SRA Biennial Meeting • March 6-9, 2008 • Chicago, Illinois, USA
Invited Addresses

Thursday, 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Growing Up in a Mediated World: The Mass Media and Adolescents’ Health

Jane D. Brown
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Saturday, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
The Teen Brain: Insights From Neuroimaging

Jay N. Giedd
National Institute of Mental Health
Saturday, 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Divergent Destinies: Acculturation, Social Mobility, and Adult Transitions Among Children of Latin American and Asian Immigrants

Rubén G. Rumbaut
University of California, Irvine
Friday, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Why Culture Matters in the Study of Inner-City Adolescents

William Julius Wilson
Harvard University

Photo: Jon Chase/Harvard News Office, © 2000 President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Roundtable Discussions
Friday, 2:00 PM - 3:45 PM
SRA From Birth to Maturity: A Roundtable on the First 22 Years

Chairs: W. Andrew Collins, University of Minnesota; Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University


Saturday, 4:45 PM - 6:30 PM
Institute of Juvenile Research

Chairs: Patrick Tolan, Deborah Gorman-Smith, Institute of Juvenile Research


Symposia
Thursday, 4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Why, How, and When? Factors Predicting Romantic Involvement in Emerging Adulthood: An International Perspective


Chair: Inge Seiffge-Krenke, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Discussant: Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Clark University


Saturday, 2:45 PM - 4:30 PM
International Fellow Award Symposium

Inaugurating the SRA International Fellows Program: A Focus on Africa With Professor Bame Nsamenang

Chair: Brian K. Barber, University of Tennessee
International Fellow: A. Bame Nsamenang


Views by Two

Friday, 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Views by Two: The Context of Adolescent Psychopathology


Chair: Arnold Sameroff, University of Michigan

Suniya Luthar
Teachers College, Columbia University

Rand D. Conger
University of California-Davis

Thursday, 2:30 PM - 4:15 PM
Views by Two: Genetic Perspectives on Adolescent Development

Chair: Danielle M. Dick, Virginia Commonwealth University

Joan Kaufman
Yale University School of Medicine

Matt McGue
University of Minnesota and Southern Denmark University


Workshops

Thursday, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Principles of Latent Growth Curve Modeling

Todd D. Little
University of Kansas

Thursday, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Multilevel Modeling for Longitudinal Analysis

D. Wayne Osgood
Pennsylvania State University


Questions? Contact Thelma Tucker at (734) 926-0612 or tetucker@s-r-a.org.