The 57th Nebraska Symposium on Emotion and the Law: Ethnicity and Youth Health Disparities
Coordinated by: Gustavo Carlo, Lisa Crockett and Miguel Carranza
As asserted in the National Institutes of Health report, Healthy People 2010, health disparities due to race, gender, ethnicity, and social class will become a major threat to the well being of the nation in this century. The goals of this Nebraska Symposium are threefold: 1) to provide basic information on the scope and etiology of health disparities among youth, 2) to identify the methodological and political challenges ahead, and 3) to provide a venue for exchange of ideas to address these challenges and reduce these disparities. The Symposium will bring together eminent scholars who are known for studying psychological and behavioral health in ethnic minority populations in the U.S. The speakers have expertise on health disparities across multiple ethnic populations including African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asian Americans, as well as disparities linked to social class. Health topics to be discussed include violence, academic achievement, substance use, and physical and mental health, among others. The speakers will focus on two key issues: (1) major conclusions from theory and research and (2) how their body of work has or could improve human well-being and functioning. The Symposium will prove valuable to students, researchers, educators, service providers, practitioners, and policy makers.
Scheduled speakers include:
Rick Bevins, Ph.D. (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Anthony Caggiula, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh)
John Dani, Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine)
Linda Dwoskin, Ph.D. (University of Kentucky)
Athina Markou, Ph.D. (The Scripps Research Institute)
Kenneth Perkins, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh)
Marina Picciotto, Ph.D. (Yale University School of Medicine)
Jed Rose, Ph.D. (Duke Center for Nicotine & Smoking Cessation Research)
Stephen Tiffany, Ph.D. (University of Utah School of Medicine)
The Symposium will include a poster session and will be followed by a published volume.