual a formal "mentor" award, those of us about their long colleagueship in a learning were becoming clear, and the who were her students can attest that piece titled: A Note on E.J.G. by J. J. G. outlines of her theory of perceptual there were significant attributes of her "We have collaborated on occasion, development were evident. Of course, science, her scholarship and her but not as a regular thing. And when perceptual learning wasn't something she personal demeanor that are not reflected we did, we were not a husband-and- invented; all perceiving creatures have in her numerous honors and awards and wife 'team,' God knows, for we argued always done it, but she was the first to that profoundly influenced what we endlessly. The popular concept of a describe what it is, and she led the way forlearned from her and what we have married pair of scientists working decades in understanding it. At the end ofaspired to in our own careers. Her harmoniously together is a sentimental this period, she wrote the book Principles science was characterized by rigorous stereotype in which the wife is a of Perceptual Learning and Development and clever experimental design, 'helper.' We have been influenced by (1969) in which she first laid out her new attention to detail in experimental different people, but not different theory of perceptual development in procedures, and a profound concern for enough to make us go in separate detail. ways..." He concluded, "When it is (cont. onp. 7)

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(cont. fromp. 6) Changing roles and a new face the conceptual and theoretical bases of her work in progress, a mystery novel, the problem being investigated. As remains unfinished. She was a passionate, Thelma Tucker, a mainstay on the Elizabeth Spelke wrote in the foreword respectful and humane citizen of academia staff of SRCD, has shifted to new to Jackie's intellectual autobiography as well as a brilliant scholar. duties and will turn over her duties as An Odyssey in Learning and Managing Editor of Developments to Perception "Eleanor Gibson sees the Eleanor Gibson is survived by her sister Bridget Ehart. Over the 12 years that problems of perceiving, acting Emily, her daughter Jean and son-in-law Thelma has served on SRCD staff, organisms so clearly, and she has David, her son Jerry and daughter-in-law she has taken on many roles: as always had such a firm sense of how to Lois, and grandchildren Elizabeth, Eli, practice psychology as a science." Michael and Jonathan. coordinator of the biennial schedule, (1991, p. xiv). She had an unusual knack organizer of the SRA conference, and for taking a student's most ill-formed Anne D. Pick, University of Minnesota, myriad other tasks. As Managing idea, pondering it for a while, and then Institute of Child Development Editor she handled the newsletter's returning it and the credit for itbarely budget, layout, and advertising copy. recognizable as it had been elaborated, clarified, and often made precise as an Beginning with this issue, Bridget elegant plan for a study. Her standards were very high and she taught by SRCD Book Ehart, a newcomer to the SRCD office, example while generously sharing the Authors/Editors will take on this role. This editor credit. appreciates greatly the service and assistance that Thelma has provided Even as her health was failing and her SRCD Members are invited to and recognizes her competence and energies greatly diminished, she eagerly notify the Developments Office or commitment to getting the newsletter read and incisively commented on editor about your new publica- out to members. I am delighted to manuscripts or new publications. Her tions. These will be listed in the memoir Perceiving the Affordances: A welcome Bridget and look forward to newsletter. portrait of Two Psychologists (2002) her partnership in providing this appeared just months before her death; important SRCD service.

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

GusTAvus, Department of Psyclhollogy GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE Gustavus Adolphus College invites applications for a tenure-track position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology to begin September 1, 2004. We seek candidates who have successfully completed the doctorate in either Developmental or . The department is most interested in candidates whose work examines developmental issues of cognitive, perceptual, or affective processes.

The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching courses in either Developmental or Cognition, as well as intermediate courses and upper level seminars in his/her area of specialization, and should be able to involve undergraduates in his/her program of research. Candidate also will be called upon regularly to share in the teaching of General Psychology, Research Methods in Psychology, and Statistics.

To apply, send letter of application, curriculum vitae, statements of teaching philosophy and research interests, and three letters from professional references and supporting materials to: Dr. Richard Martin, Chair, Department of Psychology, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 West College Avenue, St. Peter, MN 56082-1498 www.gustavus.edu/oncampus/humanresources/index.cfm

Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2003, and continue until the position is filled. Gustavus Adolphus College is a coeducational, private, Lutheran (ELCA), residential, national liberal arts college of 2500 students. It is the policy and practice of the College to provide equal educational and employment opportunities for all. We specifically encourage applications from women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

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(cont. fromp. 1) only one of several initiatives from the we deal with these potential threats to executive branch, and a program was the research enterprise as it functions at established within the National Institute the federal level. of Health and Human Development (NICHD) in the early 1960s that created While there are current concerns, it is a network of institutes and centers important to recognize that we are at an focused on mental retardation and exciting time in research in our fields. related disabilities; most were university There are important breakthroughs and based and included basic and applied insights that are emerging that will research as well as training in many impact what most of us do, from the relevant disciplines. Some of the biological end of the spectrum where the original centers still are functioning and human genome project is just beginning receiving federal funding today, and to make an impact, to the cultural, where most would agree that the overall we have learned that all aspects of our impact has been extremely positive. work has to be considered within its During the 1990s, all of you are familiar context. Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, who has with the National Day Care Study, which been director of the National Institutes received support from many segments of Health for a year now, recently said, and has been following up a cohort of John W. Hagen "Of all the sciences we have mastered as children from their early years in day certain members of Congress to introduce humankind, the one we are the least care into their school years. Again, the intrusion in deciding which projects advanced in is life sciences. And I think administration and funding has been receive funds after the scientific review it's going to be the core challenge of the housed in NICHD, and the information has occurred. Efforts are underway at 21't century" (interview, New York Times, learned has provided important insightsseveral levels to thwart this totally 7/30/03). If he is correct, the work of our both to theory and to policy. unwarranted attempt. At another level, members will be at the cusp of the there are attempts to change priorities in important new advances of the next At another level, there have been allocations of funds, or to change the decades, and it is even more important attempts to control the areas for which ways that funds are awarded, from the now that we remain actively involved in federal support is provided over the mechanisms such as ROl's and training improving the systems that provide not years. Perhaps the most notable grants, to other ways. Again, our staff is only the funding, but the wherewithal, occurred at the beginning of the addressing these concerns and our to foster our endeavors. administration of President Ronald Governing Council provides guidance as Reagan, when the executive branch and some members of Congress attacked (- certain research in the social sciences. The professional community reacted RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES quickly, and most of our organizations became involved. Two advocacy organizations were formed, The Willlam T. Grant Scholiars Awards Consortium for Social Science Associations and the Federation for the Each year the William T. Grant Foundation awards up to $300,000 ($60,000 per year Behavioral, Psychological and for five years) to each of five post-doctoral, early career researchers from diverse Cognitive Sciences. The efforts of these disciplines. The grants fund research that increases knowledge about the factors and other groups were largely that contribute to the successful development of young people ages 8-25. successful and the potential crises in averting funds away from these fields Now in its 24th year, the William T. Grant Scholars Program promotes positive were avoided. Both of these youth development by supporting original research on: (1) The effects of contexts organizations are still in place, and (e.g., families, organizations, informal activities) on youth development, (2) SRCD is still a member of COSSA. Our Improving the systems, organizations, and programs that serve youth, and (3) The Office for Policy and Communications in use of evidence by influential policymakers, practitioners, advocates, and members Washington, D.C. works with staff from of the media, and their views of youth. many other professional associations to remain on top of the myriad of issues The application deadline for 2005 is July 1, 2004. For application guidelines, that arise, often quickly and including expanded eligibility requirements, visit www.wtgrantfoundation.org or unpredictably. contact the Foundation. William T. Grant Scholars Program, William T. Grant Currently, we are involved in at least Foundation, 570 Lexington Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, New York 10022-6837, two major issues. One is the attempt by Phone: 212-752-0071, Email: [email protected].

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Report from the Washington Office SRCD Monographs (cont. fromp. 9) (cont. fromp. 3) children's development and mental publication among all 49 developmental health, including research regarding: psychology publications. domestic terrorism (e.g., Oklahoma bombing); unnatural disasters (e.g., Monographs is now accepting submissions for the 2004 volume. We break-up of the spaceshuttle invite submissions from authors with Challenger); natural disasters (e.g., potential manuscripts containing a volcanoes); war (e.g., Persian Gulf War, series of related studies that present a Middle East conflict); trauma; media strong conceptual and empirical exposure to violence; coping; and advance to our knowledge of resilience. development. The general criteria for acceptance as a Monograph are There clearly is awareness on the part contained in the statement of Editorial of policymakers that further research is Policy found in the back of any recent needed to fully understand the impact issue. The essence of this statement reads: The Monographs series is of terrorism for children's development devoted to publishing developmental and well-being. This is evident in the Willis Overton research that generates authoritative various federal reports that other libraries around the world. For new findings and uses these to foster acknowledge the need for further example, in 2003, faculty in nearly 800 fresh, better integrated, or more institutions beyond the institutional research. In addition, there are a coherent perspectives on major subscribers can access Blackwell journals growing number of grants (some of developmental issues, problems, and online, including Monographs, because which are focused on children) their libraries belong to a consortium controversies. The significance of the dedicated to increasing our which has purchased online access rights. work in extending developmental theory understanding of the psychological This includes a number of libraries in less and contributing definitive empirical impact of terrorism, violence, and post- developed regions, such as Africa and information in support of a major traumatic stress, and to improving the Eastern Europe. Many libraries also conceptual advance is the most critical availability and appropriateness of access the journal via select online editorial consideration. mental health services related to databases - again this includes an increasing number of libraries in the Manuscripts should be no briefer than a trauma. (See, for example, http:// developing world, as well as libraries in minimum of 80 pages (including grants I .nih.gov/grants/guide/ community colleges and other sectors. references and tables). An upper limit of index.html.) Perhaps the increased 200 pages is currently more flexible. We awareness on the part of policymakers Keep in mind here also that if you were to encourage submissions from countries into the mental health needs associated publish your work simply as a book it outside of North America as well as with our current age of terrorism, would not be a peer- reviewed archival within North America. If you'd like more including prevention of long-term publication. With Monographs you get information about Monographs, please visit our web site at http:// difficulties, may work to advance both a peer-reviewed publication and a book in one package. Clearly with this astro.temple.edu/overton/ legislation for Mental Health Parity. We kind of distribution one can expect monosred.html As you will find there, I will write about this issue in a Monographs to have a significant impact am always happy to respond to subsequent column. on the field. This is born out by the fact potential authors' queries and provide that, according to the Journal Citation feedback on submission proposals. My Reports Social Science Edition, the email address is [email protected]. SRCD Monographs is the top-ranked Children and Terrorism Fact Sheets The American Psychological Association (www.helping.apa.org); the National Association of School Psychologists (www.nasponline.org/NEAT/children_war_general.html) the American Psychiatric Association (www.psych.org); the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (www.aacap.org/press_releases/2003); the National Mental Health Association (www.nmha.org/reassurance); the National Institute of Mental Health (www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/violence.cfm); the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (www.ncptsd.org/facts/disasters/fs_children_disaster.html); the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence (www.nccev.org/violence/children_terrorism.htm); Zero to Three (www.zerotothree.org); the National Association for the Education of Young Children (www.naeyc.org); the National Institute on Media and the Family (www.mediafamily.org/facts/tips_helpingkidscope.shtml); and Psychologists for Social Responsibility (www.psystorg/kids.htm).

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