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NASHVILLE, Tenn. On Oct. 6-8, the Society for Research in Child Development will hold their 2016 Special Topic Meeting: Babies, Boys and Men of Color. The meeting will be held in Tampa, FL, at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina.
Diane Hughes from New York University; Oscar Barbarin from the University of Maryland, College Park; Velma McBride Murry from Vanderbilt University; and Howard Stevenson from the University of Pennsylvania are organizing the event.
Submission Deadline: April 5, 8 p.m. EST
Background
Beginning early in life boys and young men of color are at risk because of their race/ethnicity and their gender, with numerous data sources underscoring the additive and interactive risks that boys of color encounter. This special topic meeting will focus on some of the critical issues currently affecting the developmental status of babies, boys, and men (emerging adults) of color, with a strong emphasis on understanding how experiences across multiple key contexts shape their development. The broad goals of this conference are to summarize the state of knowledge in the area and to identify key directions needed for knowledge and action. The meeting will offer opportunities for scholars to discuss and receive feedback on future research and works in progress.
The invited program will feature innovative sessions using formats designed to increase exchanges and interactions among scholars.
The purpose of the meeting is to bring together scholars’ focused work on developmental trajectories among babies, boys, and young men of color (including multiple ethnic/racial/immigrant/sexual orientation groups) in an effort to understand outcomes, processes, and mediating mechanisms that support and challenge healthy adjustment across socio-emotional, psychological, relational, behavioral, and physical health domains.
Keynote Speakers
- Damien Fair, Oregon Health & Science University, will speak about issues related to his work on health risks and health behaviors among boys and young men of color.
- Pedro Noguera, University of California, Los Angeles, will speak on Schooling for Resilience: Lessons from Single Sex Schools.
- Niobe Way, New York University, will address the socio-emotional development and/or friendships of boys of color.
Workshops
- Margaret Beale Spencer, University of Chicago, focusing on the PVEST model.
- Linda Burton, Duke University, focusing on the view of males of color experiences through ethnographic methods.
Paper Symposia
- Derek Griffith, Vanderbilt University, will chair a symposium entitled Context, Community and Culture as Social Determinants of Men’s Health Disparities.
- Patrick Tolan, University of Virginia, will chair a session on positive development and intervention.
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