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Spring 2008
May 29
 Larry Steinberg, Ph.D.
Temple University 		Developmental Forum; Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program Forum
A Social Neuroscience Perspective on Adolescent Risk-Taking
May 13 Peter Todd, Ph.D.
Indiana University 		UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution & Culture; Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
Investigating Mate Search With Simulation and Speed-Dating
May 13 Debra Skinner, Ph.D.
University North Carolina, Chapel Hill		 Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program Forum
The Ramifications of Genetic Diagnosis and Genetic Information for Families: An Interdisciplinary and Multi-Methods Approach
May 8 Paul Zak, Ph.D.
Claremont Graduate University 		Social Psychology Colloquium; Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
The Neurobiology of Trust: Exploring the Effects of Oxytocin
May 5 Debra Lieberman, Ph.D.
University of Hawai, Psychology		 UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution & Culture; Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
The Psychology of Inbreeding Avoidance: Kin Detection and Sexual Aversions
May 1 Lisa Diamond, Ph.D.
University of Utah		 Social Psychology Colloquium; Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
Biosocial Perspectives on Attachment Over the Life Course: What's Healthy About Love.
April 28 Mignon Moore, Ph.D.
UCLA, Sociology 		Sociology of Family Working Group; Co-sponsored with the Gender Working Group
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Shifting the Racial Lens in the Study of Lesbian Family Life
April 28 Lynn Fairbanks, Ph.D.
UCLA, NPI		 Social Psychology Colloquium; Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
Maternal Effects on Behavior and Development of Vervet Monkeys: Genes, Environment and Genetic Interactions
April 28 Susan Perry, Ph.D.
UCLA, Anthropology		 UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution & Culture; Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
April 17 William J. Wilson, Ph.D.
Harvard University		 The UCLA Department of Social Welfare; Co-Sponsored byThe Office for Faculty Diversity and Development and The Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies
Social Structure and Culture In the Study of Black Family.
April 7 Paul Amato, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University		 Sociology of Family Working Group; Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
Alone Together: How Marriage in America is Changing
March 31
 Carel Van Schaik, Ph.D.
University of Zurich, Anthropology		 UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution & Culture; Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
Dominance Styles and Male-Male Coalitions Among Nonhuman Primates and Humans
Winter 2008
March 10 Becky Frank, Ph.D.
UCLA, Anthropology		 UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution & Culture; Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
The Role of Contingent Reciprocity and Market Exchange in the Lives of Female Olive Baboons
February 25
 John Mitani, Ph.D.
University of Michigan, Anthropology		 UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution & Culture; Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
Cooperation in Wild Chimpanzees
February 13 Annette Stanton, Ph.D.
UCLA Psychology		 Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine Seminar
Coping with chronic illness
February 11 Steve Gangestad, Ph.D.
University of New Mexico Psychology		 UCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution & Culture; Co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program
Human Estrus: Function and Phylogeny
February 1 Thinking Gender UCLA Center for the Study of Women in Conjunction with USC Center for Feminist Research
18th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference
January 29 Barry Thorne Ph.D.
UC Berkeley Sociology		 Center for Culture, Brain & Development
With, Then-Apart;Cooties and Mixing -- the Variability of Children's Social Relationships.
January 28 Prof. Timothy Biblarz
USC Sociology		 The Sociology of Family Working Group
How Does the Gender of the Parents Matter?
January 23 Ted Robles, Ph.D.
UCLA Psychology		 Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine Seminar
Social relationships and health: Past, present, and future
January 16 Shelley Taylor, Ph.D.
UCLA Psychology		 Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine Seminar
Early environment, psychosocial resources, and health: A lifespan model
January 8 Linda Gallo, Ph.D.
San Diego State Psychology		 Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine Seminar
Psychosocial influence in health disparities: Applications of the reserve capacity model
Fall 2007
December 5 Cleopatra Abdou, M.A.
UCLA Psychology		 Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine Seminar
Respiratory Disease in Offspring in Ethnically Diverse Lower Income Families as a Function of Perinatal and Early Childhood Environments
December 5 Prof. Marco Iacoboni
UCLA Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences,		 Center for Language, Interaction and Culture Speaker Seires
Mirroring People: The Role of Mirror Neurons in Social Interactions
November 28 Prof. Stephanie Coontz
Evergreen State College		 In Search of "Traditional" Marriage: The Surprising Diversity of Love and Marriage Across Cultures and Times
November 14 Prof. Christine Rini
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine		 Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine Seminar
Adjustment Among Mothers of Children Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplant: Social Support Processes
November 7 Prof. Andrew Fuligni
UCLA Psychology		 Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine Seminar
Family Obligations, Assistance, and the Adjustment of Adolescents from Asian, Latin American, and European Backgrounds
November 5 Prof. Kerri Johnson
UCLA Communication Studies		 Brain, Evolution and Culture Speaker Series
Gender Counts: Why Perceived Masculinity and Femininity are as important as the Cues that Convey Them
November 2 Sandra Murray, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
State University of New York, Buffalo
 Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program (IRSP), the Close relationship Interest Group (CRIG) and the Social Psychology Colloquium Series
The Commitment Insurance System: Implicit Exchange Contingencies in Close Relationships
Ocyober 29 Prof. Ben Karney
UCLA Psychology		 UCLA School of Nursing and Center for Vulnerable Populations Research
What's different about low-income intimate relationships? Evidence from survey research
October 24 Prof. Gayla Margolin
USC Psychology		 UCLA Center on Everyday Lives of Families
Violence Exposure: Effects on Children and Families
October 19 & 20 Los Angeles Queer Studies conference 2007 The Williams Institute
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October 15 Gian Gonzaga, Ph.D.
eHarmony		 Brain, Evolution and Culture Speaker Series
Is There an I in We?
October 10 Prof. Sybil Carrere
UCLA Psychology		 Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine Seminar
The Psychophysiology of Family Emotional Regulation Processes
October 4 Charlotte Patterson, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of Virginia
 Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program (IRSP) and The Williams Institute
Children of Lesbian and Gay Parents: A Social Science Perspective