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The official twitter account for the @UConn Human Development and Family Sciences Department
Joined September 2020
Due to recent policy changes, the UConn HDFS Department will no longer be posting on Twitter/X. This account will no longer be monitored. For the latest news and updates, please follow us on LinkedIn: Thank you for your continued support!.
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Alum Ciara Collins (PhD ’23) is now a research scientist at the Institute for Policy and Governance at Virginia Tech. Congratulations Ciara!. @UConnCLAS @UConnAlumni.
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Prof Kari Adamsons and grad student @calicsalafia published a paper on the ambiguous loss perspective of the quality of life in breast cancer survivors in Journal of Family Theory and Review. Read here: @UConnCLAS @JFTR_NCFR @UConnGradSchool.
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Prof @BellizziKeith and colleagues published a content analysis of #childhoodcancer chatter on X in the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. Read here: @UConnCLAS @UConn_InCHIP.
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Prof @DrKevinFvL and colleagues published a paper in the Journal of Family and Economic Issues on low-income Latine families in North Carolina accessing government assistance programs. Read here: @UConnCLAS.
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Alum @qianxia_jiang (PhD ’22) was recently highlighted in an article by her university, University of Central Florida, about her work on healthy lifestyles. Read here: @UConnCLAS @UConnAlumni.
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Profs Rebecca Puhl and @DrRyanJWatson published a paper in the International Journal of Eating Disorders on the prevalence of disordered eating behaviors among sexual and gender minority youth. Read here: @UConnCLAS @UconnRuddCenter @UConn_InCHIP.
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Prof @DrKimbah and eight graduate students published a qualitative paper in Frontiers in Nutrition on water availability and accessibility in family childcare homes. Read here: doi:10.3389/fnut.2025.1442070. @UConnCLAS @UConnGradSchool @FrontNutrition
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Prof Terry Berthelot led the department’s effort to receive $30,000 from the 2024–2025 Provost’s Common Curriculum Grant Competition, allowing HDFS faculty to work on moving six courses into the Common Curriculum. Many HDFS faculty were involved in this effort!. @UConnCLAS.
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Profs @DrLisaAEaton, @DrRyanJWatson, grad student @PeterMcCauley_ published a paper in AIDS & Behavior examining how HIV prevention and healthy aging concerns relate to sexuality and gender. Read here: 10.1080/26895269.2025.2452185. @UConnCLAS @UConnGradSchool @UConn_InCHIP.
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HDFS Alum Lauren Lafferty (BS ‘05) is our HDFS alumni spotlight. Learn more about her here: @UConnCLAS @UConnAlumni
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Prof Beth Russell received a $6000 grant from the 2024–2025 Provost’s Common Curriculum Grant Competition to develop a new Common Curriculum course on The Science of Individual and Family Wellbeing. @UConnCLAS @UConn_InCHIP.
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Prof Kari Adamsons received a $6000 grant from the 2024–2025 Provost’s Common Curriculum Grant Competition to develop a new Common Curriculum course on Diverse Family Structures in the U.S. @UConnCLAS.
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Prof Rachel Chazan-Cohen and grad student @CarlsonDelaina published a paper in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health examining family conflict in low-income families. Read here: @UConnCLAS @UconnGradSchool @IJERPH_MDPI.
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Grad student Antonia Caba is our September grad student spotlight! Learn more about her here: @UConnCLAS @UconnGradSchool @UConnSocialWork
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Grad student Rui Wu, Prof Rebecca Puhl, and colleagues published about the role of parents and sociodemographics in adolescent experiences of weight-related communication in Pediatric Obesity. Read here: @UConnCLAS @UConnGradSchool @UconnRuddCenter.
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Profs @DrRyanJWatson @DrLisaAEaton, alum Samantha Lawrence (PhD ’22), and grad student @PeterMcCauley_ published a paper on examining tobacco use among diverse youth in Addictive Behaviors. Read here: doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108246. @UConnCLAS @UConn_InCHIP @UconnGradSchool
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Profs @DrKevinFvL, Caitlin Lombardi, Rachel Chazan-Cohen, and grad students @vanessesquivel and @AnneBerset2 published a paper in the American Journal of Community Psychology on state policy for immigrant families with young children. @UConnCLAS @UConnGradSchool @A_J_Comm_Psych.
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Grad student @CarlsonDelaina and colleagues published a paper on measuring physical activity intensity among young children in Child: Care, Health, and Development. @UConnCLAS @UConnGradSchool @Child_CHD.
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Prof @EvaLefkowitz and colleagues published in the Journal of Family Theory and Review on the challenges of navigating higher education for scholars in the field of HDFS. Read here: @UConnCLAS @UConn_InCHIP @ncfr.
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