23rd Annual Adult Development Symposium
Society for Research in Adult Development (SRAD)
Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers
March 22 & 23, 2008
Pre-conference Affiliate of the American Educational Research Association
PROGRAM SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
Saturday, March 22
8:00am - 1:00am Registration (The symposium registration fee includes a full membership in SRAD for one year.)
8:30am - 9:00am Welcoming Remarks
9:00am - 11:00am Session 1: Wisdom and Moral development
11:00am - 1:00pm Session 2: Roles, Identity and Well-being
1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch Break
2:00pm - 4:00pm Registration table open
2:00pm - 4:00pm Session 3: Individual Therapy and Community Intervention
4:00pm - 5:15pm Colloquium: What's to Compare When Comparing Content-Free Developmental Theories?
Correlating an Adult Development Theory with the General Theory of Hierarchical Complexity
6:00pm - 9:00pm Workshop: Applying the Model of Hierarchical Complexity to Score Answers and To Create Self Scoring Tasks
(Workshop participation is free of charge.)
Sunday, March 23
8:00am - 12:00pm Registration table open
8:00am - 10:00am Session 4: Promoting Adult Development in College and Beyond
10:00am - 12:00pm Session 5: Measuring Complex and Creative Thought
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch Break
1:00pm - 2:00pm Business Meeting (All attendees are encouraged to participate.)
2:00pm - 4:00pm Session 6: The Societal Contexts of Adult Development
Saturday, March 22
8:00am - 1:00am Registration
(The symposium registration fee includes a full membership to SRAD for one year.)
8:30am - 9:00am Welcoming Remarks
9:00am - 11:00am Session 1: Wisdom and Moral development
Convener & Facilitator (Sara Ross, ARINA, Inc.)
Christopher P.
Adkins (The College of William & Mary)
Stimulating Secondary Moral Intuitions: Theoretical and Empirical
Support for Role-taking with Adolescents and Adults
Dawn E. Schrader (Cornell University)
Toward a new model of development and change in moral development theory
James P. Gubbins (Salem State College)
Creative Career Paths, Mentoring, and Moral Advance
Neha Khetrapal (University of Allahabad, Allahabad)
The concept of ‘Wisdom’ and its Development across Adulthood
Shruti Baijal (University of Allahabad)
Understanding wisdom in adult development: cognitive neuroscientific approach
Roderic L. Owen (Mary Baldwin)
The Wisdom Tradition: the Afflictions of Affluence, the Appeal of Simplicity
11:00am - 1:00pm Session 2: Roles, Identity and Well-being
Convener and Facilitator: Dawn E. Schrader (Cornell University)
Lisa M. Dinella and Diana Igelshteyn (Monmouth University)
How Young Adults’ Sex and Gender Identities Relate to their Post-College Ambitions: Implications for Career and Emotional Development
Anne E. Noonan (Salem State College)
Older Adults’ Experiences with Social Relations at Work
Julia A. Smith (Southeast Missouri State University)
Autonomy in Late Adolescent Female Development
Lisa Dinella & Jacqueline Fasolino (Monmouth University)
Sex Differences
in Young Adults' Emotional Responses to Music
Thomas Swan (Siena College), Suzanne Benack (Union College) and Joshua Hart (Union College)
The development of fundamental security operations
Sharon Belden (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
Toward a New Psychology of Careers: Exploring Career Resilience of Men in Today's Business World
Gabriel Bukobza (Tel Aviv University)
Associations between Self-Identity Complexity and Significant Life Events
Joaquim Armando Ferreira (University of Coimbra), Eduardo R. Santos (University of Coimbra), & Maria Isabel Ventura (JI do Livramento)
Job satisfaction and subjective well-being among Portuguese kindergarten teachers
1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch Break
2:00pm - 4:00pm Registration table open
2:00pm - 4:00pm Session 3: Individual Therapy and Community Intervention
Convener and Facilitator: Ellen Banks (Daemen College)
Audrey Kemp (Virginia Tech)
Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP): A health needs assessment of New River Valley, Virginia
Hayley Briggs and Frances A. Campbell (University of North Carolina/ Chapel Hill)
A Longitudinal Examination of Involvement in Crime: Ages 18-30
Michelle E. Ronayne and Debra Harkins (Suffolk University)
Moving from grassroots to non-profit in the field of domestic violence: How consultants can bridge the gap
Yvonne Bissonnette Tate and Jamie Rodriguez (College of William & Mary)
Promoting Ego and Moral Developmental in Adults with Anger Issues
Jordan Quaglia & Jane Berry (University of Richmond)
Using Appreciative Reminiscence Therapy to Broaden-and-Build
Nancy Sherman (Bradley University), Chris Rybak (Bradley University), and Becky Earhart (Fayette Companies)
Is there Joy After 60? Exploring Meaning in Life and Depression in Older Adults
4:00pm - 5:15pm Colloquium
What's to Compare When Comparing Content-Free Developmental Theories? Correlating an Adult Development Theory with the General Theory of Hierarchical Complexity
Herb Koplowitz (Terra Firma Management Consulting) and Sara Ross (ARINA, Inc)
6:00pm - 9:00pm Workshop
Applying the Model of Hierarchical Complexity to Score Answers and To Create Self Scoring Tasks
Michael Lamport Commons (Harvard Medical School), Sara Nora Ross (ARINA, Inc) and Darlene Crone-Todd (Salem State College)
(There is no additional cost to participate in the Workshop. Participants are welcome to bring their dinners in with them.)
Sunday, March 23
8:00am - 12:00pm Registration table open
8:00am - 10:00am Session 4: Promoting Adult Development in College and Beyond
Convener and Facilitator: Joanna Gonsalves (Salem State College)
Jonathan Cabiria (Fielding Graduate University) and Jerri Lynn Hogg (Bay Path College)
Appreciative Coaching as a Developmental Tool
Ilana Y.
Kustanowitz (Fordham University)
Characteristics of Emerging Adults who Participate in Community Service
Activities
Jerri Lynn Hogg (Bay Path College)
Digital Technologies Usage and Developmental Considerations: Placing the Right Technology with the Right Person at the Right Time
Herbert P. Ginsburg (Columbia University) & Michael D. Preston (Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning)
An innovative Web system for enhancing adults’ critical thinking skills
Sascha Bernholt (Institute of Pure and Applied Chemistry), Ilka Parchmann (Institute of Pure and Applied Chemistry), and Michael Lamport Commons (Harvard Medical School)
Hierarchical Complexity Applied to the Domain of Combustion: An Educational Research and Modeling Approach
Deanne S. Gute (University of Northern Iowa)
Writing their Way to Flow: A Method to Help College Students Confront and Transform Academic Disengagement
Lynn Swaner (Long Island University)
Effects of Engaged Learning Pedagogies on Adult and Student Development: The Bringing Theory to Practice Project (BTtoP)
10:00am - 12:00pm Session 5: Measuring Complex and Creative Thought
Convener and Facilitator: Patrice Miller (Salem State College)
Mike Jay (Leadership University)
Developmental Stage Differences Among Developmental Assessment
Sara Nora Ross (ARINA, Inc)
Seeing Adult Development Through the Lens of Nonlinear Dynamics: The Fractal Transition Step Sequence of Hierarchical Complexity
Jennifer Follis,
Darlene Crone-Todd, & Nicole Cristelli (Salem State College)
A Comparison of Two Scoring Systems for Complex Thinking Required by Exam
Questions
Nicole M. Cristelli,
Darlene E. Crone-Todd, & Jennifer Follis (Salem State College)
Scoring Student Answers Using the Model of Hierarchical Complexity
Sara Nora Ross (ARINA, Inc)
Toward Describing New Order 15 in the Model of Hierarchical Complexity and Refining Descriptions of Paradigmatic Order 13 and Cross-Paradigmatic Order 14
Ellen C. Banks (Daemen College)
Development of Reflective Judgment: A Longitudinal Study of College Students
Christine Saltzberg (University of New Hampshire)
Epistemological Perspectives of Nursing Students
Gary Gute (University of Northern Iowa)
Assessing psychological complexity in highly creative persons
Gregory R. Quinting (University of Pennsylvania)
Nobel Strengths: The Attributes of Scientists by CAVE
12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch Break
1:00pm - 2:00pm Business Meeting (All attendees are encouraged to participate. The agenda will be printed in the Adult Developments Bulletin)
2:00pm - 4:00pm Session 6: The Societal Contexts of Adult Development
Convener and Facilitator: Darlene Crone-Todd (Salem State College)
Karen VanderVen (University of Pittsburgh)
The 21st Century Erikson: A New Life Course Theory for a Changing World
Garrett McAuliffe (Old Dominion University)
Instigating Constructive Development through a Cultural De-centering Intervention
Jonathan Cabiria (Fielding Graduate University)
Virtual World Engagement and Developmental Redirection for Marginalized People
Jacqueline Mattis, Nyasha Grayman, Sheri-Ann Cowie, Cynthia Winston, Carolyn Watson, & Daisy Jackson (New York University)
Intersectional Identities and the Politics of Altruistic Care in a Low-Income, Urban Community
Yoonjung Park, Joan T. D. Suwalsky, & Marc H. Bornstein (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
European American Rural Appalachian Family Life: Adolescent and Adult Mothers and Their Infants
Janet Froeschle (West Texas A & M University), Yvette Castillo (West Texas A & M University), Mary Mayorga (University of Houston-Victoria ), Ann Wardle (University of Houston-Victoria), and Yvonne Quintanilla (Northern Kentucky University)
The Role the Media Plays on the Development of Female Self Esteem and Body Image