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The Center on Adolescence encourages participation at professional meetings, invited talks,
and other events related to the work of Center. Here is a summary of presentations by Center
members and visitors beginning with academic year 2007-2008.
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2008-2009 | 2007-2008



2008 - 2009


August 2008: American Psychological Association, Boston, MA Matthew J. Bundick, David S. Yeager, and William Damon Division 7: Developmental Psychology Poster: "Correlates and Developmental Trends of Thriving in Adolescence" Seana Moran Division 32: Humanistic Psychology Poster: "Adolescents' Emic Understanding of Purpose" Division 10: Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts Paper: "Commitment and Creativity" David S. Yeager and William Damon Division 8: Personality and Social Poster: "A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach to Predicting Social Psychological Phenomena"

August 18, 2008: United States Department of Education, Washington, D.C. Symposium on Emerging Issues in Character Education William Damon, Director Talk: "Cultivating Character Education in High Schools"

August 28-30, 2008: European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Canterbury, United Kingdom Kirsi Tirri, Visiting Scholar Paper: "The Beliefs and Values of Gifted Finnish Adolescents"

September, 2008: European Council for High Ability (ECHA), Prague, Czech Republic Kirsi Tirri, Visiting Scholar Paper: "Educating Talents for the Future: Industrial and School Co-operation in Practice"

September, 2008: Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), Helsinki. Finland Kirsi Tirri, Visiting Scholar Paper: "Talented Students"

November, 2008: Association for Moral Education, Notre Dame, IN Matthew C. Andrews Paper: "Moral Values in the Context of Adolescent Ideology and Purpose in Life" Matthew J. Bundick, Seana Moran, David S. Yeager, Matthew C. Andrews, and William Damon Paper: "Fostering Purpose in Adolescence: The Roles of Social Supports, Individual Characteristics, and Activity Involvements" Kirsi Tirri, Visiting Scholar Paper: "Teachers’ Ethical Sensitivity in Critical Incidents at School" Kirsi Tirri, Visiting Scholar Paper: "Two Worlds in One Person: Giftedness and Spirituality" David S. Yeager, Matthew C. Andrews, Seana Moran, and William Damon Paper: "The Forms of Purpose in Adolescence"



2007 - 2008


August, 2007: American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA Matthew J. Bundick, Matthew C. Andrews, and William Damon Poster: "New Perspectives on Youth Purpose: 'Seeking Purpose' versus 'Having Purpose'"

November, 2007: Association for Moral Education, New York, NY Seana Moran Paper: “The Moral Purposes of Creators” Paper: “Commitment in Democracy” Kirsi Tirri, Visiting Scholar Paper: “Morality, Spirituality and Global Citizenship”

November, 2007: Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA Matthew C. Andrews Talk: “Teaching Our Teenagers to be Good People”

February 4, 2008: Stanford Student Research Conference, Stanford, CA David S. Yeager, Matthew J. Bundick, Matthew C. Andrews, William Damon Paper: “Comparing Adolescent Purpose and Self-Oriented Life Goals in Career Aspirations”

March 8, 2008: Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL Matthew C. Andrews Paper: “Uncertainty, Identity and Emotional Complexity in Youth Purpose” David S. Yeager and Matthew J. Bundick Paper: “Presence and Integration of Adolescent Self and Beyond-the-Self Oriented Life Goals”

March, 2008: American Education Research Association, New York, NY Seana Moran Paper: "Commitment and Creativity" Kirsi Tirri, Visiting Scholar Paper: "Comparison of Academically Average and Gifted Students' Self-Rated Ethical Sensitivity" David S. Yeager, Matthew C. Andrews, Matthew J. Bundick and William Damon Paper: "Integration of Adolescent Career and Pro-social Aspirations"

May 12, 2008: New Hampshire Department of Education, Bedford, NH Teacher Development "Purpose Day" Seana Moran Talk: "What is Youth Purpose?"

May 15, 2008: Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, Washington, D.C. William Damon, Director Talk: "Preventing 'Failure to Launch': Is Service a Path to Purpose?"

June 12, 2008: Conference on Postmodern Spirituality, Turku, Finland Kirsi Tirri, Visiting Scholar Keynote address: "Spirituality in Education"

July 2-4, 2008: IV International Congress of University Teaching and Innovation, Lleida, Spain Ulisses Ferreira Araújo, Visiting Scholar Paper: "Fostering Citizenship on Higher Education: The Experience of the University of Sao Paulo"

July, 2008: 10^th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness, Singapore Kirsi Tirri, Visiting Scholar Keynote address: "Gifted Students as Citizens for the Future" Parent workshop: "The Role of the Home in Nurturing Talent"