Colloquium Series

The Center sponsors an in-house colloquium series for researchers from different Stanford departments and schools to discuss a topical issue related to adolescence. Here is a summary of the Center's colloquia by academic year, beginning with the most recent speaker. There were no colloquia in 2006-07.

Date	Speaker
February 16, 2016	Ulisses F. Araújo Professor, School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, Brazil Topic: Research Presentation: Improvement and innovation in basic and higher education through the articulation between Project and Problem-Based Learning, educational technologies and citizenship commitment
November 19, 2015	Parissa J. Ballard Research Scientist, University of California, Berkeley Topic: Youth Civic Engagement: Predictors, Processes, and Links to Healthy Adolescent Development
April 15, 2015	Michael McDevitt Professor, College of Media, Communication and Information at the University of Colorado Boulder Topic: Research presentation: Exploring the roles of media, schools, and families in the cultivation of ideological identity among adolescents in red and blue states
March 15, 2015	Mark Atkinson Academy Performance Manager, Bath Rugby Topic: Presentation: How "grit" and character development are relevant to recruitment, development and retention in the sport of rugby at the elite performance level
April 28, 2014	AnnMarie Baines Professor, San Francisco State University Visiting Scholar, Center on Adolescence Topic: (Un)Learning Disability: Recognizing and Changing Restrictive Views of Student Ability
April 15, 2014	Elina Kuusisto, Inkeri Rissanen & Sonja Laine University of Helsinki, Finland Topic: Research presentation linking "purpose" to studies on teachers' moral competence, gifted students and ethical sensitivity
February 13, 2013	Mary Helen Immordino-Yang Assistant Professor, Rossier School of Education Assistant Professor, Brain and Creativity Institute University of Southern California Topic: Neuropsychology of Social and Moral Development
February 16, 2012	James A. Banks Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies University of Washington, Seattle Topic: Diversity and Citizenship Education in Multicultural Nations
November 10, 2011	Mario Yedidia Director of the San Francisco Youth Commission, and Leah LaCroix, a youth commissioner Topic: The Youth Commission: History, charter, goals, projects, accomplishments
May 19, 2011	Elisabeth (Lissa) Soep, Ph.D. Senior Producer & Research Director, Youth Radio, Oakland CA Topic: Web Two Dot Whoa: Youth Adventures in the Digital Afterlife
May 11, 2011	Amy Binder, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Sociology University of California, San Diego Topic: Creating Conservatism: How Campuses and National Organizations Shape Students’ Political Discourses and Styles
February 09, 2011	Geoffrey Saxe, Ph.D. Professor, Graduate School of Education University of California, Berkeley Topic: The Social Origins of Numerical Representations and Ideas: A Framework for Inquiry
January 12, 2011	Aaron L. Miller, Ph.D. Assistant Professor and Hakubi Scholar Kyoto University, Japan Visiting Scholar, Stanford University Center on Adolescence Topic: Navigating the ‘Green Years’: Exploring the Cultural ‘Uniqueness’ of Adolescence in Japan
May 19, 2010	Joseph Kahne, Ph.D. Dean of the School of Education Research Director, Civic Engagement Research Group Mills College Topic: Discussion-Based and Experiential High School Curricula: Their Differential Impact on Civic and Political Outcomes
April 21, 2010	Margie Lachman, Ph.D. Minnie and Harold L. Fierman Professor of Psychology Director, Lifespan Developmental Psychology Lab & Lifespan Initiative on Healthy Aging Brandeis University 2010 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) Topic: Long-Term Effects of Education on Health
March 03, 2010	Kofi Marfo, Ph.D. Professor of Educational Psychology and Director Center for Research on Children's Development & Learning, University of South Florida 2010 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) Topic: Domesticating Child Development Inquiry in the Majority World: Pathway to a Global Science?
December 03, 2009	Malene Gram, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Head of Cross-Cultural Studies Allborg University, Denmark Topic: Family Food Purchasing Decisions: Roles of Parents and Children
November 16, 2009	Linda M. Wagener, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Fuller Theological Seminary Topic: Once There Was War," a documentary about how young adults from Bosnia, Iraq and Kyrgyzstan have tried to find meaning and purpose after the wars that devastated their countries
October 29, 2009	Margarita Azmitia, Ph.D. Professor of Developmental Psychology University of California, Santa Cruz Topic: Finding Your Niche: How First Generation Early and Late Adolescents Transition to Middle School and to and from College
May 14, 2009	Robert Emmons, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of California, Davis Topic: Spiritual Transformation and the Development of Character Strengths and Purpose
April 23, 2009	Per Gjerde, Ph.D. Professor of Developmental Psychology University of California, Santa Cruz Topic: Developmental Implications of Openness to Experience in Preschool Children: Gender Differences in Young Adulthood
April 12, 2009	Gregory M. Walton, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Psychology Stanford University Topic: Social Belonging and School Achievement: A Social-Psychological Intervention
February 26, 2009	Seana Moran, Ph.D. No longer with Center on Adolescence, Stanford University [Need a new title for her.] [Hiep, Seana is another person w/o a website. This node needs info from page in current website.] Topic: Multiple Intelligences
January 29, 2009	Mark R. Lepper, Ph.D. Albert Ray Lang Professor of Psychology Stanford University Topic: Advances in the Study of Intrinsic Motivation
November 20, 2008	Daniel McFarland, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Education and, by courtesy, of Sociology and Business Stanford University Topic: The Mechanisms of Adolescent Social Network Formation
November 13, 2008	David Whitman Freelance journalist, former senior writer at U.S. News & World Report Author of: Sweating the Small Stuff: Inner-City Schools and the New Paternalism Thomas B. Fordham Institute Topic: How to Close the Achievement Gap: From Schools of Rock to Schools of Character
November 06, 2008	Michael F. Steger, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology & Applied Social Psychology Director, Laboratory for the Study of Meaning and Quality of Life Colorado State University Topic: Meaning in Life in Late Adolescence: The Latest Theory and Findings from the Meaning in Life Questionnaire
May 15, 2008	Prudence L. Carter, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Education and, by courtesy, of Sociology Stanford University Topic: Race and Cultural Flexibility among Students in Different Multiracial Schools
April 10, 2008	Ulisses Ferreira Araüjo, Ph.D. Associate Professor University of São Paulo, Brazil Topic: Moral Self Functioning and Some Educational Perspectives
February 06, 2008	Jacqueline V. Lerner, Ph.D. Professor of Education Boston College Topic: Positive Youth Development: "Results from a National Study
January 24, 2008	Rob Crosnoe, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Research Affiliate, Population Research Center University of Texas, Austin Topic: Education, Relationships and Inequality
November 29, 2007	Brigid Barron, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Education Stanford University Topic: The Development of Technological Fluency in Highly Skilled Adolescents
November 15, 2007	Maria Ojala, Ph.D. Researcher Orebro University, Sweden Topic: Hope and Worry: Young People's Values, Emotions, and Behavior Regarding Global Environmental Problems
April 24, 2006	Lisa Henriksen, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist, Prevention Research Center Stanford University School of Medicine Topic: The Impact of Retail Marketing on Adolescent Tobacco Use
March 01, 2006	Frank Zimring William G. Simon Professor of Law and Wolfen Distinguished Scholar University of California, Berkeley Topic: The Character and Future Prospects of Juvenile Sex Offenders
February 08, 2006	Rob Reich, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science and Ethics in Society and by courtesy, of Education and of Philosphy Stanford University Topic: Equality and Adequacy in School Finance
January 25, 2006	Linda Darling Hammond, Ed.D. Professor of Education Stanford University Topic: Schools that Support Adolescent Students
November 30, 2005	Cheryl Gore-Felton, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University Topic: Community Based Interventions to Prevent HIV among Adolescents
November 02, 2005	Michael S. Wald, LL.B. Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law, Emeritus Stanford University Topic: Parental Sexual Orientation and Children's Development
May 25, 2005	Patricia Greenfield, Ph.D. Professor of Developmental Psychology University of California, Los Angeles Topic: Media and Adolescence
May 04, 2005	Beth Cauffman, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of California, Irvine Topic: Assessing Juvenile Psychopathy
April 06, 2005	Amado Padilla, Ph.D. Professor of Education Stanford University Topic: Why the Need to be Ethnic?: Reflections on Social Identity
March 16, 2005	Michael Kirst, Ed.D. Professor Emeritus of Education Stanford University Topic: The Bridge Project
February 23, 2005	David Harrington, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of California, Santa Cruz Topic: The Creative Process
February 09, 2005	Andreas Schroeer, Ph.D. Hatfield School of Government Portland State University Topic: Development of Political Identity in Adolescence
January 19, 2005	Carol Dweck, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Stanford University Topic: Self Theories and Paths through Adolescence
November 17, 2004	Claude M. Steele, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Stanford University Topic: Contingencies of Social Identity and Their Roll in Intellectual Performance
November 11, 2004	Peggy Dolcini, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Hallie Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families Public Health Oregon State University Topic: Putting the Social Context Back into Sexual Health
June 02, 2004	Anne Colby, Tom Ehrlich, and Liz Beaumont The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching [link is to Erlich only. Colby no longer @ Carnegie, but has a CoA people page. would like to link to her bio.] Topic: Political engagement project
May 12, 2004	Don Roberts, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Communication Stanford University Topic: Teen Television
May 03, 2004	Doug McAdam, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Stanford University Topic: The Civic Impact of Participation in 'Teach for America'
January 14, 2004	Catherine R. Cooper, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of California, Santa Cruz Topic: Bridging Multiple Worlds: Culture, Youth Identity, and Pathways to College
December 03, 2003	Chris Hayward, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University Topic: Methodological Issues in the Study of Puberty and Psychopathology
November 19, 2003	Shelley Mallett, Ph.D. [Doesn't seem to have a link. Her email is/was s.mallett@unimelb.edu.au] (former) Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow, Key Centre for Women's Health in Society University of Melbourne, Australia Topic: Homeless Youth
November 12, 2003	Michael S. Wald, LL.B. Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law, Emeritus Stanford University Topic: Disconnected Youth
May 28, 2003	Charles Bidwell, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Sociology University of Chicago Topic: Educational Project in Bosnia
April 15, 2003	Marilyn Winkleby, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine Topic: Encouraging Low-Income High School Students to Pursue Advanced Studies in the Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences to Prepare them for Medical and Other Professional careers
March 12, 2003	Fe Moncloa 4-H Youth Development Advisor University of California Cooperative Extension, Santa Clara Topic: Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Among Latinas
February 27, 2003	Elliot Turiel, Ph.D. Professorof Education University of California, Berkeley Topic: Flexibilities of Mind: Moral Resistance and Subversion
February 12, 2003	Peggy Giordano, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology, Center for Family and Demographic Research Bowling Green State University Topic: The Meaning(s) of Adolescent Romantic Relationships: Complications of Race/Ethnicity and Gender
January 28, 2003	Sanford Dornbusch, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Human Biology, and (by courtesy) Education Topic: Effort and Ability: The Relative Strength of Effort-Engagement Behaviors and Standardized Test Scores as Predictors of High School Grades
December 03, 2002	William Damon, Ph.D., Jennifer Menon, Ph.D., Kendall Bronk, Ph.D. William Damon: Director, Stanford Center on Adolescence Kendall Bronk: Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, Ball State University Jennifer Menon: Assistant Professor of Psychological and Social Foundations, University of South Florida Topic: Exploring the Nature and Development of Purpose in Youth
	Valeria A. Arantes Associate Professor, School of Education, University of São Paulo, Brazil Topic: Research Presentation: The Role of feelings and emotions in learning, youth purpose, moral development and problem-based learning
	Valeria Amorim Arantes Associate Professor, School of Education, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Topic: Research presentation: Interactions between values, feelings and youth purpose (also) The relationship between purpose and the elderly