HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Hope College is hosting a virtual lecture on adolescent addiction at 3:30 p.m. today, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021.
Anyone can participate via Zoom at hope.edu/psychlecture
The address, “Understanding Adolescent Addiction in the Context of Development: What every psychologist should know,” will be by
Hope alumus Sandra A. Brown, now University of California’s distinguished professor of psychology and vice chancellor for research in San Diego, will be speaking through the college’s annual John Shaughnessy Psychology Lecture Series.
Brown’s lecture covers implications for psychological science, mental health care and life, drawing on discoveries from her career in clinical research on adolescent substance use and intervention.
The presentation is free, with no in-person audience.
After graduating from Hope with majors in psychology and mathematics, Brown pursued her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Wayne State University. She is internationally recognized for her developmentally focused alcohol and drug research. Her research yielded pioneering information on adolescent addiction, relapse among youth, and long-term outcomes of youth who have experienced alcohol and drug problems.
She is the past president of Division 50 (Addictions) of the American Psychological Association, is on the executive board of numerous scientific organizations, and has more than 35 grants and 350 publications. She is involved in addiction prevention and intervention at the regional, state and national levels, and helped lead the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) effort to establish national screening and early intervention guidelines for youth. She currently directs the National Consortium on Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (NCANDA) and investigates the effectiveness of novel approaches to intervention with youth.
The lecture series through which Brown will be speaking honors the student-focused legacy of Dr. John Shaughnessy, a professor emeritus of psychology who died on Dec. 16, 2015, according to Hope officials. While on the Hope faculty from 1975 through 2015, he became highly regarded for his teaching and his commitment to engaging students in collaborative research. During his 40-year teaching career, he taught the college’s research methods course to nearly 2,500 students. His research methods textbook remains among the top 40 psychology textbooks adopted, based on a worldwide analysis of syllabi. His many honor include being named the Hope Outstanding Professor Educator (H.O.P.E.) Award from the graduating class in 1992 and the college’s “Janet L. Andersen Excellence in Teaching Award” in 2008.
The annual lecture series, which is funded through an endowment and debuted in March of 2017, features psychology alumni who give a presentation, interact with students, and demonstrate ways in which their Hope psychology education informs and shapes their work.
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