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This was presented by Angela Fuller as a part of a series of contributed talks from the 2022 FEMC Annual Conference. To learn more about the conference, visit: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/cooperative/conference/2022 Invasive species have the poten...
Lawrence Shelton Welcomes Students to HDFS
Lawrence Shelton welcomes new students to the Human Development and Family Studies program at UVM, and introduces himself.
Bronfenbrenner Primer Commentary Introduction
Professor Lawrence Shelton introduces video commentaries to accompany The Bronfenbrenner Primer: A Guide to Develecology.
Human Populations and Domestication of Barley
This video includes a look at the increase in human populations with a special emphasis on the importance of the domestication of barley leading in part to the development of an agrarian society.
Stephen Polasky is among the world’s leaders in combining ecology and economics to quantify the benefits of nature to human society. He has assessed the impact of biofuels on agricultural landscapes, climate change, and food prices, and he has p...
Professor Shelton discusses the concept of "the social context" of development and provides examples and raises questions about what aspects of the social context are important to children, families and others across the life span.
HDFS 060 Episode 26 Family Diversity
Professor Shelton discusses the diversity among families, the many types of families and the diversity even within types. He argues that the type or form of a family is not as important as its functions and how its ecosystem facilitates or hinder...
