“Early Adulthood in a Family Context,” Penn State’s 18th Annual Symposium on Family Issues
The 2010 symposium is co-organized with the National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) http://ncfmr.bgsu.edu. Early adulthood (ages 18-24) is a period characterized by social-emotional, cognitive and physical development, evidenced in increasing autonomy from parents, financial independence, romantic relationship involvement, and transitions into parenthood. Young adults often require substantial support from their families of origin to successfully accomplish the many developmental tasks of this period. Two goals of the 2010 symposium are to advance understanding of the influence of the family of origin on young adults’ lives--recognizing the increasing diversity and complexity of the family, as well as to build our knowledge about family formation and stability in early adulthood, given delays in the timing of marriage for most young adults. Lead speakers include: Rick Settersten of Oregon State, Karen Fingerman of Purdue, Peggy C. Giordano of Bowling Green State University, Kathy Edin of Harvard, and Jeffrey Arnett (originator of the theory of emerging adulthood) of Clark University.
Students will be given the opportunity to sign up for lunch on Oct. 13 with one of the presenters. Faculty members are asked to assist students in deciding whether to participate in the luncheon. More information will be sent to students who register.
The Symposium is supported annually by a grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, as well as Penn State’s Population Research Institute, Children, Youth & Families Consortium, Prevention Research Center, Women’s Studies Program and the departments of Human Development & Family Studies, Sociology, Psychology, Labor Studies & Employee Relations, and Anthropology. Visit http://www.pop.psu.edu/events/symposium/2010.htm for more information and to register. For assistance, contact Carolyn Scott at css7@psu.edu.
*Webcast:* For PSU affiliates who are unable to attend, you may view the symposium live or in the two weeks following. The meeting room URL is https://breeze.psu.edu/familysymp/ Prior to joining the meeting you may want to visit the Adobe Connect Community at http://meeting.psu.edu for some tips on the best experience with Adobe Connect. Review the “Getting Started” checklist step 3 to test your connection and make sure you have the proper Adobe add-in installed for your browser.
