Members in the News
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January 5, 2012
A recent NPR article, Why A Teen Who Talks Back May Have a Bright Future, discusses a recent study conducted by SRA member, Joseph P. Allen, and his findings recently published in Child Development.
December 7, 2011
SRA President, Niobe Way, recently appeared on the Today Show to discuss "Why boys need to have--and keep--a BFF. View her article, tips and video of the interview here.
November 15, 2011
The following article, Penn State and the Crisis of Masculinity, by SRA President Niobe Way, was posted in the Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/niobe-way-phd/penn-state-and-the-crisis_b_1090126.html
October 19, 2011
SRA member, Jeff Arnett, is mentioned in this article about the impact of the economic downturn on young adults.
http://nymag.com/news/features/my-generation-2011-10/
September 28, 2011
SRA President, Niobe Way, was recently featured in a New York Times article "Allowing Teenage Boys to Love Their Friends". Read the column here.
September 21, 2011
SRA Member, Nancy Deutsch, author of a new book on After-School Centers and Youth Development: Case Studies of Success and Failure, a new book by Barton Hirsch of Northwestern University, Nancy Deutsch of the University of Virginia and David DuBois of University of Illinois-Chicago clarifies the interactions that lead to success, based on an intensive study of three after-school centers that differ widely in quality. http://www.s-r-a.org/announcements/2011-09-21-press-release-after-school-centers-and-youth-development-case-studies-succe
June 22, 2011
SRA President, Niobe Way, is in the news for her op-ed piece, What Boys Really Want from Their Fathers, posted in the Huffington Post.
Way was also quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer for her research in her recently published book Deep Secrets: Boys' Friendships and the Crisis of Connection.
May 25, 2011
SRA President-Elect Stephen Russell discussed his research on the consequences of anti-LGBT bullying in the Huffington Post
May 20, 2011
SRA members’, Sara A. Vasilenko and Eva S. Lefkowitz, research on gender differences in the emotional consequences of virginity loss featured in Time magazine.
April 28, 2011
SRA Members, Brian K. Barber and Laurence Steinberg, are quoted in Scientific American regarding the recently published book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.
March 3, 2011
SRA Member, Niobe Way, has a new book out.
Way, Niobe. Deep Secrets: Boys' Friendships and the Crisis of Connection. Harvard University Press).
The book, based on twenty years of longitudinal research with hundreds of ethnically diverse teenage boys, challenges gender and racial stereotypes about boys, their social and emotional capacities, and their desires for relationships. Way's data reveal that boys, especially during late adolescence, are facing a crisis of connection that has long term negative implications for their adjustment.
February 7, 2011
SRA Member Yalda Uhls comments on possible consequences of adolescents' digitial footprints. [full article].
February 4, 2011
Research by SRA Member Larry Steinberg is discussed in a New York Times blog about teenage decision making. [full article]
October 28, 2010
SRA's Vice President for Programming Dr. Clea McNeely, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was interviewed for a Teen Vogue article entitled "Social Smoking: The Hidden Dangers and How to Quit." [full article]
October 13, 2010
An article on bullying recently published in the Journal of Early Adolescence by Jaana Juvonen (SRA Member), Yueyan Wang, and Guadalupe Espinoza (SRA Member) has been extensively discussed in the media, including an article at USNews.com. [full article]
September 17, 2010
Christopher Daddis, an assistant professor of psychology at The Ohio State University, was featured in the New York Times article "Why Teenagers Don't Talk to Parents About Sex." [full article]
September 10, 2010
One of our leaders in the field of adolescent research, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, was recently featured in the New York Times Magazine. The article describes the significant theoretical contributions Jeffrey Arnett has made over the past decade. [full article]
June 23, 2010
Joseph Allen, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and the co-author of "Escaping the Endless Adolescence" (Ballantine, 2009) and Mitchell Prinstein, a professor and director of clinical psychology at the University of North Carolina were interviewed for a piece in the New York Times on Saturday, 06/19/10. The piece was titled "Peeking at the Negative Side of High School Popularity." [full article]
March 25, 2010
René Veenstra was interviewed by LiveScience for an article entitled "Bullies Pick on Unpopular Kids, Study Finds." [full article]
