Event Details
Event Title FPG Distinguished Lecture Series -- The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth
Location Virtual (Access provided after registration)
Sponsor FPG CDI
Date/Time 10/28/2020 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
For more information, contact the event administrator: Erica Nouri erica_nouri@med.unc.edu
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Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is pleased to welcome Dr. Joanna Lee Williams as the second speaker in our 2020-2021 distinguished lecture series Fostering Resilience for Our Children: From Birth Through Adolescence.

The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth

Joanna Lee Williams, PhD, is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. She also holds an appointment as associate professor in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia. As a developmental psychologist her primary interest is the period of adolescence. Her scholarship focuses on understanding the role of race and ethnicity in individual and interpersonal contexts and at broader levels of the ecology (e.g., classrooms). This includes research on racial/ethnic identity, racial/ethnic diversity in adolescent friendship networks, and social network equity in diverse middle school classrooms. Dr. Williams is also involved in efforts to translate the science of adolescent development into useful recommendations and practices for parents, educators, and policymakers. Dr. Williams is a member of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee (NASEM) on Neurobiological and Socio-behavioral Science of Adolescent Development and its Applications, the NASEM Board of Children, Youth, and Families, and the National Scientific Council on Adolescence. She is also a faculty affiliate of Youth-Nex: The UVA Center to Promote Effective Youth Development, and the Center for Parent and Teen Communication, a multidisciplinary team based within the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.