Video: UH Hilo psychologist Charmaine Higa-McMillan gives public talk on post-pandemic childhood anxiety
The talk, “Small Shoulders, Big Worries: Understanding Childhood Anxiety in a Post-Pandemic World,” is part of the Kuleana and Community Weekly Talk Story gatherings.
By Staff/UH Hilo Stories.
Charmaine Higa-McMillan, a professor of psychology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo , gave a public talk Sept. 13 on campus about understanding post-pandemic childhood anxiety.
The talk, “Small Shoulders, Big Worries: Understanding Childhood Anxiety in a Post-Pandemic World,” is part of a series of weekly gatherings held this semester at UH Hilo where students, faculty, staff, university retirees, and members of the local community get together in a safe and welcoming environment to share their thoughts around a common topic.
The goal of the series, named Kuleana and Community Weekly Talk Story: Building Community Through Conversation, is to strengthen the university’s connections to the local community through conversation. Topics cover Maunakea stewardship, mental health, better communication, houselessness in Hawaiʻi, entrepreneurship, and more. Following a short talk by a featured guest, attendees break out into discussion groups and then share their manaʻo (thoughts) with everyone.
Professor Higa is director of the counseling psychology master’s program at UH Hilo. She is a licensed psychologist in Hawaiʻi specializing in childhood stress and anxiety and the implementation of evidence-based services in rural, underserved communities.
The talk was held at the Kilohana Student Success Center located in Edwin Mookini Library.
The Kuleana and Community series is sponsored by the UH Hilo Office of the Chancellor, Kīpuka Native Hawaiian Student Center, Kilohana Academic Success Center, Center for Global Education and Exchange, and Assistant Professor of Communication Colby Miyose and Associate Professor of Sociology Alton Okinaka.
