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News about research, awards, and other noteworthy updates from the School of Human Ecology
Can place-based civic science engage young people to make change?
In this article co-authored by Professor Emerita Constance Flanagan, the team explored how place-based civic science (PBCS) can provide opportunities to engage youth in environmental understanding and action through teamwork in which youth feel that …
Emerita Professor Bogenschneider wins award in Family Science
Karen Bogenschneider, Rothermel-Bascom Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology, was awarded the 2021 Wiley Prize in Family Science: The Alexis Walker Award. One of her recent papers was selected as the best family science paper published in …
How might financial life skills courses impact student knowledge & behavior?
This research paper authored by Associate Professor Cliff Robb and PhD student Somalis Chy discusses how freshmen/sophomore students who take a financial life skills course might have a different impact on their financial well-being, stress, …
Parental Incarceration & Young Children’s Development: Pathways to Resilience
Professor Julie Poehlmann-Tynan authors this chapter for the National Symposium on Family Issues book series: Although parental incarceration is an adverse childhood experience, the developmental pathways of children with incarcerated parents are heterogeneous. Some children …
Enhancing the School Success of Children from Low-Income Families
Professor Rob Nix co-author. This chapter describes the Research-based, Developmentally Informed Parent (REDI-P) home visiting program that was designed to support families of 4-year-old children attending Head Start through the transition into kindergarten. In REDI-P parents …
Covering Wisconsin receives $2M grant to help people find health coverage
Does Access to Bank Accounts as a Minor Improve Financial Capability?
This study co-authored by Professor Michael Collins and published by the Federal Reserve, shows policies that permit access to independently-owned accounts increase account ownership at age 16 through age 19, although by age 24 those …
Building power through reindigenization: Sharing the story of Menīkānaehkem
In this case study, published in the Journal of Community Psychology, Menīkānaehkem provides a valuable example of how community organizing is rooted in historical and cultural context to support power-building and collective action. For Menīkānaehkem, …
Research on financial vulnerability receives fourth year of funding
U.S. Social Security Administration approves 13 major research projects, investigating a range of social insurance topics, including the Child Tax Credit, the geography of long-term care, the effects of COVID-19 on older adults, and improving trust among those targeted by scams and frauds.