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Public Presentations

The Center on Adolescence encourages participation at professional meetings, invited talks, and other events related to the work of Center. Here is a summary of presentations by Center members, former members, and visitors beginning with academic year 2007-2008.

2012-2013

March 8, 2013: Good Work Institute, Project Zero

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

William Damon
Talk: "Remarks on the Future of Good Work"

December 1, 2012: Jubilee Centre for Character and Values

University of Birmingham

William Damon
Keynote Address: "Profiles of Virtue in Public Life"
2011-2012

March 22, 2012: Action Dialogue Webinar Series

Minneapolis, MN; Sarasota, FL; Portland, OR; and Fairfax, VA

Jenni Menon Mariano, Ph.D., Elizabeth (Betsy) Levine Brown, Ph.D., and Devora Shamah, Ph.D.
Webinar: "The Importance of Youth Purpose and How to Support It"

March 8-10, 2012: Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting

Vancouver, BC

Fei Jiang and Jenni Menon Mariano
Poster: "The Influence of Purpose Content on Purposefulness in Chinese and American Young Adults"
Parissa Jahromi
Poster: "Required Community Service: What Features Affect Civic Attitude Change?"
Kendall Cotton Bronk
Paper Discussion Symposium: "Using an Exemplar Methodology to Examine Young People’s Purposes in Life"
Richard M. Lerner; [William Damon]; Heather Malin; Kendall C. Bronk; [Timothy S. Reilly]; Tenelle Porter; Megan K. Mueller
Roundtable: "Entrepreneurship as a Pathway to Positive Youth Development"
Brandy Quinn
Paper Discussion Symposium: "The Beyond-the-Self Dimension of Adolescent Purpose"
Jenni M. Mariano; George E. Vaillant
Paper Discussion Symposium: "Beyond-the-Self Purpose Among the 'Greatest Generation'"
Anthony L. Burrow
Paper Discussion Symposium: "Purpose and Emotional Flourishing during Adolescence"
Matthew Andrews
Paper Discussion Symposium: "Academic Purpose in the Transition to College"
Timothy S. Reilly
Paper Discussion Symposium: "Emerging Adult Entrepreneurial Purpose: An Interview Study"
2010-2011

April 2, 2011: Center for Adolescent Research and Development

Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, NY
Adolescence in the 21st Century: Fostering Agency, Purpose and Engagement

William Damon
Keynote Address: "The Uncertain Development of Civic Purpose Among American Youth Today"

April 2, 2011: Society for Research in Child Development

Montreal, Canada
Adolescent Perspectives on Engagement in Social Change: Voices of Diverse Youth

Brandy Quinn
Symposium: "Public-Spirited Purpose in Adolescence: The Role of Implicit Theories"

March 30, 2011: Society for Research in Child Development

Montreal, Canada
Preconference: Youth Civic Development: Theory, Constructs, Innovative Methods

William Damon
Introductory Remarks: "Opening Remarks at Youth Civic Development: Theory, Constructs, Innovative Methods"
Parissa Jahromi
Discussion: "What Motivates Youth Civic Participation"

November 2010: Association for Moral Education

St. Louis, MO
Symposium:"Youth Purpose and its Civic Expressions"
Poster:"Three problems in the study of youth purpose for college student development"

Carolyn Barber, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Symposium: "Volunteerism as purpose: Examining predictors of longterm service involvement"
Jenni Menon Mariano, University of South Florida (Chair)
Symposium: "Perceived social supports of civic and other expressions of purpose among minority adolescent girls"
Lisa Dorner, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Symposium: "The adolescent children of immigrants, language brokering, and civic purpose"
Jenni Menon Mariano
Poster: "Three problems in the study of youth purpose for college student development"
2009-2010

March 10, 2010: Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Preconference Roundtable:

Philadelphia, PA

"Youth Purpose: How Adolescents Develop Meaningful Direction"

Matthew J. Bundick, Postdoctoral Fellow, MacArthur Foundation Network on Transitions to Adulthood, The Pennsylvania State University
Discussion: "The Interplay Between Purpose and Career Aspirations in Late Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood"
Heather Malin, Research Associate
Discussion: "Artistic Purpose in Adolescence"
Seana Moran, Research Associate
Discussion: "How Stable is Purpose in Adolescence?"
Brandy Quinn
Discussion: "Service <-> Justice Forms of Altruistic Purpose and the Potential Relationships to Problem-Based Learning in the Community"
Brandy Quinn
Poster: "Implicit Theories in Altruistic Forms of Purpose"
Tim Reilly
Discussion: "How can interventions to support purpose or purpose precursors be designed in ways that are age-appropriate?"
2008-2009

June 18-21, 2009: International Positive Psychology Association First World Congress on Positive Psychology

Philadelphia, PA

Ulisses Ferreira Araújo, Matthew J. Bundick, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, William Damon, Seana Moran, Kirsi Tirri
Symposium: "Finding Purpose in Three Societies: Cultural and Developmental Analyses"

May, 2009: European Council for High Ability

Austria, University of Salzburg

Kirsi Tirri
Keynote Address: "Holistic Education for Gifted Students"

March, 2009: Conference: Working with Gifted Children

Dublin City University, Ireland

Kirsi Tirri
Keynote Address: "Holistic Education for Gifted Students"

January, 2009: Mawhiba Forum

Saudi Arabia

Kirsi Tirri
Keynote Address: "Holistic Education for Gifted Students"

November, 2008: Association for Moral Education

Notre Dame, IN

Matthew C. Andrews
Paper: "Moral Values in the Context of Adolescent Ideology and Purpose in Life"
Kendall Cotton Bronk
Poster: "Purpose, Hope and Life Satisfaction among Adolescents"
Matthew J. Bundick, Seana Moran, David S. Yeager, Matthew C. Andrews, and William Damon
Paper: "Fostering Purpose in Adolescence: The Roles of Social Supports, Individual Characteristics, and Activity Involvements"
Kirsi Tirri
Paper: "Teachers' Ethical Sensitivity in Critical Incidents at School"
Kirsi Tirri
Paper: "Two Worlds in One Person: Giftedness and Spirituality"
David S. Yeager, Matthew C. Andrews, Seana Moran, and William Damon
Paper: "The Forms of Purpose in Adolescence"
2007-2008