Human Development and Family Studies

Join the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program in welcoming 8 impressive Feminist Scholars in this weekend-long Symposium Event.
If you require accommodations in order to attend, please contact Laura Mauldin at laura.mauldin@uconn.edu.
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Sponsored by the Department of Human Development & Family Studies with generous support from the Luckey family

Wyatte C. Hall,PhD
Gallaudet University

"A Story of Willful Ignorance:
The Hidden Social Epidemic of Language Deprivation"

Wyatte C. Hall, Ph.D. is a Research Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Public Health Sciences at the University of Rochester Medical Center. As a Deaf population health scientist, his research focuses on language development as a social determinant of health, and on the relationship between early childhood language experiences and lifespan outcomes in the deaf population.
Before his recent completion of a three-year research postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Rochester, Wyatte received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Gallaudet University and completed a clinical postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

*Join us for refreshements following the presentation*

This lecture will be given in ASL and interpreters and CART will be provided for the duration of the event. If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Carla Gomez, carla.gomez@uconn.edu, by March 27th.

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The Pharmacy-Biology Building (PBB) is located in the center of the University’s Science Quadrangle and provides classroom, laboratory, and office space for students and faculty in the pharmacy and biology programs.
SAVE THE DATE! Upcoming HDFS Faculty Meetings are from 3:30-5pm.

SPRING SEMESTER:
May 8th (OAK 408)

Wendy M. Troxel, PhD, RAND Corporation; University of Pittsburgh

Thursday, April 18, 2019
12:30 – 1:30pm

"The Social Nature of Sleep: From Couples to Communities to Policy."

**About the Speaker**
Wendy Troxel is a senior behavioral and social scientist at the RAND Corporation and an adjunct professor of psychiatry and psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified behavioral sleep medicine specialist. Troxel's research focuses on understanding the links between close relationships and sleep, and how this relationship may influence couples' health and functioning. She has published two seminal review papers on this topic and is recognized as the leading authority on sleep within the context of couples.

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HDFS Faculty Meeting