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The Child Study Center is dedicated to promoting children’s development and well-being through the dynamic integration of research, undergraduate and graduate training, and engaged community outreach.

We are housed in the Department of Psychology in the College of the Liberal Arts.

The Child Study Center is dedicated to promoting children’s development and well-being through the dynamic integration of research, undergraduate and graduate training, and engaged community outreach.

We are housed in the Department of Psychology in the College of the Liberal Arts.

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Save the date!
May 1, 2025
2025 Penn State Reception at SRCD
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Hilton Minneapolis Marquette VI
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Save the date!
October 2, 2025
The 2025-2026 Child Study Center’s Lois Bloom Lecture
Adriana Janette Umana-Taylor, Ph.D.
Harvard Graduate School of Education
4:15 p.m., Nittany Lion Inn

News

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New undergraduate program being offered at the Child Study Center – We Are Connected
2025 Irene E. Harms Graduate Scholarship Award Recipient Announced
2025 Strumpf Scholar Award Recipients Announced
Eunkyung Shin and Koraly Pérez-Edgar co-authored the chapter, “Neurodevelopmental Pathways from Temperamental Fear to Anxiety” in the recently published book series Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences
Congratulations to Adelaide Delali Klutse, doctoral student working with Douglas M. Teti, Ph.D., on her recent election to the board for the National Council on Family Relations

Student Spotlight

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Adithi Rajagopalan

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In the future, I hope to focus my research on typically-underserved adolescent populations, using their own strengths and community strengths to redefine the ways in which we think about positive outcomes, coping, and contexts.