An article written by Susan Chuang, “Taiwanese-Canadian Mothers' Beliefs about Personal Freedom for their Young Children,” will be in press this July in Social Development.

Ambika Krishnakumar and Kim Jaffee received tenure, effective August 21.

Sara Kurlandsky presented a poster on “Protective Effects of Vitamin C on Adipocyte Health and Modulation of Triacylglycerol Accumulation” (she translates: “protective effects of vitamin C on fat cell health and keeping down the amount of fat that gets stored) at the national meeting: Experimental Biology 2006 (part of American Society for Nutrition). The presentation represented the work of nutrition graduate student Sandeep Chadha under Sara’s direction.

Sandy Lane was honored with a 2006 Academy of Diversity Achievers Award at the YWCA’s Day of Commitment to Eliminate Racism and Promote Diversity luncheon

Sandy Lane co-authored the following articles:

“Issues in Design and Implementation of an Urban Birth Cohort Study: The Syracuse AUDIT Project,” published in The Journal of Urban Health

“From the Bottom Up: Tracing the Impact of Four Health-Based Social Movements on Health and Social Policies,” published in the Journal of Health and Social Policy

“Parental Literacy and Infant Health: An Evidence-Based Healthy Start Intervention,” published in Health Promotion Practice

And made the following presentations:

 “Women and poverty in Syracuse,” keynote address at the Women’s Studies Residency Conference

“Childbirth as a pathway to spiritual transformation” (with Rubinstein, Krishnakumar, Keefe, Seller, and Borasky), at the Conference on Spiritual Transformation: New Frontiers in Scientific Research

“Structural Violence and Racial Disparity in HIV Transmission: community-level/ecological factors placing minority women at increased risk” (with Webster, Rubinstein, and Keefe), at the conference of the Yale University Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS

“Food Is Just Decoration: Urban Retail Food Markets And Health” (with Rubenstein and Keefe), at the annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology

“Racial disparity in HIV transmission: a look at the social worker’s role” (With Keefe, Wilson, and Rubenstein) at the annual meeting of the New York State Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers

“Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Maternal and Child Health,” keynote address at the annual meeting of the CNY Regional Childbirth Association

 An article co-authored by Vennie Cowart and Diana Biro (with Betty Brown), “Educating African American Men about Prostate Cancer: The Barbershop Program,” was published in The American Journal of Health Studies.

Alejandro Garcia was the lead presenter at an AARP press conference on a survey of Hispanic New Yorkers and prescription drug affordability.

Tanya Horacek will present “Young adults’ preferences for Stages of Change-based nutrition educational materials” and “Low Fat Eating Behaviors are Associated with a Variety of Health Behaviors” at the Society for Nutrition Education’s annual meeting in July.

Eric Kingson delivered the Mildred M. Seltzer Opening Keynote Address at the Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education’s 30th Annual Ohio Professional & Student Conference on Aging. His talk was titled, “Justice Across Generations: Respect, Responsibility and Reciprocity.”

Sandy Lane presented “Wellness Education and the Black Community: Lessons from Syracuse” as part of the Department of African American Studies’ Eduardo Mondlane Brown Bag Series.

Nancy Mudrick gave testimony before the New York State Assembly at the Public Hearing on the Oversight and Accountability of the Child Welfare System. The hearing focused on the challenges and issues facing New York State’s child protection system. 

Michael Veley is the recipient of the Sports Industry Professionals Founders Award from Ithaca College.

Vennie Cowart received the William A. Mack Memorial Drum Major Award for Beloved Community from the Syracuse Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance.

A number of articles and book chapters by Jaipaul Roopnarine have been published or accepted for publication:

Roopnarine, J. L., Fouts, H. N., Lamb, M. E., & Lewis, T. E. L.(2005) Mother-infant and father-infant interactions in low-, middle-, and upper-SES African American families. Developmental Psychology, 41, 723-732.

Hossain, Z., Roopnarine, J., Masud, J., Muhamed, A. A., Baharudin, R., Abdullah, R., & Juhari, R. (2005). Mothers’ and fathers’ childcare involvement with young children in rural families in Malaysia. International Journal of Psychology, 40, 385-394.

Benetti, S. P. C., & Roopnarine, J. L. (in press). Paternal involvement with school-aged children in Brazilian families: Association with childhood competence. Sex Roles

Roopnarine, J. L., Krishnakumar, A., Metindogan, A., & Evans, M. (in press)  Links Among Parenting Styles, Academic Socialization, and the Early Academic and Social Skills of Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten-age Children of English-speaking Caribbean Immigrants.   Early Childhood Research Quarterly.

Roopnarine, J. L., & Metindogan, A. (2005). Cultural beliefs about childrearing and schooling in immigrant families and “developmentally appropriate practices:” Yawning gaps.  In O. N. Saracho & B. Spodek (Eds.), Contemporary perspectives in early childhood education. Westport, CT: Information Age.

Roopnarine, J. L., & Metindogan, A. (2006) Early Childhood Education Research in Cross-National Perspective.  In B. Spodek & O. Saracho (Eds.), Handbook of research on early childhood education. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Roopnarine, J. L. & Evans, M.  (in press).  Parenting and socialization practices among Caribbean families: A focus on fathers. In M. Sutherland (Ed.), Psychology of development in the Caribbean. Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers.

Roopnarine, J. L. & Krishnakumar, A. (In press). Conceptual and research considerations in the determinants of child outcomes among English-speaking Caribbean immigrants in the United States: A cultural-ecological model.  In. R. Mahalingam (Ed.), Psychology and immigration. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Roopnarine, J. L. & Krishnakumar, A. (in press).  Parent-child and child-child play in diverse cultural contexts. In D. Fromberg & D. Bergen (Eds.), Children’s play from birth to age 12. New York: Routledge

A research report published by the RAND Corporation, “Early Childhood Interventions: Proven Results, Future Promise,” highlights Alice Honig’s Syracuse Family Development Research Program.

Alice Honig’s reviews of A Handbook of Play Therapy With Aggressive Children and Enhancing Attachments: Research, Intervention, and Policy appeared in PsycCritiques.

Alice Honig presented “Creating a comfort corner for kids in childcare” and “Language empowering and language flowering” at the annual conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Alice Honig was honored as a “Hero of Early Childhood Education” by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Sandy Lane presented “Intrauterine Growth Retardation and proximity of supermarkets in the inner city of Syracuse” at Grand Rounds at the SUNY Upstate Medical University.

Nancy Mudrick attended a conference, “Education and Development of Socio-oriented Students: Russian and International Experience,” in Kazan, Russia. She presented on program quality and management, and presented a plenary paper: “Balancing Act:  Individual Change versus Societal Change and Professional Socialization in Social Work Education in the U.S.”

Felicia Proud, together with Bruce Carter and intern student Jason Castro, received a Chancellor’s Feinstone Grant for Multicultural Initiatives, which they will use to design a program to help students, faculty, and staff learn more about the Haudenoshaunee culture in order to create a more welcoming environment for Haudenoshaunee Promise students.

An article by Jaipaul Roopnarine (with Hillary Fouts, Michael Lamb, and Tracey Lewis), “Mothers’ and Fathers’ Behaviors Toward Their 3-4-Month-Old Infants in Low-, Middle- and Upper-SES African American Families,” was published in Developmental Psychology; and a book chapter by Jaipaul (with Aysegul Metindogan), “Early Childhood Education Research in Cross-National Perspective,” was published in Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children.

A book by Michael Olivette (with John Michne), Building an Adirondack Guideboat: Wood Strip Reproductions of the Virginia, was published this fall.

An article by Alice Honig, “Play therapy with aggressive children,” was published in PsycCritiques.

An article by Susan Chuang (with Micheal Lamb and Carl-Philip Hwang), “Personality Development from Childhood to Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study of Ego-Control and Ego-Resiliency in Sweden,” was accepted for publication in the International Journal of Behavioral Development.

Robert Moreno was inducted as an honorary member of the Syracuse University chapter of the Golden Key National Honor Society in recognition of his campus and community service.

Lynn Brann presented “Classification of Preadolescent Boys Based on Their Body Mass Index and Percent Body Fat Produces Different Groups” at the American Dietetic Association’s Food & Nutrition Conference. Her presentation was selected for the Margaret Dullea Simko Memorial Award for Excellence.

Alice Honig presented “Promoting Language for Infants and Toddlers” at Scholastic Publications’ Summit Meeting; and “Creating Toys and Materials for Infants and Toddlers” at Fisher Price’s Play is Learning Council meeting.

Alejandro Garcia received the 2005 Public Education and Communication Award from the AARP. 

Keith Alford was the keynote speaker at the Central New York Minority Regional Network’s 6th Annual Developmental Disabilities and the Minority Conference.

Joe Fanelli conducted a workshop titled “Sexual Development in Children: What’s Normal Anyway?” at the Alliance Program’s 10th Annual Child Abuse Conference.

An article by Ambika Krishnakumar (with Mihaela Robila), “Effects of Economic Pressure on Marital Conflict in Romania,” was published in the Journal of Family Psychology.

Luvenia Cowart received a grant from the Gifford Foundation for “The Genesis Health Project: Healthy Lifestyles Mentoring for Urban Delights Youth.”
 
An article by Mona Mittal (with Elizabeth Wieling), “Training Experiences of International Doctoral Students in Marriage and Family Therapy,” was accepted for publication by the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 

Jonathan Sandberg, Paula Trief et al (SUNY Upstate Medical University), received funding from the National Institutes of Health for “Improving diabetes outcomes: A couples intervention.”

An article by Lynn Brann, “More Controlling Child Feeding Practices Found Among Parents of Boys with an Average BMI Compared to Parents of Boys with a High BMI,” was published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

Lynn Brann presented “Classification of preadolescent boys based on their body mass index and percent body fat produces different groups” at the ADA’s Food and Nutrition Conference and Exhibition.

An article co-authored by Kim Jaffee, “Physician-identified barriers to intimate partner violence screening,” was published in the Journal of Women’s Health.