Infant Massage USA Annual Conference Keynote Speakers
Dr. Sue Carter
Dr. Sue Carter is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia and also a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is the former Executive Director of the Kinsey Institute and a Rudy Professor Emerita of Biology. She has held professorships at the University of Maryland (Distinguished University Professor) as well as at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. She has authored more than 400 publications and edited 5 books including “Attachment and Bonding: A New Synthesis,.” MIT Press. Dr. Carter is the scientist, who first discovered the relationship between oxytocin and social monogamy and the formation of adult social bonds. She has a longstanding interest in birth and lactation and the evolution of human sociality and love.
Dr. Kevin Nugnet
Dr. J. Kevin Nugent is Founder and Director of the Brazelton Institute in the Division of Developmental Medicine at the Children’s Hospital, Boston. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Lecturer in Psychology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Nugent has authored or co-authored 10 books (20 including translations) and has written 22 book chapters and almost 100 scientific papers. Dr. Nugent and his colleagues, Drs. Keefer, O’Brien, Johnson, and Blanchard developed the Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) system. Professor Nugent’s areas of research include the effects of a range of prenatal teratogens on neonatal and developmental outcome, the transition to parenthood, the role of fathers, temperament and the use of the NBO in early intervention. Dr. Nugent continues to conduct research in a variety of cultural settings.