Human Development and Family Sciences

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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All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the dissertation proposal defense:

“Predictors of foster parents’ home-based academic involvement with their foster youth”

Presented by Jonelle A. Reynolds, M.S., Doctoral Candidate

Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut

Advising Team:
Major Advisor: Preston A. Britner, Ph.D.;
Associate Advisor: Megan Feely, Ph.D.;
Associate Advisor: Caitlin Lombardi, Ph.D.

All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the dissertation defense:

“Developmental Timetables of Urban and Rural Parents, Grandparents and Teachers in Botswana”

Presented by Marea M. Tsamaase, MS, M.Ed., Doctoral Candidate

Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut

Advising Team:
Major Advisor: Sara Harkness, Ph.D.;
Associate Advisor: Charles Super, Ph.D.;
Associate Advisor: Maria LaRusso, Ph.D.

All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the dissertation defense:

“Piloting the Wellness School Assessment Tool for the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model”

Presented by Sarah L. McKee

Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut

Advising Team:
Major Advisor: Marlene B. Schwartz, Ph.D.;
Associate Advisor: Rebecca M. Puhl, Ph.D.;
Associate Advisor: Kim M. Gans, Ph.D., M.P.H.

All faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend the dissertation proposal defense:

“Genetic Counseling for BRCA1/2 Mutations: Patient Experiences, Preferences, and Outcomes of Counseling”

Presented by Kate E. Dibble, M.A., Doctoral Candidate

Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut

Advising Team:
Major Advisor: Keith M. Bellizzi, Ph.D., MPH;
Associate Advisor: Preston Britner, Ph.D.;
Associate Advisor: Laura Donorfio, Ph.D.