Recent Conference Presentations:

  • Gross, D. (2009, January). When children's play is not child's play: Naturalistic observation in child development. Paper presented at the 31st Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Pete Beach, FL.
  • Gross, D. (2008, March). An update on the Play Project: Planning for the future and learning from the past. Paper presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of The Association for the Study of Play, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Sherman, B., Gross, D., McMillan, D., Dickinson, S., Muir, G., Anderson, D., Thorsheim, H., & Huff, C. (2007, October). A new introductory model: Enhancing learning for majors and nonmajors. Poster presented at Beginnings & Endings: Best Practices for Introducing and Bringing Closure to the Undergraduate Psychology Major, Atlanta, GA.
  • Gross, D., Malaktaris, A., Schaefer, K., Tuerk, M., Roback, P., Calderon, A., & Varland, R. (2007, March). Adolescent mothers’ word rate and communication in a high school based parenting intervention program. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
  • Gross, D. (2006, October). Perspectives on human development: China, Japan, and the United States. Poster presented at Reaching Out: Best Practices in Teaching Diversity & International Perspectives Across the Psychology Curriculum, Atlanta, GA.
  • Gross, D. (2006, May). Playing in a golden cradle: Preschool and after-school programs in Shanghai, PRC. Paper presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of The Association for the Study of Play (TASP), Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada.
  • Gross, D. (2005), October). Best and worst: Learning to think like a psychologist. Poster presented at Reaching Out: Best Practices in Teaching Critical Thinking Across the Psychology Curriculum. Atlanta, GA.
  • Gross, D., Horst, K., Kyle, B., & Miller, A. (2005, February). Free play in a school-based parent education program. Paper presented at the 31st meeting of The Association for the Study of Play (TASP), Santa Fe, NM.
  • Gross, D. (2004, October). Writing in the psychology major: The role of the research methods course. Poster presented at Finding Out: Best Practices in Teaching Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
  • Gross, D., Horst, K., Heyes, M., Mehlan, N., Miller, A., Preisinger, R., & Reading, M. (2004, May). Parent-child communication: Strategies and outcomes. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention & Parenting (MOAPPP), Brooklyn Center, MN.
  • Gross, D., Horst, K., & Kyle, B. (2004, February). Parent-child communication in a school-based parent education program. Paper presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of The Association for the Study of Play (TASP), Atlanta, GA.
  • Gross, D. (2003, August). Information literacy: A foundation for learning about research methods. ACM Workshop: Curricular design with information literacy in psychology, Northfield, MN.
  • Gross, D., Lutsky, N., McMillan, D.M., Sherman, B.S., & Wiertelak, E. (2003, May). Psychology’s tug of war: Neat rope tricks or just a knotty identity crisis? Panel presentation at the Minnesota Psychological Association Annual Conference, Bloomington, MN.