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Hughes Presents University Distinguished Lecture

Professor of Educational Psychology Jan N. Hughes will discuss aspects of emotional intelligence in a child's academic success as part of Texas A&M University's University Distinguished Lecture Series at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 6) at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center.             


The prominent Texas professor's talk is titled "Emotions are academic: Promoting children's academic and life success through social and emotional learning."

A distinguished research fellow in the College of Education and Human Development, Hughes' research focuses on the development, assessment and treatment of children's social, emotional and behavioral disorders and on the prevention of conduct problems in youth.

Hughes says parents and educators have increasingly embraced the idea that their ability to understand and to manage their own and others' emotions plays a critical role in a child's success in school, and ultimately in life. This has resulted in an explosion of information on the topic, which makes it difficult to separate the hype from the facts.

Drawing from her own and others' research and her experience as a school and child psychologist, Hughes says she will clarify during her lecture distinct aspects of emotional intelligence and explain how both nature and nurture contribute to individual differences in social and emotional competence.

The University Distinguished Lecture Series was established in 1998 as a forum designed to bring distinguished scholars from all disciplines to the university. Hughes' talk is the Distinguished Faculty Lecture portion of the series, which features notable Texas A&M faculty researchers.
Organizers note that Hughes' published work appears in the most prestigious journals in child and school psychology, and her research has received funding from The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the U.S. Department of Education, among others.  She serves on numerous editorial boards in child and school psychology and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and a licensed psychologist who has served in many national leadership roles including president of the American Psychological Association's Division of School Psychology. She is one of only three individuals ever to receive the Division of School Psychology's highest awards for outstanding contributions in both service and research to school psychology.

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