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CSC Child Study Center

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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.

Events

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February 23, 2024
CSC Innovation Hub Symposium 2024
Using Participatory Action Research to Create Transformational Youth Interventions
Time TBA, Memorial Lounge

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March 21, 2024
Child Study Center Speaker Series
Ariel A. Williamson, PhD, DBSM, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Time & Location TBA

News

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Graduate student Zhenyu Zhang and Dr. Amy Marshall investigated trauma exposure during sensitive periods of early adulthood and subsequent violent behavior in adulthood
A recent conference by Penn State’s Child Maltreatment Solutions Network, cosponsored by the CSC, focused on youth in child welfare and juvenile justice systems
Faculty affiliates Rina D. Eiden, Jenae Neiderhiser, and Dawn Witherspoon were speakers during the McCourtney Showcase, an event highlighting the impact made by philanthropists Tracy and Ted McCourtney
Dawn P. Witherspoon, professor of psychology, was the lead co-author with Rebecca M.B. White of Arizona State University on a recent monograph published by the Society for Research in Child Development: Place-Based Developmental Research: Conceptual and Methodological Advances in Studying Youth Development in Context
David Lee, professor of education (special education), and colleague awarded $1.2 million grant to fund doctoral students in special education

Student Spotlight

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Kayla Brown

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The Child Maltreatment Solutions Network fellowship has shown me both the importance as well as the challenges of translating research into effective policy.