International Conference Presentations

Schachner, M. K., Brenick, A., (shared first authorship) & Jugert, P. (2017, June). Cross-ethnic friendships exacerbate effects of perceived discrimination on social-emotional adjustment of Turkish origin children in Germany. In Y. Svensson (chair), Truly diverse school classes – what can we do? A Research Symposium. Invited symposium conducted at the European Network for Social and Emotional Competence (ENSEC) Conference, Stockholm, Sweden.

Brenick, A. Phalet, K., & Syed, M. (2016, July). Ethnic and National Identity in Culturally Diverse Classrooms. In L. Juang (chair), invited “View by Three” panel presented at the Cultural Diversity, Migration, and Education Conference, University of Potsdam, Germany.

Brenick, A., Margie, N. G., †Lawrence, S. E. & †Veres, M. (2016, July). What should victims do? The relation between bullying experience and choices for victims’ responses in same-race and cross-race bullying situations. In A. Brenick & M. Schachner (chairs), Effects of Positive and Negative Interethnic Interactions amongst Ethnic Minority Youth in Four Countries. Symposium conducted at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Margie, N. G., Brenick, A., †Lawrence, S. E., & †Veres, M. (2016, July). Interpreting intent in potential bullying situations: The relation between race/ethnicity, hostile intent attributions, and bullying experience. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Margie, N. G., Brenick, A., †Lawrence, S. E., & †Veres, M. (2016, July). Justifying bullying: How previous experiences predict adolescents’ moral reasoning about exclusion used to bully in same-race and cross-race situations. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Schachner, M. K., Brenick, A., & Jugert, P. (2016, July). Social Integration and Socio-Emotional Adjustment of Early-Adolescent Turkish Immigrants in Culturally Diverse Schools in Germany. In A. Brenick & M. Schachner (chairs), Effects of Positive and Negative Interethnic Interactions amongst Ethnic Minority Youth in Four Countries. Symposium conducted at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Brenick, A., †Rankin, E., *Flannery, K. (2016, July). Late-adolescents’ engagement in and attitudes about sexting and sexting victimization in relation to insecure attachment and rejection sensitivity. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Brenick, A., *Schachner, M. K., Van de Vijver, F. J. R., Noack, P., & Heizmann, B., (2014, July). Classroom-related attitudinal conditions for interethnic friendships between adolescents with and without an immigrant background. In K. Göbel & M. Schachner (chairs), Dealing with cultural diversity in educational settings. Invited Symposium conducted at the 22^nd international congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Reims, France.

Brenick, A., Titzmann, P.F., & Silbereisen, R.K. (2014, July). Individual and contextual predictors of native German adolescents’ engagement in and maintenance of cross-group friendships with Aussiedler. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Shanghai, China.

Brenick, A., †Romano, K., †Shea, M., & Killen, M. (2014, July). Peers and parents: The influence of salient group norms in two contexts of Arab-Jewish intergroup relationships. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Shanghai, China.

Brenick, A., *Schachner, M. K., Van de Vijver, F. J. R., Noack, P., & Heizmann, B., (2013, September). Cross-group friendship patterns and their predictors in multi-ethnic classrooms. Paper presented at the 16^th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Brenick, A., Titzmann, P.F., Michel, A., & Silbereisen, R.K. (2012, July). Ethnic German Immigrant adolescents’ perceived discrimination: Individual and school-level associations. In R.K. Silbereisen & A. Brenick (chairs), Leaving (for) home: Understanding return migration from the Diaspora. Invited Symposium conducted at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Edmonton, Canada.

Brenick, A., & Killen, M. (2012, March). Peer, parent, and community attitudes among Jewish-American adolescents: Evaluations of Arab-Jewish intergroup exclusion. In A. Brenick & A. Munniksma (chairs), Parental influence on adolescents’ intergroup attitudes and relationships. Symposium conducted at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Vancouver, Canada.

*Schachner, M. K., Brenick, A., *Heizmann, B., van de Vijver, F. J. R., & Noack, P. (2011, July). Class composition, school climate and interethnic relations amongst pupils. Paper presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey.

*Schachner, M. K., Brenick, A., *Heizmann, B., van de Vijver, F. J. R., & Noack, P. (2011, June). Multi-ethnic class rooms – fostering segregation or promoting integration? Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the German Peace Psychology Association, Marburg, Germany.

Brenick, A. (2011, May). Early understanding of intergroup conflict: Young Arab and Israeli children’s evaluations of peer intergroup relations. Paper presented at the UNA Global Biennial Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Brenick, A., Titzmann, P, & Silbereisen, R. K. (2011, April). A longitudinal analysis of the intergroup relations between native Germans and the ethnic and foreign immigrants in Germany. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Brenick, A., Killen, M., †Wei, E., & †McGrath, K. (2011, April). Jewish-American adolescents’ ingroup attitudes about the outgroup and their evaluations of Arab-Jewish intergroup relationships. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Brenick, A., Killen, M., †McGrath, K., & †Wei, E. (2011, April). The influence of adolescent cultural group membership and intergroup contact on evaluations of Jewish and Arab intergroup friendship. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Brenick, A., & †Mayer, A. (2008, June). Stereotypes and judgments regarding cultures in conflict: Attitudes about Jewish and Arab-American adolescents’ intergroup relations. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Jean Piaget Society, Quebec City, Canada.

Brenick, A., & *Margie, N. G. (2008, June). How do personal experiences with exclusion bear on adolescents’ evaluations of exclusion? Poster presented at the annual conference of the Jean Piaget Society, Quebec City, Canada.

Brenick, A., & *Henning, A. (2004, June). Adolescents’ and young adults’ evaluations of video games. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Jean Piaget Society, Toronto, Canada.

National Conference Presentations

Brenick, A., Margie, N. G., & †Lawrence, S. E., *Zwarcyz, C. (2017, April). Moral Judgments About Exclusion Bullying: The Role of Previous Experiences and Ethnicity of Participants, Excluders, and Victims. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.

Brenick, A., Berger, R., & Tarrasch, R. (2017, April). Evaluating a School-Based Mindfulness and Compassion Training Intervention to Reduce Jewish-Israeli Youth’s Prejudice of Arabs. In P. C. Quinn (chair), Identifying and Reducing Bias and Prejudice Among Children in Diverse Contexts. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.

Margie, N. G., Brenick, A., †Lawrence, S. E., & *Zwarcyz, C. (2017, April). The Role of Ethnicity and Prior Victimization in Youth’s Moral Reasoning About Exclusion Bullying in Same and Cross-race Scenarios. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.

Lovitz, M., Martin, M. & Brenick, A. (2016, April). Exploring next steps in research methods for family engagement in low-income families. Poster present at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C.

Brenick, A., Margie, N. G., †Lawrence, S. E. & †Veres, M. (2016, March). The relation between personal bullying experience with evaluations of various response strategies to exclusion bullying scenarios. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.

Brenick, A. & †Romano, K. (2016, March). Parent outgroup norms, outgroup stereotypes and intergroup friendships with Jewish- and Arab-American youth. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.

Brenick, A. & Killen, M. (2015, March). Palestinian, Palestinian-Israeli, and Jewish-Israeli children’s evaluations of scenarios of peer exclusion. In J. Smetana (chair), Growing up in the Middle East: Social development in the context of strife. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.

Brenick, A. & †Romano, K. (2015, March). Cultural identity, and perceived peer and parent outgroup norms in relation to engagement in cross-group friendships. Poster presented in M. Aboutalebi Karkavandi (chair), Child and adolescent friendship formation and adjustment: Functions of individual and interpersonal environmental characteristics. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.

Brenick, A., †Shea, M., & Killen, M. (2014, March). Adolescents’ evaluations of Jewish-Arab intergroup exclusion: The interplay of parent normative attitudes, negative outgroup stereotypes, and intergroup contact. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX.

Brenick, A., Titzmann, P.F., & Silbereisen, R.K. (2014, March). Perceived discrimination and school diversity as predictors of cross-group friendships patterns among native German and immigrant adolescents. In G. Stevens & A. Brenick (chairs), Perceived discrimination among youth in three countries: Pathways and outcomes in contexts of migration. Symposium conducted at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX. 

Brenick, A. & Killen, M. (2013, July). Cultural identity and contact as predictors of adolescents’ evaluations of Jewish-Arab friendships. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

Brenick, A., Shattuck, J., Donlan, A.,*Duh, S., & Zubriggen, E. (2013, April). Promoting Safety Skills in Children: A Quasi-experimental Evaluation of the Kidpower Everyday Safety Skills Program. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.

Brenick, A. & Killen, M. (2013, April). The influence of adolescent cultural identification development and intergroup contact on moral judgments of Jewish-Arab intergroup exclusion. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.

Brenick, A. & Killen, M. (2009, April). Evaluating video game content and usage: A Social cognitive domain approach. In N. G. Freier & P. H. Kahn (chairs), Children in Technological Environments. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

Brenick, A., Killen, M. & †Mayer, A. (2009, April). Cultural stereotypes and moral judgments regarding Jewish-Arab adolescent intergroup relations. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

Brenick, A., Killen, M., *Kelly, M., *Richardson, C., & *Jampol, N. (2008, June). Social-cognitive developmental approaches to intergroup bias and moral judgments. In R. Guerra & L. Cameron (chairs) Overcoming the First Glimmers of Prejudice: The Developmental Social Psychological Approach. Symposium conducted at the biennial convention of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Chicago, IL. 

Brenick, A., *Lee-Kim, J., Killen, M., Fox, N. A., & Leavitt, L. A. (2007, May). Arab and Israeli children’s stereotypes about the other and evaluations of peer intergroup exclusion. In J. Denver (chair), RiSE-UP Research Award Symposium: Research on Socially and Economically Underrepresented Populations. Symposium conducted at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.

 Brenick, A., *Lee-Kim, J., Killen, M., Fox, N. A., & Leavitt, L. A. (2007, May). Arab and Israeli children’s stereotypes about the other and evaluations of peer intergroup exclusion. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC.  Brenick, A., *Lee-Kim, J., Killen, M., Fox, N. A., & Leavitt, L. A. (2007, March). The intergroup attitudes and stereotypes of Arab and Israeli children living in the Middle-East. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

*Margie, N. G., Brenick, A., Killen, M., Crystal, D., & Ruck, M. (2007, March). Peer exclusion: Personal experience, moral judgments, and ethnic group membership. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

Brenick, A., *Lee-Kim, J., Killen, M., Fox, N. A., Raviv, A., & Leavitt, L. A. (2006, June). Intergroup judgments from Israeli and Arab children in the Middle-East. Paper presented at the biennial convention of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Long Beach, CA.

*Margie, N. G., Brenick, A., Killen, M. Crystal, D., & Ruck, M. (2006, May). Peer victimization and moral judgments about interracial peer encounters. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

*Henning, A., & Brenick, A. (2005, April). Adolescents’ social evaluations of stereotypic images and themes in video games. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.

*Henning, A., & Brenick, A. (2004, June). Stereotypes in video games: Is the lack of diversity viewed as problematic or legitimate by adolescents and young adults? Poster presented at the biennial convention of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Washington, DC.

Invited Talks

Brenick, A., (2017, April). Growing into and out of peace and tolerance: The need for a developmental understanding of intergroup relations and victimization. Enrichment Programs Honors Faculty Member of the Year Last Lecture Series, UConn, Storrs, CT.

Brenick, A. (2017, May). It’s more than just getting beaten up: Recognizing all forms of bullying. Human Development and Family Studies Early College Experience Spring Training, UConn, Storrs, CT.

Brenick, A., Chrysochoou, M., Desai, M., Madjar-Nanovska, N., & Quinn, D. (2017, March). Women in Careers Panel. Invited panel discussion for the Undergraduate Student Government, UConn, Storrs, CT.

Brenick, A. (2016, June). Bullying 101: Identifying, preventing, and effectively intervening to bullying. Invited talk and training workshop facilitated at the Middlesex County Camp (4H), Moodus, CT.

Berger, R. & Brenick A. (2016, May). Mindsets and mindfulness: Training our brains to think about others differently. Invited workshop facilitated at the Magen School, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Brenick, A. (2016, April). Social and moral reasoning about intergroup relations across cultural contexts, Invited talk presented at the Center for the Study of Culture, Health, and Human Development Spring Workshop, UConn Storrs, CT.

Brenick, A. (2016, February). Intergroup conflict and young Arab and Israeli children: Understanding and addressing children’s rights concerns in the context of peer intergroup relations. Invited talk presented at Human Rights and Social Work, School of Social Work, UConn, Storrs, CT.

Brenick, A. (2015, December). Exploring intergroup relations in times of political turmoil: How to promote intergroup tolerance among Arab and Israeli children. Invited talk presented at the Center for the Study of Culture, Health, and Human Development, UConn, Storrs, CT.

Brenick, A. (2014, October). Using Sesame Street to facilitate tolerance in young Arab and Israeli children Invited talk presented at the Office of Community Outreach- Youth Development and Education for Adolescents Colloquium, UConn, Storrs, CT.

Brenick, A. (2014, September). Overcoming disaster: Therapeutic, community, and institutional supports for children and families. Invited panelist at the 20^th Anniversary of the International Year of the Family Lecture Series, UConn, Storrs, CT.

Brenick, A. (2013, February). Extended contact through media: Promoting positive intergroup attitudes among children in contexts of war and political violence. Invited talk presented at the Developmental Psychology Brown Bag Colloquium, UConn, Storrs, CT.

*Schachner, M. K., Brenick, A., Heizmann, B., Van de Vijver, F. J. R., & Noack, P. (2012, May). Who is friends with whom and why? – Friendship patterns in multi-ethnic classrooms. In (M. K. Schachner, chair), School climate as a means to improve interethnic relations and facilitate the integration of immigrant children. Invited talk at the Migration Policy Department of the Ministry of the Interior, Den Haag, Netherlands.

Brenick, A. (2012, April). What can Big Bird teach us about peace and justice? The role of media as an agent for social change. Invited speaker at the Teach-in for Peace and Justice, The Park School of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.

Brenick, A., Titzmann, P.F., *Michel, A., & Silbereisen, R.K. (2011, October). Perceptions of discrimination by repatriated migrant youth: Individual and school-level associations among ethnic German immigrants. Invited talk presented at the Brown Bag Research Seminar, Graduate School of Human Behaviour in Social and Economic Change, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Jena, Germany.

Brenick, A. (2011, June). The effects of cross-group friendships on attitudes toward two outgroups: A longitudinal analysis of native German adolescents’ friendship patterns and their attitudes toward ethnic German and foreign immigrants. Invited talk presented at the Research Colloquium of the Department of Developmental Psychology, Center for Applied Developmental Science, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Jena, Germany.

Brenick, A. (2011, May). Sesame Street in the time of conflict: Using children’s media as a tool to promote positive social and moral reasoning about intergroup relations. Invited talk to be presented at the European Research Center for Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER), Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Brenick, A. (2010, April). Complexity and diversity: A Social Cognitive Domain Theory approach to assessing evaluations of intergroup relations across contexts and groups. Invited talk presented at the Studies, Results and Considerations on the Perception of Complexity/Diversity and the Ingroup Projection Model workshop, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Jena, Germany.

Brenick, A. (2010, April). Using the media as a tool for social justice: The case of young children in the Middle East. Invited speaker at the Teach-in for Peace and Justice, The Park School of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.

Brenick, A. (2010, April). Understanding Arab and Israeli children’s conceptions of the outgroup and intergroup relations. Invited talk presented at the annual School’s Day program, Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena, Jena, Germany.

Brenick, A., *Brody, J., *Brown, H., *DePietro, S., *Grissom, D., *Grzanka, P., *Roberts, S., & *Scott, H. (2009, May). Overcoming the challenges faculty face when incorporating social, environmental, and economic sustainability within diverse curricula. Invited talk at the Chesapeake Project, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Brenick, A., *Brody, J., *Brown, H., *DePietro, S., *Grissom, D., *Grzanka, P., *Roberts, S., & *Scott, H. (2009, May). Meeting the demand for sustainability in higher education: Vital resources for university faculty. Invited talk at the Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Brenick, A. (2009, April). Fighting stereotypes while fighting each other: Tools to promote outgroup tolerance amidst an ongoing conflict. Invited speaker at the Teach-in for Peace and Justice, The Park School of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.

Brenick, A. (2008, April). What can Big Bird teach us about peace and justice? The role of media as an agent for social change. Invited speaker at the Teach-in for Peace and Justice, The Park School of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.

Fox, N. A., Killen, M., Brenick, A., *Lee-Kim, J., & Leavitt, L. A. (2005, November). Sesame Stories: The impact study. Invited paper presentation at the Sesame Workshop, New York, NY.

University Conference Presentations

Brenick, A. (2008, May). Considering the outgroup when growing up amidst conflict: Arab and Israeli children’s intergroup attitudes. Paper presented at the University of Maryland, College of Education Graduate Research Day, College Park, MD.  Brenick, A., *Lee-Kim, J., Killen, M., Fox, N. A., & Leavitt, L. A. (2007, April). Arab and Israeli children’s stereotypes and evaluations of intergroup exclusion. Poster presented at the University of Maryland Graduate Research Interaction Day, College Park, MD.

*Henning, A., & Brenick, A. (2004, April). Stereotypes in video games: Is the lack of diversity viewed as problematic or legitimate by adolescents and young adults? Poster presented at the University of Maryland Graduate Research Interaction Day, College Park, MD.

Brenick, A., & *Henning, A. (2003, April). The morality of media: Children’s recognition and reasoning about gender stereotypes in video games. Paper presented at the University of Maryland Graduate Research Interaction Day, College Park, MD.

Brenick, A. (2002, May). Communication variance between traditional group therapy and art therapy among the Schizophrenic population. Poster presented at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day, Catonsville, MD.