The Institute of Human Development and Social Change (IHDSC) is a joint initiative of the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development; the Wagner School of Public Service; the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and the Office of the Provost. The Institute brings together more than 40 NYU faculty from the social, behavioral and health sciences, in order to study how complex social forces such as globalization and immigration, affect human development.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
IHDSC Announces Interim Director
I am writing to announce the appointment of Richard Arum as interim director of the Institute for Human Development and Social Change. Richard has the full support of the IHDSC Governance Board, the Deans of FAS and Wagner, the Provost and the Vice Provost for Research. I agree that this is an excellent appointment and ensures the Institute’s solid leadership following Cybele's appointment as Vice Provost at NYU.
Richard Arum has been involved with IHDSC from its inception. He has maintained a tremendously strong track record of interdisciplinary and collaborative research projects, and has been awarded major research grants from funders such as the MacArthur and Gates Foundations. He has had a key role in establishing the Research Alliance for NYC Public Schools. Arum has also held several key senior leadership roles within the University and in his field, including service as Chair of the Department of Humanities and the Social Sciences, Deputy Director of IHDSC's IES-PIRT doctoral training program and Program Director for education research for the Social Sciences Research Council. Richard has recently been acknowledged in Education Week as one of the university-based academics who is most frequently cited. He has contributed substantially to public debates about schools and schooling. Please join me in offering Richard congratulations and gratitude for assuming this leadership position.
Thanks much.
Sincerely,
Mary Brabeck
Gale and Ira Drukier Dean
CHIBPS Co-Sponsoring Group Relations Conference
The Center for Health, Identity, Behavior, & Prevention Studies (CHIBPS) at NYU will be co-sponsoring a group relations conference titled Sexual Identity: Authorization and Leadership in a World of Differences on March 2-4, 2012. For more information, please visit the website here: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/appsych/grouprelations/
IHDSC Announces Spring 2012 Speaker Series Schedule
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IN THE NEWS
IHDSC Faculty Affiliates, Clancy Blair and Joshua Aronson, Applied Psychology
A new paper co-authored by Drs. Clancy Blair and Joshua Aronson at NYU has been accepted by American Psychologist, APA's flagship journal. The paper, titled "Intelligence: New Findings and Theoretical Developments," looks at new findings in the study of the biology of intelligence.
The Institute is listed as one of Dean Brabeck's many accomplishments
The Institute of Human Development and Social Change is one of many initiatives launched by the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development that has received internal and external recognition under Dean Mary Brabeck's leadership. Click here to read about the Institue in the news.