Category: Events & Announcements

A Swiss researcher is spending the spring in Lincoln to learn more about an innovative program designed to improve children’s academic, social and behavioral outcomes while building stronger, more effective relationships among parents and teachers.

Caroline Villiger, professor and head of the “Family–Education–School” research program at the University of Teacher Education in Bern, Switzerland, arrived in Lincoln April 14 to study the Teachers and Parents as Partners (TAPP) program, which was developed at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and supports school-age children who are struggling with a variety of behavioral, social and academic challenges. Full Article

In a time of information overload, clear communication cuts through the noise and connects with audiences. Sharing an effective message across all platforms is no longer a luxury — it’s a necessity. 

To help meet that need, the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools has launched Kindred Media.  Full Article

Name: Kristin Moilanen

Title: Proposal Development Coordinator

Hometown: Fenton, Michigan

Where did you work prior to joining CYFS? What was your role there, and what did it entail?

“After completing my Ph.D. in developmental psychology at UNL in 2005, I completed a postdoctoral fellowship in psychology at the University of Pittsburgh prior to stepping into a faculty role as an assistant (and later associate) professor in Child Development and Family Studies at West Virginia University. I was also an associate editor, then later became the editor-in-chief, of the “Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.” I left WVU in 2022 for a remote visiting research specialist position in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois–Chicago. I wore many hats in this role, in which I was the project manager and lead data analyst for a NIH-funded study on health in middle adulthood. Full Article