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Dr. Jacquelyn White giving public lecture on violence against women and children Oct 2009. The Child and Family Research Network is sponsoring a talk by Dr. Jacquelyn W. White that is free and open to the public. Dr. White is currently the interim associate dean for research at the college of arts and sciences, as well as a professor in our department. The topic is "Violence against women and children: Public health and human rights perspectives" and it will be held on Wednesday, November 4th at the Greensboro Public Library in the Nusbaum Room. Light refreshments will be served. For directions or more information, see the CFRN announcement of the talk. UNCG psychology alumna Katherine Rawson wins Presidential Early Career Award Sept 2009. Katherine Rawson earned her B.A. in psychology from UNCG in 1999, and then continued on to the University of Colorado at Boulder for graduate school. Like many other UNCG students, Dr. Rawson was an "adult student" when she enrolled at the university. She quickly distinguished herself as one of the best students in her major. Dr. Wisniewski recalls that, "Katherine and her sister were two of the most motivated and smart students we've ever had. They were great students who had a drive to succeed." After graduate school, she went to work at Kent State University, where she is currently an assistant professor. We were proud to hear that one of our alumni has won the President's Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, which rewards the best scientists in the United States with research support to work on problems critical to the nation's future. Dr. Rawson maintains scientific ties with our department, having recently published a collaborative paper with Dr. Dayna Touron. [More from the White House about Dr. Rawson's Award] New clinical psychology professor to help Latino youth Aug 2009. The department is pleased to welcome Dr. Gabriela Livas Stein as an assistant professor. Dr. Stein's research focuses on three themes: understanding the development of depressive symptoms in Latino youth, examining ethnic differences that impact treatment seeking and treatment engagement, and the development of culturally sensitive prevention and intervention programs. Given the rapid growth of the Latino population in North Carolina, there is a growing need for effective and culturally-relevant approaches to mental health care. [More about Dr. Stein] Research project to study "The Mind of the Blind on the Web" Aug 2009. Dr. Peter Delaney is part of an interdisciplinary team headed by Dr. Rahul Singh of UNCG's Information Systems Department studying how blind users "see" the web. The project, which has received funding from the National Science Foundation, will explore the accessibility of web-based learning tools for blind users and develop a model of the blind web user's thought processes. They hope to expand the project in the next few years to try and understand under what circumstances blind people may have cognitive advantages over sighted users.
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