Article archive / August 1, 2014
Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 12. Source pages: 9.
Dr. Oscar Barbarin Navigating Across Borders–Culture and Ethics of International Collaborations
Dr. Oscar Barbarin will present on Friday for the symposium, “Navigating Across Borders––Culture and Ethics of International Collaborations.”
Dr. Barbarin is a Professor in the Tulane Department of Psychology and holds The Lila L and Douglas J. Hertz Endowed Chair. His research examines educational interventions for achievement and social well-being, resiliency, motivation, and school quality, that shape outcomes for children. His focus is also in the effects of early childhood intervention and the etiology of achievement and underachievement in ethnic minority children.
He and his lab researchers also examine the role of community and family in health risks and health threat.
He is affiliated with the Center on Children, Families and Schools, and is a Fellow with the Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane. He is also a contributor to 4researchers.org.
Dr. Oscar Barbarin and student Lisa Chinn with Ms. Chinn’s poster at the recent Louisiana Psychological Association annual convention. Chinn and co-authors explored executive functioning and math skills in youngsters.
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