You are invited to this special event featuring presentations from Michelle Demaray, professor in NIU's Department of Psychology, and Paul Wright, distinguished engagement professor in NIU's Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education.

Demaray's presentation, "Bullying Participant Role Behaviors and Students’ Mental Health," provides an overview of a study investigating how students’ engagement in various bullying participant roles (e.g., perpetrator, victim, defender) may overlap. The study used latent profile analysis to determine groups of students engaging in five bullying participant role behaviors and investigated mental health outcomes for those groups.

Wright's presentation, "Promoting Positive Youth Development and Teaching Life Skills Through Physical Activity Programs," covers a program of engaged scholarship that leverages the potential of physical activity programs to foster positive youth development and social change. Empowerment-based pedagogy in physical activity settings can lead to transformative learning experiences in school and community-based programs. Research and best practices developed by NIU's Physical Activity and Life Skills (PALS) Group will be featured.

All are welcome, and we encourage you to join us.