A big debate in my field of study is whether a purpose in life must be prosocial. William Damon (who I respect immensely) believes it must help others. I disagree. To me, this is an instance when politics ideology infringes on science. Thoughts?

Deadline approaching (March 1, 2020): Submit your letter of intent for the #ChildDevelopment Special Section on Specificity and Commonality: #Sociocultural Generalizability and #SocialEmotional Development. bit.ly/2PeeWuL Tina Malti Dr. Charissa Cheah Siew Lyng

Dr. Deborah Johnson’s work as Director of the Diversity Research Network (DRN) was featured in the @MSU_AAN newsletter. aan.msu.edu/2020/02/16/the…

Dr. Deborah Johnson was appointed to serve as the interim director of the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives (I3). Dr. Johnson is faculty in HDFS and director of the Diversity Research Network. hdfs.msu.edu/people/faculty…

Welcoming DrEmilieSpeaks, Emilie Smith, Mother, Scholar to MSU joining MSU HDFS. Prof Smith will be a MSU Social Science Distinguished Senior Scholar & will also lead the CSS Thematic area focused on Reducing Health and Social Disparities Among Marginalized Youth, #MSUDRN thrilled you're coming!!

SSHD Diversity Science Initiative (DSI). Relaunching Researcher's Windows to highlight members' research and personal stories. Here is Dr. Michael Cunningham's Researcher's Window. sshdonline.org/august-2016-re…

Got really tired of seeing Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model illustrated only w/ white boys. So we made a new (prettier) version centering Black girls. Please RT & share in your psych classes! Full article on #attachment & #antiracism is open access: doi.org/10.1080/146167…

IN PRODUCTION, edited bk done! Trying to wrap up during Covid was a trip! Grateful to many stellar contributors & coeditors(Chuang & Glozman). Examines identity re/formation and development in immigrant families across diverse ethnicities and age groups. springer.com/gp/book/978303…

I'm so excited to share my latest paper on #participatory science. I'm honored to have worked with the amazing @LindaJuang on this labor of love. Our time zones are 9 hrs apart but every odd hour meeting was so worth it! #CBPR #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter A few excerpts:

This is why I do what I do! I needed this voice as an undergrad Brown University and now I get to be this voice Yale University. #blackademics #belonging

Ramadan Mubarak to our Muslim families, friends, and communities. Please share our NEW infographic on Muslim American youth's experiences with Islamophobia, religious discrimination, and mental health during COVID-19 widely! American Arab MENA Psychological Association thefyi_org Culture, Child, and Adolescent Lab

Enrique Neblett Jr. This is great news! Just published a new immigrant paper with Dr. Junghee Yoon , the paper identifies the necessity for emerging identities in response to new contexts for South Sudanese refugees. #blackdiaspora psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-78…

Really excited to see our paper with Junghee Yoon and Dr House, from our special issue on College Women of Color in Rsch in Human Development drop online.🥳 RESISTANCE AND RESILIENCE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINX WOMEN COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF ETHNO-GENDERED RACISM

I truly enjoyed working on this paper that is based on the project I have been a part of from day 1. So glad this work is finally out!! Deborah J Johnson Meenal Rana tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Was an amazing pleasure to see this work with Junghee Yoon become public. An enormous pleasure to work with former student now colleague to bring the voices and lives of Black & Latinx college women into view. Appreciated her insight and thoughtfulness about their experiences.

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Lisa Kiang, Keita Christophe, PhD, Gabriela Livas Stein, Dr. Howard Stevenson, Shawn C.T. Jones, Michele Chan , still not here find that parental ethnic-racial identity and socialization helps parents navigate their children’s racial development APA Journals psycnet.apa.org/record/2023-83…

Research shows that having a sense of purpose is highly interdependent with many aspects of healthy adolescent development. Learn more about supporting #youth in developing their sense of purpose during adolescence during our webinar on Nov 2, 9 a.m. PT: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…