Parhaat Bronfenbrenner Center Podcastit (2024)

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Ep. 56 - Improving Shopping Experiences at Black Beauty Stores w/Jaleesa Reed, Cornell University 22:16

2y ago22:16

22:16

Shopping experiences in beauty retail stores are often imagined as frivolous, temporary pursuits of pleasure. Yet, from the perspective of millennial Black women, and in the context of predominantly Black neighborhoods, the consumer experience is impacted by issues related to representation, location, and ownership. Reed’s work revolves around the …

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Ep. 55 - Joy, Fulfillment & Health for Young Black Girls w/Misha Inniss-Thompson, Cornell University 24:04

2y ago24:04

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Misha Inniss-Thompson says we should listen to young people — in particular, young Black girls — for their lived experiences which can help shape school policies and create real safe spaces in schools. Inniss-Thompson’s work revolves around the impact of families, communities, and schools in shaping Black girls’ mental health and wellness using a c…

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Ep. 54 - Why Policy Matters with Jamein Cunningham, Cornell Brooks School Of Public Policy 26:30

2y ago26:30

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When a policy is implemented, the intended purpose of it is important but what about the unintended actions or consequences of that policy? Jamein Cunningham looks at the impact that historical programs from the 1960s and 1970s have had on the socioeconomic conditions of Black Americans. Cunningham is an assistant professor in the Cornell Jeb E. Br…

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Ep. 53 - Engaging the People We are Trying to Help in the Research Process With Melody Goodman, NYU 28:21

2y ago28:21

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Translating research can take a long time. How do you help speed up the process? Melody Goodman says you should bring in the non-academic stakeholders that will benefit from your research. Melody Goodman is associate dean for research and professor of biostatistics at the School of Global Public Health at New York University. Dr. Melody Goodman’s e…

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Ep. 52 - My Career & Academics as Part of a Landscape I Want To Have Make Sense With Janis Whitlock 26:59

2y ago26:59

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Janis Whitlock is research scientist emerita at the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research at Cornell, and founder/director of the Cornell Research Program on Self-injury and Recovery. While Whitlock is retiring from Cornell, it's more of a transition, where she will continue the work she has been doing.…

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Ep. 51 - Understanding What Community Partners Are Trying To Tell You w/Renata Leitão, Cornell 19:03

3y ago19:03

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Dr. Renata M. Leitão is a Brazilian/Canadian design researcher with eleven years of experience in collaborative projects with Indigenous and marginalized communities. Dr. Leitão holds a PhD in Environmental Design and a MASc in Design & Complexity (Université de Montréal). In this episode, Dr. Leitão discusses the importance of intercultural transl…

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Ep. 50 - How Social Identities Develop During Adolescence With Adam Hoffman, Cornell University 18:41

3y ago18:41

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Dr. Adam Hoffman is an assistant professor of psychology in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. His research focuses on how ethnic, racial, and gender identities develop during adolescence and how they affect academic motivation and achievement, well-being and mental health. Hoffman also investigates how social identities can be lev…

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Ep. 49: Improving Eating Habits and Nutrition in Children with Laura Bellows, Cornell University 19:23

3y ago19:23

19:23

Dr. Laura Bellows is an associate professor in the division on nutritional sciences, after spending 20 years at Colorado State University. Her research is focused on the development of eating habits and physical activity patterns in early childhood; interventions in the early care setting; and the influence of parental behaviors and the home enviro…

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Ep. 48: Better Care for Traumatized Children with Deborah Sellers, Cornell University 24:13

3y ago24:13

24:13

This episode we hear from Deborah Sellers, director of research and evaluation for the Residential Child Care Project (RCCP) in the BCTR. Much of RCCP's work involves training staff in residential facilities and schools worldwide to respond to traumatized children in crisis without further traumatizing the child. Through her work in RCCP, Sellers h…

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Ep. 47: Supporting Whole Families with Laura Tach and Elizabeth Day 23:12

3y ago23:12

23:12

Laura Tach and Elizabeth Day of Cornell Project 2Gen join Tony to talk about two-generation approaches to helping families thrive. They discuss why addressing the needs of both children and adults in a single family is a more effective way to create positive outcomes. Project 2Gen has extensive connections in communities and the court system. These…

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Ep. 46: A Career Creating Change with Jutta Dotterweich, Cornell University 26:10

3y ago26:10

26:10

Tony welcomes Jutta Dotterweich to reflect on her career with Act for Youth. Jutta retired in June after 22 years with the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research.Jutta received her MA in Psychology, Westfaelische Wilhelms University in Muenster, Germany in 1979. She has years of professional, community-based experience in the mental healt…

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Ep. 45: Everyone Can Find Their Life's Purpose with Patrick Hill, Washington University 31:52

3+ y ago31:52

31:52

This is the debut episode of the new BCTR director Tony Burrow! Tony welcomes Patrick Hill, who studies how individuals consider and ultimately commit to a purpose for life. Hill notes that we all face difficult times where we have to decide who we are and where we want to go. He's interested in helping people find direction at times of uncertainty…

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Ep. 44: Who Will Get Shot and How Do We Stop It? with Andrew Papachristos, Northwestern University 23:56

3+ y ago23:56

23:56

In Chris' final episode as Doing Translational Research host and director of the BCTR, he talks to his friend and colleague Andrew Papachristos, a professor of sociology doing translational criminology. How can social science help identify who will become a victim of gun violence and how to best intervene? Chris and Andy discuss this as well as And…

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Ep. 43: COVID-19 in Prisons with Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, University of North Caroliina 21:29

4+ y ago21:29

21:29

Chris welcomes Lauren Brinkley-Rubenstein, assistant professor of social medicine at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill. Their wide-ranging conversation covers: the definition of social medicine, how COVID-19 more greatly impacts people in prisons and jails*, of course they cover her work with community partners, and there's a ghost named…

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Ep. 42: Youth are Assets, not Problems with Jane Powers, Cornell University 19:48

4+ y ago19:48

19:48

This month we hear from our own Jane Powers, project director of ACT for Youth. Jane and Chris get into the history and work of ACT, changing communities to be better environments for young people, building capacity in practitioners, the strength of partnerships with diverse perspectives and Jane's life examining adolescent development.Jane Powers,…

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Ep. 41: Conflicting Policy Responses to Violence with Tasseli McKay, Research Triangle Institute 26:43

4+ y ago26:43

26:43

In our first episode recorded in coronavirus separation, Chris speaks with Tasseli McKay, a social science researcher in the division for applied justice research at Research Triangle International. They discuss the most common acts of violence: partner violence; and the interplay of family violence in the context of mass incarceration. Tasseli not…

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Ep. 40: Transforming the Health of (Post-)Incarcerated Patients with Emily Wang, Yale University 24:09

4+ y ago24:09

24:09

This episode Chris is joined by Emily Wang of Yale's Health Justice Lab, a collaborative, innovative interdisciplinary team focused on improving the health of individuals and communities who have been affected by mass incarceration. They discuss her work with incarcerated and recently-incarcerated patients; how the transition from incarceration to …

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Ep. 39: Protecting Children in Care with Martha Holden, BCTR, Cornell University 26:22

4+ y ago26:22

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This month's guest is the BCTR's own Martha Holden, director of the Residential Child Care Project (RCCP). She and Chris discuss her years of studying, and training care workers, how to keep children in care safe and healthy. They cover how power struggles escalate, working with state agencies and facilities, working with children with trauma and R…

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Ep. 38: How We Misunderstand Influence and Consent with Vanessa Bohns, Cornell University 21:11

4+ y ago21:11

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Kirjoittanut Bronfenbrenner Center at Cornell University

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Ep. 37: The Use and Impact of Digital Learning with René Kizilcec, Cornell University 21:32

5y ago21:32

21:32

Kirjoittanut Bronfenbrenner Center at Cornell University

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Ep. 36: The Issues of Rural America with Dan Lichter, Cornell University 20:15

5y ago20:15

20:15

The foundation of his research interests stem from his background growing up in a large, working-class family in South Dakota, Dan Lichter explains. He and Chris discuss rural communities and how they develop and grow, poverty, issues of racial diversity and identity and the sentiment of disenfranchisement in rural communities. Lichter has always d…

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Ep. 35 : When Does Surveillance Cross a Line? with Karen Levy, Cornell University 22:11

5y ago22:11

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Karen Levy has a background in sociology and law and studies the social, legal and ethical implications of technology. She and Chris get into her interest in the employment of surveillance in mundane contexts: the workplace, households and in intimate partner relationships. They discuss when individuals use surveillance on each other as well as whe…

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Ep. 34: Communities Have Knowledge with Bruce Lewenstein, Cornell University 20:32

5y ago20:32

20:32

Our guest Bruce Lewenstein is a professor in the Departments of Communication and of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University. A historian and social scientist, his main focus is the public understanding of science. He and Chris discuss studying scientific controversies and the essential importance of listening to and understanding what…

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Ep. 33: Using Data to Improve the Criminal Justice System with Lars Andersen, Rockwool Foundation 20:33

5y ago20:33

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Lars Andersen of the Rockwool Foundation in Copenhagen, Denmark joins us this month to discuss his research on crime and the consequences of punishment. He and Chris discuss the importance of using quality data to answer questions or reexamine existing knowledge based on poor data; how criminal justice professionals (wardens, guards, parole officer…

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Ep. 32: Adapting to Sudden Change with William Hobbs, Cornell University 17:36

5+ y ago17:36

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This month guest host and BCTR associate director Maria Fitzpatrick chats with Will Hobbs about his research on sudden changes and how people adapt to them. The change in question could be personal, like the death of a friend, or societal, like a governmental policy shift. As a researcher, he's most often associated with methods such as data scienc…

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Ep. 31: Working with State Agencies on Child Wellbeing with Lonnie Berger, University of Wisconsin 27:47

5+ y ago27:47

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This month we welcome Lonnie Berger, director of the Institute for Research on Poverty and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and Ph.D. Program Chair at the School of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His work aims to inform public policy in order to improve its capacity to assist families in accessing resources, improving …

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Ep. 30: Inequality, Public Policy and Democracy with Jamila Michener, Cornell University 23:42

5+ y ago23:42

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This month Chris chats with political scientist Jamila Michener. Jamila gets into her interest in politics and inequality from an early age; how public policy plays a role in alienating people at the economic and racial margins; and how connections to stakeholders shape her work.Jamila Michener is an assistant professor in the Department of Governm…

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Ep. 29 : Public Opinion Pushing Criminal Justice Reform with Peter Enns, Cornell University 18:31

5+ y ago18:31

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This time Chris is joined by his collaborator, political scientist Peter Enns. They get into Peter's work examining how how policy can be informed by public opinion in such areas as mass incarceration and unerstanding election resutls. He also explains why it's a good time for criminal justice reform.Peter K. Enns is an associate professor in the D…

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Ep. 28: Immigrant Workers' Rights with Shannon Gleeson, Cornell University 23:20

5+ y ago23:20

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Shannon Gleeson studies workplace rights, the experiences of immigrant workers and the role of advocacy organizations in holding government bureaucracies accountable. She and Chris discuss the overlap between immigration and labor policy, immigrant labor rights, the often-overlooked importance of policy implementation and working with various stake…

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Ep. 27: Studying Implicit Bias with Melissa Ferguson, Cornell University 24:29

5+ y ago24:29

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Melissa Ferguson is an expert in social cognition, studying how our unconscious attitudes and goals differ from our stated or self-perceived ones. She and Chris discuss her research in this area using implicit association tests to measure implicit prejudice, with the ultimate goal of changing it. They also get into the replication issues with psych…

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Ep. 26: Changing How We Work with Phyllis Moen, University of Minnesota 21:10

6y ago21:10

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This month we happily welcome Phyllis Moen, current McKnight Endowed Presidential Chair in Sociology at the University of Minnesota, and former Cornell faculty and founding director of the Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center at Cornell. Chris and Phyllis discuss her research on the mismatch between outdated work-time and career/retirement scripts and…

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Ep. 25: Social Media TestDrive for Youth with Amanda Purington, Cornell University 15:24

6y ago15:24

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Amanda Purington is our guest this episode. She and host Janis Whitlock discuss Amanda's work on Social Media TestDrive, a program that gives youth a safe, simulated online experience. TestDrive also sparks conversations between youth, youth practitioners and parents about online safety, cyberbullying, and positive online experiences. Amanda has lo…

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Ep. 24: Examining Our Interactions with Nature with bethany ojalehto, Cornell University 21:09

6y ago21:09

21:09

Chris is joined by bethany ojalehto of Cornell's Department of Human Development this episode. They discuss bethany's work examining how we conceptualize the natural world and how our perspectives influence what we find possible in that context. She works with the indigenous Ngöbe communities of Panama and non-indigenous people in the US and elsewh…

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Ep. 23: "Give All Children a Chance" with Kimberly Kopko, Cornell University 19:22

6y ago19:22

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Guest host Janis Whitlock talks to Kimberly Kopko about her research on parenting, parenting education, and working with communities. Kopko notes the importance of getting buy-in from the right people at community agencies when collaborating on a research project, and the need to work to give all children an equally strong start in life.Kimberly Ko…

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Ep. 22: Life in the Year After Prison with Bruce Western, Columbia University 16:54

6y ago16:54

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In our first episode with host and new BCTR Director Chris Wildeman, we hear from Bruce Western, who studies incarceration and reentry into society. They discussincarceration's effect on social and economic inequality; Dr Western's feeling that big datasets weren't telling the whole story about incarceration and reentry - and how his research took …

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Ep. 21: Identity, Disparity, and Reaching Goals with Neil. A Lewis, Cornell University 19:12

6+ y ago19:12

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Our guest Neil Lewis studies how the interplay between social identity and social contexts shape motivation and goal-pursuit processes. He uses this framework to understand social disparities, particularly disparities in education and health outcomes. He and Karl discuss ways that identity and social situations can affect health outcomes, obstacles…

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Ep. 20: What is Translational Research? with John Eckenrode, Cornell University 48:03

6+ y ago48:03

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It's our 20th episode! This seemed like a good moment to address a question we often hear: What is translational research?To tackle this important question Karl is joined by BCTR associate director John Eckenrode. They cover the origins of translational research, and how it differs from "basic" and "applied" research. There are some examples of tra…

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Ep. 19: Redeeming Teenage Killers with James Garbarino, Loyola University Chicago 19:14

6+ y ago19:14

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BCTR associate director Chris Wildeman sits in for Karl Pillemer this episode. Our guest James Garbarino argues that teenage killers are not doomed to a life of violence and most can be reahabilitated by the time they are fully-developed adults. They also talk about sentencing in these cases, how the judicial system deals with young killers, and wh…

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Ep. 18: The Well Being of Children and Older Adults with Maria Fitzpatrick, Cornell University 18:05

6+ y ago18:05

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Maria Fitzpatrick, the current Milman Fellow in the Bronfenbrenner Center, sat down with Karl to talk about her work centering on creating well being for the most vulnerable: children and elder adults. Maria is the first economist we've had on the podcast! They discuss mortality and retirement, the opoid crisis and child maltreatment, Maria's insig…

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Ep. 17: Cultivating "Broader, Better Human Beings" with Janis Whitlock, Cornell University 19:39

7y ago19:39

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In this episode we hear from Janis Whitock, director of the Youth Risk and Opportunity Lab in the Bronfenbrenner Center at Cornell University. She and Karl talk about how she unexpectedly began to study self-injury in youth, and how that focus has widened to examine the risks youth face in their transition to adulthood. Dr. Whitlock also discusses …

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Ep. 16: "There is No Health System" with Monika Safford, Weill Cornell Medical College 17:55

7y ago17:55

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In this episode BCTR director Karl Pillemer welcomes Dr. Monika Safford to discuss how the chronically ill rural poor are underserved or completely unserved by the current health care system. This lack of resources has created resourceful and creative community medical groups that fill in the gaps, and with whom Dr. Safford and her team have partne…

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Ep. 15: Aging and Insecurity with Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, University of East Anglia 19:30

7y ago19:30

19:30

Peter Lloyd-Sherlock examines the social protection, health, and well being of older people in developing countries. In this conversation he looks at some myths about elder care in developing countries (strong family support is not always present or adequate), considers the responsibilities of researchers who collaborate with NGOs, and calls for gr…

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Ep. 13: Using Data to Help Children with Dana Weiner, Chapin Hall, University of Chicago 18:46

7+ y ago18:46

18:46

Dana Weiner provides analytic consultaion to child welfare systems, using existing data to help policy makers better help children in need. She and Karl discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with using data and research evidence to inform decision making in public policy. Her highly collaborative work focuses on the prevention of prob…

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Ep. 14: Mental Health Support in Palliative Care with Elissa Kozlov, Weill Cornell Medical College 18:43

7+ y ago18:43

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In this episode Karl chats with Dr. Elissa Kozlov about psychological support for patients in palliative care. Dr. Kozlov also discusses insurance coverage for mental health in palliative care, support for family members, and the important difference between palliative and hospice care (they're not at all the same thing!).Dr. Elissa Kozlov is a T32…

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Ep. 12: Helping Create Healthy Military Families with Marney Thomas, The Military Projects, Cornell 18:59

7+ y ago18:59

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In this episode Karl and Marney Thomas discuss her decades of work evaluating military programs that support soldiers' and their families' health and well being.Marney Thomas is Military Projects Director Emeritus and Co-Principal Investigator Military Projects in the BCTR. Her research includes examining the implementation/impact of US Army family…

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Ep. 11: Incarceration is a Family Issue with Megan Comfort, Research Triangle Institute 14:52

7+ y ago14:52

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In this episode Megan Comfort and Karl chat about deeper engagement with communities, particularly post-study, integrating community feedback into the research process, and the effects of incarceration on families.Megan Comfort is a senior research sociologist in Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International’s Behavioral Health and Criminal Justi…

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Ep. 10: Architecture is a Social Art with Mardelle Shepley, Design & Environmental Analysis, Cornell 16:16

7+ y ago16:16

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Dr. Mardelle M. Shepley is a professor in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis and associate director of the Cornell Institute for Health Futures. A registered architect, she interweaves teaching and practice.She and Karl discuss using evidence-based design to solve problems, the impact of the physical environment on behavior, collab…

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Ep. 9: Research/Community Partnerships with Jennifer Agans, PRYDE, Cornell 16:28

8y ago16:28

16:28

This time Karl welcomes Jen Agans, assistant director of the Program for Research on Youth Development and Engagement (PRYDE). They discuss the importance of research/community partnerships, Agan's research on children's out-of-school time, and Agans explains what exactly the 4-H program is.Dr. Jennifer Agans is assistant director of PRYDE in the B…

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Ep. 8: Evaluating Military Family Programs with Brian Leidy, The Military Projects, Cornell 16:17

8y ago16:17

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Brian Leidy is director of The Military Projects in the Bronfenbrenner Center. He and Karl discuss the project's work doing process evaluation for the military and the challenges and importance of supporting this unique community.Brian D. Leidy is a senior extension associate and the principal investigator for the Military Projects in the Bronfenbr…

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Ep. 7: "Talk to Your Child" with Marianella Casasola, Human Development, Cornell 18:01

8y ago18:01

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In this episode Karl Pillemer talks with Marianella Casasola about her work examining infant cognitive development, early word learning, and early spatial cognition. Dr. Casasola talks about her experiences partnering with Head Start to do research, details of her more recent findings, and she gives some advice that any new parent can easily employ…

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