The Future of Healthy Families
Gregory Duncan
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016 at 4:00 pm – 2019 Morrill Hall
Greg Duncan is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on the comparative importance of the skills and behaviors developed during childhood, especially the relative importance of early academic skills, cognitive and emotional self-regulations, and health in promoting children's success in school and the workforce. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001 and to the National Academy of Sciences in 2010. Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture SeriesThe 2015-16 Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series brings together insight from across disciplinary bounds to address how family is defined, the current knowledge on healthy families, and the future of the field.
For more information, visit the 2015-16 Helen LeBaron Hilton Endowed Chair Lecture Series website.
Cosponsored By:
- College of Human Sciences
- Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair Endowment
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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