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CSC Child Study Center

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.

Events

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August 20, 2025
The 9th Annual Central PA Workshop on Evidence-Based Mental Health Services
“Youth Suicide Risk: Assessment is not Enough”
Location & Time: TBA

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

New undergraduate program being offered at the Child Study Center – We Are Connected

CSC faculty affiliates assessed the COVID-19 pandemic-related impact of loneliness and other outcomes among people in the perinatal period

As Mother’s Day approaches, how can dads and partners support mothers? Check out this Q&A with Douglas M. Teti, Ph.D.

Dawn P. Witherspoon, Ph.D., joined fellow colleagues for the Community Engaged Research Workgroup Launch Event

Congratulations to the following graduate students for their recent achievements

Student Spotlight

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Nicole Smith (’21)

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For my honors thesis, I was interested in the mother-infant relationship and the mother’s emotional availability.