School News
News about research, awards, and other noteworthy updates from the School of Human Ecology
The power of persistence: One student’s fight to educate himself and others
Photo: Sarakk Rith, courtesy of PEPY Empowering Youth Growing up in a remote village of Cambodia in a country still wracked with civil war, Sarakk Rith was determined to go to school. “My father was …
Human Ecology professor helps lead landmark study on early childhood development
For millennia, parents have gazed into their babies’ eyes and wondered, “What are they thinking?” And yet the actual workings of infants’ brains have remained a mystery — until now. The University of Wisconsin–Madison is …
Shim co-author of longitudinal person-centered analysis of financial identity & adult status
Impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic on Daily Life, Mood and Behavior of Adults with Down Syndrome
Associate professor Sigan Hartley authors this journal article, with co-authors graduate student Victoria Fleming and Brianna Piro-Gambetti, looking at how societal efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 may also have taken a heavy toll …
New article co-authored by Prof Wong explores how consumers rationalize luxury consumption with karmic beliefs
Poehlmann-Tynan co-authors new paper on Parental Arrest & Child Behavior, Executive Functioning
Assist Prof Horowitz new article addresses Global Standards, Corporate Diagrams & Indigenous Agency
This paper, Global Standards, Corporate Diagrams and Indigenous Agency: ExxonMobil in Russia and Alaska, co-authored by Assistant Professor Leah Horowitz, discusses how the government, and others may play important roles in influencing how corporate policies …
Human Ecology collaboration supports women who face housing challenges following prison and jail time
The obstacles women face in trying to rebuild their lives and homes are unique.