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The HDFS Catalyst
February 2017
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Winter 2017 Barbados Study Abroad Program Participants
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Nadisha Downs, '17 HS
Hometown: Wilmington, DE
Nadisha will be presenting her research on the topic of "Father Involvement of Young African American Men, ages 18-25, in Urban Contexts" at the February 2017
NAAAS Conference. She conducted her initial research,under the mentor-ship of
Dr. Rob Palkovitz, this summer after being accepted into the
McNair Scholars Program.
Nadisha was also one of seven students accepted to the University of Pennsylvania's, Social Justice Film Fellows Program. This is a fellowship that will give her the opportunity to create her own multimedia project on her topic of interest. The project will be presented at the
Screening Scholarship Media Festival in March 2017.
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Welcome Ann Aviles, Assistant Professor, to the HDFS Department. Dr. Aviles' teaching experience includes the areas of educational foundations, child development, child advocacy, education policy, qualitative research methods, action research and mental health in occupational therapy. She is currently teaching Families & Communities.
Dr. Aviles will be presenting her research along with her co-authors at this year's American Educational Research Association conference in April. She is also the VP of the Critical Race Studies in Education Association (CRSEA) and is collaborating with scholars across the United States to organize this year's conference.
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Alumni Making a Difference
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Casey Stradley, '16 HS, pictured here with her supervisor, Renee Purzycki, credits her current job fulfillment and success to her senior year internship opportunity. Casey’s placement was with the State of DE, Division of Long Term Care Program where she is now a full-time employee. During her internship, Casey was an instrumental contributor on a ground breaking project made possible by a grant through Civil Money Penalty Funds. This grant enabled the creation of the Music and Memory Program, an initiative to benefit Delaware nursing home residents coping with memory impairment.
The ultimate goal of the program is to impact the residents' lives by bringing back old memories associated with music to build engagement with family, friends, and nursing home staff,
According to Casey,
“this internship gave me an incredible opportunity to return a sense of dignity to many individuals that are trapped within their minds. Knowing I have the ability to positively affect someone’s quality of life is truly an amazing feeling".
Learn more.
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From left: Elise Colomb, Dr. Bahira Sherif Trask, Dr. Rena Hallam, Dr. Carol Vukelich visiting the Cayman International School in the Cayman Islands
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CEHD has created an exciting partnership with the
Cayman International School, which will enable Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education majors to complete their student teaching placements in the Cayman Islands. Future Human Service internships may also be possible through this partnership.
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