The University of Arizona

The Pamela Turbeville Speaker Series

Pamela J. Turbeville

Pamela J. Turbeville graduated with distinction from the University of Arizona in 1972 as a double major in Family and Consumer Sciences and Education. Upon graduating, Ms. Turbeville pursued graduate degrees (MBA in Finance from the University of Denver, MS in Environmental Science from the University of Texas at Dalla s) and executive education (Stanford Executive Program). She was selected to receive the 2000 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Alumni Achievement Award at the Homecoming event.

Ms. Turbeville has strong family ties to the University of Arizona . Her father, John H. Turbeville, two aunts, and many other family members received UA degrees. In 2000, to support faculty research and teaching, Ms. Turbeville established The Pamela J. Turbeville Endowment in the School of Family and Consumer Sciences. Read More

 

Speakers

Spring 2008
Theme: Applied Developmental Science: Linking Research with Program, Policies, and People

  January 25, 2008
Dr. Dorinda Welle
Program Officer for Education, Sexuality & Religion, Ford Foundation
Fitch Nesbitt Memorial Lecture
Dr. Lonnie Sherrod February 22, 2008
Dr. Lonnie Sherrod
Professor of Psychology and Director, Applied Developmental Psychology Program, Fordham University Executive Director, Society for Research in Child Development
Youth civic engagement as an example of applied developmental science - Download program
  April 4, 2008
Dr. Brian Wilcox
Professor of Psychology and Director, Center for Children, Families and the Law, University of Nebraska - Lincoln Bringing Research to Policy: Children's Television Policy as a Case Study
Katherine Maysn April 11, 2008
Dr. Katherine Maysn
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, University of California, Davis
Exploring the Latent Structures of Psychological Phenomena Using Factor Mixture Modeling
April 10: 1-day workshop on Latent Mixture Modeling
  April 18, 2008
Dr. Sally Stevens
Professor of Women’s Studies and Director, Southwest Institute for Research on Women, University of Arizona Community-based HIV/STD Prevention: Informing Practice through Evaluation Findings
  May 2, 2008
Dr. Alexander T. Vazsonyi
UA FSHI Alumnus, Ph.D. 1996
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University


Fall 2007
Theme: Divorce, Children, and Adolescents

September 14, 2007
Dr. Brian D'Onofrio
Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University
"What Can Behavior Genetics Tell Us about Parental Divorce?"
Room 219 School of Family and Consumer Sciences
2:00 - 3:15 p.m., refreshments served at 1:45 p.m.
September 28, 2007
Dr. Sanford L. Braver
Professor of Psychology and Co-Principal Investigator,
Preventive Intervention Research Center (PIRC), Arizona State University
"Divorce, Children and their Fathers"
Room 219 School of Family and Consumer Sciences
2:00 - 3:15 p.m., refreshments served at 1:45 p.m.
October 12, 2007
Dr. David A. Sbarra
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Arizona
"Understanding Divorce Adjustment: Interpersonal Dynamics Have Intrapersonal Consequences"
Room 219 School of Family and Consumer Sciences
2:00 - 3:15 p.m., refreshments served at 1:45 p.m.
October 26, 2007
Dr. Edward R. Anderson
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
"Ready (or Not) to Take a Chance Again: Mothers' Experience with Dating after Divorce"
Room 219 School of Family and Consumer Sciences
2:00 - 3:15 p.m., refreshments served at 1:45 p.m.


2006-2007

Dr. Lisa Diamond September 29, 2006
Dr. Lisa Diamond
University of Utah
"What's love got to do with it? Rethinking the nature and development of same-sex love and desire"
Room 219 School of Family and Consumer Sciences
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Dr. Carl Ridley December 1, 2006
Dr. Carl Ridley
University of Arizona
"Understanding negative affect in intimate sexuality. "
Room 219 School of Family and Consumer Sciences
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Dr. Barbara Fiese February 23, 2007
Dr. Barbara Fiese
Syracuse University
"Telling Tales and Rituals of Healthy Families"
Room 219 School of Family and Consumer Sciences
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