2008-2009 Colloquium Series
All colloquia will be held from Noon to 1:15 PM in the Swig Boardroom, Room 241, CIT Building located at 115 Waterman Street unless otherwise noted. This room is handicap accessible.
Current Calendar of Events
Fall 2008
- September 25th
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The History of Children's Play in the U.S.: Change and Continuity
Howard Chudacoff
Brown University - October 23rd
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Getting In Sync: Communication and Gestures in Autism
Inge-Marie Eigsti
University of Connecticut
Location TBA - November 6th
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Lipsitt-Duchin Lecture: Predicting and Preventing Adolescent Behavioral Misadventures: 50 Years of Discovery in Rhode Island
Steve Buka
Brown University
Salomon 101, The DeCiccio Family Auditorium, 4-6pm - November 13th
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Language in Autism: Developmental, Psycholinguistic and Neuroimaging Perspectives.
Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph.D.
Boston University School of Medicine - December 4th
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Starting: International Adoption as a Natural Experiment in Language Acquisition
Jesse Snedeker
Harvard University
Spring 2009
- February 5th
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Unequal Educational Beginnings: Socio-Economic Status and Parental Involvement in Children's Schooling in Japan
Yoko Yamamoto
Brown University - February 26th
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Sleep Disparities and Daytime Functioning in Young Adolescents: Implications for Schools
Amy R. Wolfson, Ph.D.
College of the Holy Cross - March 19th
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Concept Formation in Infancy: The Role of Domain-General Mechanisms
David H. Rakison, D.Phil
Carnegie Mellon University - April 9th
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Linguistic Risk Correlates of Psychopathology in Young Latino Immigrant Children Growing up with Two Languages
Claudio Toppelberg, MD
Harvard University - April 16th
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Global Challenges in Human Development: Realizing Developmental Potential
Carol Worthman
Emory University