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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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August 13-15, 2025
Penn State Open Scholarship Bootcamp 2025
8:30 a.m., Dewey Room, West Pattee Library
Please register here

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August 20, 2025
The Ninth Annual Central PA Workshop on Evidence-Based Mental Health Services
“Breaking the Silence: Strategies for Youth Suicide Prevention”
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Memorial Lounge, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
Please register here

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

News

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“Racism-Based Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Risk for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Black and Latine Adolescents,” by Chardée A. Galán and colleagues
The NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) data hub, providing access to data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) and HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) studies, is now available
Researchers including Orfeu M. Buxton studied how adverse childhood experiences and racial identification influence body mass trajectories from adolescence to adulthood
Koraly Pérez-Edgar, McCourtney Professor of Child Studies and Professor of Psychology, will be a keynote speaker at the 2025 Big Ten Neuroscience Annual Meeting held at Penn State July 21 and 22 at the Nittany Lion Inn
Congratulations to faculty affiliate Danielle Downs on being named a 2025 fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology

Student Spotlight

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Marie Swab (’24)

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My passion lies with promoting mental health and wellness to help justice-involved individuals reintegrate into society with new skills and improved functioning.