2022

Bronk, K.C., Postlewaite, E., Mitchell, C., el Sehity, T., & Malin, H. (June 2022). How individual and collective purposes enable us to create a world in which we want to live. Paper symposium for the European Conference of Positive Psychology (ECPP), Reykjavik, Iceland.

2021

Bronk, K.C. & Liechtenstein, H. (October 2021). The Science of Family Purpose. Paper symposium at the Family Firm Institute Global Conference: Shaping Futures, London, England.  

2020

Bronk, K. C. (September 2020). Finding Purpose across the Lifespan. Invited guest lecture. UC Berkeley: Greater Good Science Center.

Bronk, K. C. (February 2020). Family Purpose. Invited to guest lecture in a massive open online course (MOOC) called Life on Purpose (Prof. V. Strecher). University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Baumsteiger, R., & Giesemann, X. (January 2020). Finding fulfillment through helping: Cross-cultural findings on how prosocial behavior contributes to eudaimonia. Paper presented at the Western Positive Psychology Association Conference, Claremont, CA.

Baumsteiger, R., Garcia, B., Cipriano, C., Hoffmann, J., Willner, C., & Brackett, M. (January 2020). How do teens feel at school? New directions for assessing momentary emotional experiences. Poster presented at the Western Positive Psychology Association Conference, Claremont, CA.

2019

Baumsteiger, R., & Giesemann, X. (January 2019). How helping begets helping: Mechanisms of prosocial development. Paper presented at the Western Positive Psychology Association Conference, Claremont, CA. 

Bronk, K. C., Blom, L. C., & McConchie, J. (March 2019). Fostering peace, purpose, and positive development among youth in Liberia. Paper presentation for the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

2018

Bronk, K. C. (November 2018). Family Purpose in ultra-high net-worth families and middle-working class families. Paper presented at the Association for Moral Education conference. Barcelona, Spain.

Riches, B., Dubon, V., Giesemann, X., Benavides, C., Cotton-Bronk, K. (November 2018). Using Technology to Foster Purpose Among Adolescents and Young Adults. Talk submitted to Association for Moral Education, Barcelona, Spain.

Bronk, K. C., Colby, A., & el Sehity, T. (October 2018). Family purpose. Paper presentation at the Association for Moral Education, Barcelona, Spain.

Bronk, K. C., Baumeister, R., Mangan, S., Riches, B., & Dubon, V. (April 2018). Fostering purpose among adolescents. Paper presentation for the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minnesota, MN. 

Bronk, K. C. (January 2018). Fostering purpose and gratitude among adolescents. Jubilee Centre Annual Conference, Oriel College, Oxford, England. 

Baumsteiger, R. (January, 2018). What’s your purpose? A mixed methods investigation of purpose content. Paper presented at the Western Positive Psychology Association Conference, Claremont, CA.

Baumsteiger, R. (January, 2018). Fostering habitual prosocial behavior. Symposium presented at the Western Positive Psychology Association Conference, Claremont, CA.

2017

Bronk, K. C., Reilly, T., Moran, S., Morton, E., & Remington, K. (November 2017). Interview and survey approaches to measure purpose and virtue. Paper presentation at the Association for Moral Education, St. Louis, MO.

Baumsteiger, R., Mangan, S., & Bronk, K. C. (November, 2017). The validation of new interventions for fostering purpose among emerging adults. Paper presented at the Association for Moral Education Conference, St. Louis.

Mangan, S., Baumsteiger, R., & Bronk, K. C. (November, 2017). Fostering purpose and gratitude in middle and high school students. Paper presented at the Association for Moral Education Conference, St. Louis.

Bronk, K. C., Malin, H., Lund, T., Mousseau, A., & Liang, B. (April 2017). Fostering purpose in the classroom. Paper presentation at the Society for Research on Child Development, Austin, TX.

2016

Mangan, S., & Baumsteiger, R. (December 2016). The development of gratitude and purpose among adolescents and emerging adults. Paper presented at the Association for Moral Education Conference, Boston, MA.

Bono, G., Mangan, S., & Baumsteiger, R. (July 2016). Making great students: Testing a new curriculum designed to foster grateful thinking and purpose in life in primary and secondary education. Panel discussion presented at the International Festival of Positive Education, Dallas, TX.

Baumsteiger, R., Mangan, S., Riches, B., Dubon, V., & Bronk, K.C. (April 2016). Fostering purpose in life among adolescents. Symposium presented at the Western Psychological Association Conference, Long Beach, CA. 

2015

Lin, L., Bronk, K.C., Benavides, C.M., & Zhang, J. (October 2015). Exploring perceived stress and purpose in political engagement: A sample from Taiwan’s sunflower movement Paper presented at the Taiwanese Psychological Association Annual Convention, Taipei, Taiwan. Political Purpose Presentation.

2014

Bronk, K.C., Riches, B., Mangan, S., & Baumsteiger, R. (November 2014). prospection and the role of future-oriented thinking in moral development. Paper presentation for the Association of Moral Education, Pasadena, CA.

Riches, B. Bronk, K.C., & Mangan, S. (September 2014). Authentic purpose scale: A new scale assessing all three construct dimensions. Poster presentation for the Western Positive Psychology Association, Claremont, CA.