Past Events
Spring 2007
March 30 - April 1
Third interdisciplinary conference
Foundation for Psychocultural Research and UCLA
Seven Dimensions of Emotion
Fear, Disgust, Anger, Grief, Love, Despair, and Empathy

April 3
Susan C. Watkins, Ph.D.
UCLA Sociology
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Forum
Using local relationships to diagnose AIDS in rural Malawi
April 10
Martie Haselton, Ph.D.
UCLA Psychology & Communication Studies
Center for the Study of Women
The Hidden Side of Female Desire: What Ovulatory Cycle Research Results Reveal
April 11
David Sutton, Ph.D.
Southern Illinois University
Center on Everyday Lives of Families Colloquium
April 17
Marjorie Orellana, Ph.D.
UCLA Education
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Forum
Development through relationships and responsibilities: Immigrant youth family translators
April 18
Daphne Bugental, Ph.D.
UC Santa Barbara
Center on Everyday Lives of Families Colloquium
April 24
Thomas S. Weisner, Ph.D.
UCLA Anthropology
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Forum
What is the opposite of qualitative research? Mixed methods in the study of working poor families and children
April 24
Christia Spears Brown, Ph.D.
UCLA Psychology
Center for the Study of Women
The Experience of Being a Girl in a Man's World: How Discouraging Comments and Sexual Harassment Shape Adolescent Girls' Achievement, Aspirations and Self-concept
April 25
Wendy Manning, Ph.D.
Bowling Green State, Sociology
Sociology of Family Working Group
Cohabitation and Marital Dissolution: Qualitative and Quantitative Based Evidence
April 26
Steven J. Suomi, Ph.D.
NICHD & NIH
UCLA Department of Psychology
Up-tight, Laid-back and Jumy Monkeys
May 1
Megan Mulet, MA



Natalya Maisel, MA
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Forum
Sharing With Strangers: Emotional Narratives of Transformation at Burning Man Gatherings

Minority Stress and Same-sex Couples: What Predicts Cohabitation and Domestic Partnership
May 2
Tom Fricke, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
Center on Everyday Lives of Families Colloquium
May 8
Abigail C. Saguy, Ph.D.
UCLA Sociology
Center for the Study of Women
Defining the Ideal Body: News Reporting on Obesity and Eating Disorders in the United States and France
May 15
Kimberly Griffin, MA



Sarah Press
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Forum
'Black Tax': Examining the costs and benefits of student interaction for African American professors.

When I go out of the classroom, I can breathe: Leaving class in high school.
May 21 Stacey L. Rucas, Ph.D.
California Polytechnic State University, Anthropology
Behavior, Evolution and Culture &
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
Allies and Rivals: The Complex world of women's social dynamics among the Tsimane of Bolivia
May 22 Alan Fiske, Ph.D.

Andrea Mates, Lisa Mikesell, Sam Torrisi, Sabrina Pagano & Sarah Molouki
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Forum
Frontotemporal dementia: A neurodegenerative disease of social motives and moral emotions?
May 29 Lia Kraemer, MA Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Forum
Couples' coping strategies as predictors of adjustment to breast cancer
May 30 Carla Freeman, Ph.D.
Emory University
Center on Everyday Lives of Families Colloquium
June 5 Ruth Milkman, Ph.D.
UCLA Sociology
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Forum
Paid family leave in California: Achievements and prospects
Winter 2007
Date Speaker Event
January 11
Stephanie Reich, Research Associate
Vanderbilt University
Developmental Forum
Children's Social Webs: Influences of Peers and Parents
January 11
Kerri Johnson, Ph.D.
NYU
Communication Studies Job Talk
Interpersonal Metaperception: A New Perspective on an Old Question
January 19
Gary Gates, Ph.D.
UCLA School of Law
Sociology of Family Working Grroup Seminar
Correlates and Predictors of Coresidential Stability in Different-sex and ame-sex Couples
January 25
Carol Tavris, Ph.D.
Social Psychologist and Science Writer
Developmental Forum
A (Social Psychologist's) Writer's life: Pop Psych, Mom Psych and Other Obstacles to Writing About Research
January 31
Rosalyn Barnett, Ph.D.
Brandeis University Psychology
Center on Everyday Lives of Families Colloquium
February 7
Sarah Harkness, Ph.D.
Charles Super, Ph.D.
University of Connecticut
Center on Everyday Lives of Families Colloquium
February 9
Sal Oropesa, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University Sociology and Demography
Sociology of Family Working Group and Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Working Group
From Puerto Rican to Pan-Ethnic in New York City
February 22 & 23
Workshop
UCLA Law School Williams Institute
A Primer on Empirical Research on Sexual Minorities
February 23
Annual Update on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy
UCLA Law School Williams Institute
March 2
Dominik Schoebi, Ph.D.
UCLA Psychology
Close Relationships Interest Group
Crossover of Anger and Sadness in Close Relationships
March 7 Sara Harkness &
Charles M. Super
University of Connecticut
Center on Everyday Lives of Families
How Parental Ethnotheories Shape Children's Everyday Lives and Development
March 8 Nancy Collins, Ph.D.
UC Santa Barbara
Health Psychology Brown Bag
Will You Be There When I Need You? Perceived Partner Responsiveness Regulates Support-seeking Behavior, Support Expectations, and Perceptions of Support Received in Couples
Fall 2006
Date Speaker Event
October 10
Joan Silk, Ph.D.
UCLA Dept. of Anthropology
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program Forum
No Female is an Island:The Adaptive Value of Social Bonds Among Female Baboons
October 11
Sara Algoe, Ph.D.
UCLA Dept. of Psychology
Health Psychology Seminar
Gratitude, Social Support, and Mental Health
October 24
Megan Sweeney, Ph.D.
UCLA Dept. of Sociology
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program Forum
Understanding Racial and Ethnic Variation in Patterns of Marital Disruption in the U.S.
October 31
Ted Robles, Ph.D.
UCLA Dept. of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program Forum
Sleeping Together: The Relationship, Sleep, and Health Consequences of Sharing a Bed
November 7
Mignon Moore, Ph.D.
UCLA Dept. of Sociology
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program Forum
Lipstick or Timberlands? Meanings of Gender Presentation in Black Lesbian Communities
November 8
Darby Saxbe, M.A.
UCLA Dept. of Psychology
Health Psychology Seminar
Marriage, Stress, & Health: How Relationships Affect Physiology
November 21
Thomas Bradbury, Ph.D.
UCLA Dept. of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program Forum
Understanding Change in Marriage
November 28
Benjamin Karney, Ph.D.
The Rand Corporation
Psychology Department Colloquium
How Does Relationship Satisfaction Change? Implications of a Global-Specific Model
December 4
Dario Maestripieri, Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture
Biological bases of caregiver attachment
December 6
Christina Chang, Ph.D.
UCLA Dept. of Psychology
Health Psychology Seminar
Family Warmth, Social Support, and Attributions of Mexican-Americans with Schizophrenia
December 7
Richard B. Slatcher
University of Texas, Austin
Psychology Department Colloquium
Why Do I Love Thee? The Role of Context in Romantic Relationship Formation, Maintenance and Stability
December 7
David Buss, Ph.D.
University of Texas, Austin
Psychology Department Colloquium
Sexual Conflict in Human Mating Strategies
December 14
Gregory M. Walton, Ph.D.
University of Waterloo
Psychology Department Colloquium
Mere Belonging: Effects on Motivation and Achievement
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