Jan. 31 - Feb. 6, 2022

Criminology Associate Professor Participates in "The Criminology Academy" Podcast

Joan Reid, PhD was interviewed by two doctoral students from the University of Colorado Boulder for their podcast, "The Criminology Academy." This podcast focuses on criminology research and the life of PhD students. In the episode that aired today, Dr. Reid shares her expertise on human trafficking, adverse childhood experiences, and risk profiles.

CFS Professor Honored as AAAS Fellow

Marilyn Stern, PhD, CRC was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). A professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies, Dr. Stern is recognized for her distinguished contributions to the field of psychology, particularly for development of parent-involved interventions for obese children and adolescents, pediatric cancer survivors, and at-risk youth. She joins a prestigious group of nine other fellows selected from USF.

CBCS in the News

Apple AirTags And 'High-Tech Stalking' in FL: What To Know

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"Patch asked the University of South Florida St. Petersburg Trafficking in Persons – Risk to Resilience Lab if there is evidence that points to human traffickers using this device to..."

Quinn, R. D., Arnold, A., & Littlewood, K. A. (2022). The Transformative Nature of Community Engagement in the Arts. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Service Learning and Community Engagement Teaching Practices (pp. 1446-1469). IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-6684-3877-0.ch076

Title: A Macro Social Examination of the Relationship Between Disabilities and Crime Using Neighborhood and County-Level Data

Student: Natasha A. Baloch

Program: Criminology

Date: Friday, February 25, 2022

Time: 2 p.m. EST

Location: SOC 351

Christina Dillahunt-Aspillaga, PhD, CRC, CVE, CLCP (CFS)

Expanding the Nebraska VR ABI Screening Process

Sponsor: Nebraska Department of Education

9/8/2021-9/7/2022

Amount: $18,997

This project builds capacity in core partners of Nebraska's system of services and supports to effectively, equitably serve all individuals with traumatic brain injury, targeting culturally and linguistically diverse populations, their families, and support networks. Dr. Dillahunt-Aspillaga will provide the services to guide development of a multi-tiered, person-centered, culturally competent traumatic brain injury training curriculum for the staff of Nebraska VR and its Supported Employment providers.

Howard Goldstein, PhD (CSD)

Bringing the Word Gap Research Network: Story Friends e-Books Research with HIPPY

Sponsor: University of Kansas / HRSA

9/1/2021-8/30/2024

Subaward Amount: $30,000

Story Friends was developed as a supplemental preschool curriculum and has been shown to improve vocabulary learning of academic words among preschoolers. This project will investigate Story Friends e-books to determine effects on the language environment and vocabulary learning in the homes of participants of families participating in the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program. Randomized control experiments will investigate the effects of targeting incentives to home visitors, parents, or children. Measures will include teleassessment measures of vocabulary learning; caregiver reports on vocabulary; families' ratings of the acceptability of the program; and the extent to which children and caregivers with children engage in book reading using online analytics.

The study team at the University of South Florida Department of Child and Family Studies is conducting a national online survey of former youth residents of residential treatment facilities and their parents and caregivers to understand their experiences and perspective of the care received by the facilities. The types of facilities include programs such as therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness camps, addiction treatment centers, residential treatment centers, and boot camps.

The survey will be completed online via a web-based survey link. The information shared will be anonymous and cannot be linked to individuals in any way. We will create a report based on the answers provided by all survey participants to inform policymakers, parents, teens, and treatment providers with the goal of improving services and regulations. The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete.

If you are a parent of someone who attended a residential program as a teenager between 2017 and 2021 you are invited to complete the parent survey.

If you are a young adult who attended a residential program as a teenager between 2017 and 2021 you are invited to complete the young adult survey.

Follow this link to learn more about study eligibility and to complete the survey: https://www.usf.edu/cbcs/cfs/research-training/surveys/index.aspx