Symposia

Human Flourishing in Diverse Developmental Contexts
Virtual Event:
April 21-22, 2022, 1pm – 4:30 pm ET
This interdisciplinary symposium—co-hosted by the Cornell Center for Integrative Developmental Science and Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research highlights advances in the fields of developmental science and well-being and their applications to illuminating new research initiatives that promote positive health and flourishing with a particular focus on underrepresented populations, including ethnic racial minority youth, LGBTQ communities, caregivers, and older adults.
Speakers present on our current understanding of human flourishing and the methods used in its investigation; address salient promotive and protective mechanisms; and consider promising scientific agendas at the intersection of race, ethnicity, culture, sexual minority status, well-being, and lifespan development that are currently creating significant interdisciplinary breakthroughs and which over the next several years is likely to yield major advances.
Wednesday April 20, 2022
Flourishing in Context: Sociocultural Considerations
1:00-1:15PM |
Welcoming — Anthony Ong (Center for Integrative Developmental Science) and Anthony Burrow (Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research) Opening remarks — Dean Rachel Dunifon (College of Human Ecology) |
1:15PM-1:45PM |
Robert Sellers (University Michigan) |
1:45-2:15pm | Deborah Rivas-Drake (University of Michigan) Building Them Up: Racial and Ethnic Socialization and Flourishing among Racially Minorized Youth |
2:15-2:45pm |
Carol Ryff (University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
2:45-3:15pm | Jeanne Tsai (Stanford University) Cultural Variation in Ideal Affect: Implications for Well-Being and Flourishing in Across the Life Span |
3:15-3:30pm | Break |
3:30-4:30pm |
Panel Discussion — Co-Moderators: Anthony Burrow and Anthony Ong |
Thursday April 21, 2022
Resilience and Flourishing Amid Adversity
1-1:30pm | Suniya Luthar (Columbia University) Human Flourishing Across Diverse Contexts: Promoting Resilience Among Caregiving Adults |
1:30-2pm | Kate McLean (Western Washington University) Why we Need a Structural Approach to Understanding Identity Development |
2-2:30pm | Daniel Solórzano (University of California, Los Angeles) Racial Microaffirmations as a Response to Everyday Racism in Academic and Social Spaces |
2:30-3pm |
Paul Poteat (Boston College) |
3-3:15pm | Break |
3:15-4:15pm | Panel Discussion — Co-Moderators: Anthony Ong and Anthony Burrow Video of panel discussion - day 2 |
4:15-4:30pm |
Closing Remarks — Anthony Ong and Anthony Burrow |