Friday, September 27, 2024 at 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET / 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT
Join us over Zoom. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcodOmhqz4rGdXrg6Tbob2-A8cxFMEMKLFI
Speaker: Dr. Natasha J. Cabrera
Natasha J. Cabrera, Ph.D, is Professor of Human Development at the University of Maryland. Dr. Cabrera’s research focuses on father involvement and children’s social and cognitive development; adaptive and maladaptive factors related to parenting and cultural variation in ethnic minority families; and, the mechanisms linking early experiences to children’s school readiness. Dr. Cabrera has published in peer-reviewed journals on policy, methodology, theory and the implications of fathering and mothering behaviors on child development in low-income minority families. She is the co-editor of the Handbook of Father Involvement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 2nd Edition (Taylor & Francis, 2013) and Latina/o Child Psychology and Mental Health: Vol 1 and 2 (Praeger, 2011). Dr. Cabrera is the Editor of Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development (Monographs) and the recipient of the National Council and Family Relations award for Best Research Article regarding men in families in 2009. In 2015, the National Academy of Sciences appointed her to its committee on parents of young children; in 2016, she was a Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar; and, in 2017 she was a Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), visiting scholar, University of Ruhr, Germany. She is co-PI at the National Center for Research on Hispanic Families and Children.
The aims of the DNC Speaker Series are to highlight research on prevention science and public health that is led by researchers from underrepresented groups and primarily conduct research with groups that are understudied (e.g., racial/ethnic minorities, individuals who identify as a sexual minority, individuals with disabilities). The presentation series will also aim to create a forum for the guest speaker(s) to share career/professional reflections as a researcher from an underrepresented group(s) and to promote discussions of diversity and inclusion in professions related to prevention science and public health.
Questions: Jennifer Lewis, SPR Executive Director, jenniferlewis@preventionresearch.org.