Evolution Institute
Adolescent Risk Behaviors: The Need for an Evolutionary Analysis
Press Release
To RSVP for the public round-table event at the Marriott University Park on Monday, November 2nd , please click here or contact Carmin Chan.
The Frances McClelland Institute and The Evolution Institute will co-host a workshop titled, Adolescent Risk Behaviors: The Need for an Evolutionary Analysis, on October 30 - November 2, 2009.
Bruce J. Ellis, Ph.D., the John & Doris Norton Endowed Chair in Fathers, Parenting, and Families, and leader of the Institute initiave by the same name, is hosting the conference in the new Norton School McClelland Park Building. The Evolution Institute has raised more than $20,000 in sponsorships for the event, which Ellis says will be more of a think tank than a conference.
It will kick off with a dinner where participants will present their individual research interests related to the topic. Then, participants will convene in an intensive 2-day "think tank" discussion where they will distill their various research findings into several key points and policy recommendations. Finally, they will present their findings in a public roundtable format on November 2nd at the Marriott University Park. Nine scholars from Arizona and around the world have been invited to participate.
"They were chosen to bring a variety of different areas from an evolutionary perspective, and have expertise in prevention intervention research, the influence of peers on adolescent risk behavior, the influence of family environments on adolescent risk behavior, hormonal and neural bases of adolescent risk behavior, risky decision-making in adolescence, cross-cultural approaches to adolescence, person-environment fit and adolescent adjustment.”
Bruce J. Ellis, Ph.D. |
Attendees also will include donors, Norton School faculty members, co-organizers from the University of Arizona Department of Psychology, and Evolution Institute directors David Sloan Wilson and Jerry Lieberman. The few remaining open slots, Ellis says, will likely go to local participants, community partners, and graduate students with a serious interest in the topic.
For additional information or to express an interest in participating, please contact Dr. Ellis.