Craig H. Hart featured at Annual Cutler Lecture Oct. 21 - BYU News Skip to main content
Intellect

Craig H. Hart featured at Annual Cutler Lecture Oct. 21

Craig H. Hart, associate academic vice president for faculty at BYU and Zina Young Williams Card Professor in the School of Family Life in the College of Family, Home and Social Sciences, will be the speaker for the Annual Virginia Cutler Lecture this Thursday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m.

His lecture titled “How Parents Matter in Promoting Children’s Social Competence” will be presented in 250 Spencer W. Kimball Tower. Admission is free and the public is welcome.

Hart researches parenting and family linkages with children’s social development and developmentally appropriate practices in early childhood education. His work has been published in Child Development, Developmental Psychology and Early Childhood Research Quarterly. He has also published two books, Integrated Curriculum and Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Birth to Age Eight and Children on Playgrounds: Research Perspectives and Applications. His  collaborative research focuses on cultural influences, with studies conducted in Russia, Japan, Australia, China and parts of the United States.

The Virginia Cutler Lecture honors a faculty member who has made a significant contribution to a professional field having to do with the family.

Virginia Cutler was an example of service and dedication who affexted many lives. A former BYU faculty member, she created the Major Appliance Consumer Action Panel, was a member of President Nixon’s Council on Consumer Affairs, served as a member of the Governor’s Committee on the Status of Women in Utah and was a consultant for the Job Corp.

For more information, contact Kim Reid, 801)422-1320, kim_reid@byu.edu.

Writer: Kim Reid

Related Articles

data-content-type="article"

BYU’s 2025 awards season honors student standouts

May 15, 2025
Rise and shout! Across various disciplines, BYU students have been recognized for their world-class accomplishments.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Student inventors help BYU rank as a top U.S. university for newly-issued patents

May 12, 2025
Brigham Young University was just ranked as one of the Top 100 universities in the nation for most issued patents. But the new ranking from the National Academy of Inventors isn’t the story for BYU; it’s who holds the patents.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

BYU research: Your beliefs about money may reveal clues about your relationship

May 07, 2025
Everyone holds their own beliefs about money – what it’s for, how much we need and how to use it. But a new study from researchers at BYU says personal beliefs about money also shape the health of your relationship.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText=