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  • Welcome New HHS Faculty & Staff – 2021

    TAMIKA DAVIS Instructional Technology Consultant / UNCG Learning Technology supportStaff HomepageDean’s Office DR. TAMAR GOLDENBERG Assistant ProfessorFaculty Homepage91 Education DR. LAUREN GRIFFIN Clinical Education Coordinator/Assistant Professor, MSATFaculty HomepageKinesiology SUZANNE INGRAM Administrative Support AssociateStaff HomepageDean’s Office JENNIFER JONES AP Assistant ProfessorFaculty HomepageHuman Development & Family Studies TEENA MARTIN Instructional Technology … Continued


  • National Hispanic Heritage Month

    National Hispanic Heritage Month

    The School of Health and Human Sciences acknowledges the National Hispanic Heritage Month. We are grateful for our Faculty, Staff, Students, and Friends who identify as Hispanic or Latinx and we continue to stay committed to the advocacy and work needed to ensure their racial, ethnic, economic, social, and environmental … Continued


  • Racial Trauma in an Uncertain World: Maximizing College Students’ Strengths and Taking Care – A Webinar

    Racial Trauma in an Uncertain World: Maximizing College Students’ Strengths and Taking Care – A Webinar

    This session will provide you with information on the types of issues BIPOC students face, coping strategies for maintaining physical and emotional well-being, best practices for offering help, and available resources. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions.


  • Welcome, HHS Spartans!

    Welcome, HHS Spartans!

    We are so glad you are here – in person! Welcome to our brand-new students and welcome back to our returning students.


  • University of Pittsburgh’s Diversity Forum 2021

    University of Pittsburgh’s Diversity Forum 2021

    Dismantling Oppressive Systems: Building Just Communities Dates: July 26-29, 2021. Pitt’s 2021 Diversity Forum, Dismantling Oppressive Systems: Building Just Communities, is online, free, and open to all. This year’s forum sessions and workshops will engage and equip participants with the knowledge, skills and resources to identify sources of systemic oppression, … Continued


  • Spartans Lead COVID-19 Community Health Outreach

    Spartans Lead COVID-19 Community Health Outreach

    North Carolina and the Piedmont Triad region have a history of successful refugee resettlement dating back to the early 1980s, making it a natural laboratory for examining the health and integration of ethnically and linguistically diverse newcomer communities.


  • Dave Demo and Kathy Williams honored as they retire this summer

    Dave Demo and Kathy Williams honored as they retire this summer

    It is with mixed emotions that we announce two of our treasured associate deans will head into retirement this summer.


  • Faculty and Staff Awards -2021

    HHS/UNCG Teaching Excellence Award Elizabeth Webb, SWK “In practice-based courses, it is important for students to ‘receive constructive feedback on their assignments, so they think more deeply about social work practice,” one of her student nominators said. “She inspired me to teach at the college level. She has shown me … Continued


  • We are so incredibly proud of our Class of 2021 Spartans!

    The School of Health and Human Sciences comprises students who show up every day to make the world a healthier, safer, and more equitable place. HHS graduates are uniquely qualified to take on an uncertain future. This is a class that navigated a year of online classes, in some cases … Continued


  • Recruiting Black/African-American College Students For Interviews

    Dr. Yarnecia Dyson (NCSU)  and Dr. Naomi Hall-Byers (of Winston Salem State University and the Principal Investigator on an NSF Grant),  are conducting a study that is focused on understanding interpersonal aggression and factors that contribute to violence among Black/African American college students. They are  currently recruiting for *virtual* private one-on-one … Continued


  • STUDENT INTERNS SUPPORT VACCINATION EFFORTS

    STUDENT INTERNS SUPPORT VACCINATION EFFORTS

    Students in UNC Greensboro’s Master of 91 in Community Health Education program (MPH) are required to complete a five to six-month-long internship that builds upon three core competencies: leadership principles, systems thinking, and coalition building.


  • A Colored Girl Speaks Podcast by Andrea Hunter

    A Colored Girl Speaks Podcast by Andrea Hunter

    Dr. Andrea Hunter is a scholar, teacher, mentor, writer – and colored girl. In her new podcast, A Colored Girl Speaks, Dr Hunter  reveals everyday people living ordinary lives who do so with agency, with dignity, with great verve, and with the full range of harmony and chaos a human … Continued


  • Bringing a Race Equity Lens to HHS: Discussion about the RACE TALK Project, April 23, 2021 at noon

    Dr. Stephanie I. Coard, Associate Professor and Director of the African American Families Strengths and Strategies Lab will be the INAUGURAL Speaker for our Series, “Bringing a Race Equity Lens to Health and Human Sciences”.  In the company of her student lab members, they will facilitate a discussion on their RACE TALK Project. … Continued


  • TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT: WHAT BIDEN’S DIVERSE CABINET MEANS FOR HIGHER ED

    TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT: WHAT BIDEN’S DIVERSE CABINET MEANS FOR HIGHER ED

    President Biden’s proposed cabinet would be the most diverse in U.S. history. What could this mean for higher education, and more specifically, for the School of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) at UNC Greensboro?


  • UNCG presents “The R-Word” film screening

    UNCG presents “The R-Word” film screening

    The old adage was once used as a defense against insults and bullying because language has power. For underserved populations, some words can be incredibly damaging. What is the effect of language on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities?


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  • Kinesiology Professor Touts Benefits of Low-impact Exercise

    They (athletes) didn’t really have experience with other types of exercise. They didn’t like the track and field training just for fun, and so, they did nothing. — Dr. DeAnne Brooks,Kinesiology Associate Professor


  • SGA Led by Kinesiology Student Hazael Mengesha

    SGA Led by Kinesiology Student Hazael Mengesha

    SGA President, Hazael Mengesha, a senior kinesiology major with minors in biology and chemistry, never saw himself in a political position in college. “UNCG is so diverse. We are trying our best to represent each and every student.”


  • Greensboro makerspace hires HDFS alum as first education coordinator

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  • Nutrition App Helps Fort Bragg Soldiers Make Healthier Eating Choices

    Nutrition App Helps Fort Bragg Soldiers Make Healthier Eating Choices

    Dr. Jared McGuirt is leading a study that consists of Fort Bragg soldiers receiving text alerts, helping them make healthy food choices so they remain fit for duty.


  • UNCG Study to Examine Role of Kinship Care on Black Families

    Dr. Tyreasa Washington is a professor in the Department of Social Work and has led the research. If we are pushing to keep children in kinship care as a first option, then we really want to make sure that we’re providing the caregivers some services and support. Article: https://www.peacemakeronline.com/studies-show-that-african-americans-are-overrepresented-in-kinship-care/


  • How the Roe v Wade Decision Impacts Genetic Testing

    How the Roe v Wade Decision Impacts Genetic Testing

    Testing for potential genetic defects in a developing fetus has become a common component of prenatal care. However, the ability to terminate a pregnancy due to a profound or fatal genetic deformity is being limited or even eliminated altogether in states that have imposed new abortion restrictions in the wake…


  • Six Steps to Sustaining Lifelong Friendships

    Adams realized that friendship was a very significant interpersonal relationship that deserved far more attention than it was getting.


  • Black Women Disproportionately Affected by Roe Overturn

    Christina Yongue is an associate professor in the Department of 91 Education, and also a member of Black Girls & Women Matter Greensboro. “There are more Black women who are dying in childbirth. There are more Black women who are not having access to prenatal visits. There are more…


  • Dr. Smith Lee on Gun Violence and Trauma

    “Experiences of gun violence are particularly hard to navigate, because they require us to both manage trauma and grief simultaneously,” said Jocelyn Smith Lee, an assistant professor of Human Development and Family Studies. “And that’s a steep learning curve for anyone, but particularly for children.“ Article: For Young Victims of…


  • Podcast: The Joys of Caregiving

    The E-Series: The Joy of Caregiving


  • Dr. Myers on Medicare and Hearing Aids

    Hearing aids are expensive, and there are a few things to think about when shopping for them. As hearing loss affects 48 million Americans, consistent with the Hearing Loss Association of America (PDF), payment options are important to consider. “A diagnostic hearing evaluation is covered by most insurance companies, although…


  • UNCG Veteran and PHE Student Service Member Discuss Military Life

    https://news.uncg.edu/spartan-to-spartan-active-duty-sailor-evans-veteran-shea/


  • HDFS Alum Breaking Barriers as Latinx Educator

    Perspective | Watch: This Latina professor never had a Latinx educator. Now, she offers this representation by teaching future N.C. educators


  • Faculty and Staff Awards – Spring 2022


  • KIN alumna returns to UNCG as Assistant AD for Sports Medicine

    Huggins-Sullivan was named Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine by UNCG Athletic Director Brian Mackin on Monday afternoon. Huggins-Sullivan earned her master’s degree in kinesiology from UNC Greensboro (UNCG) in 2012. Read complete article on UNCG Athletics website