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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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Save the date!
Oct. 24-25, 2022
30th Annual National Symposium on Family Issues
Location: State College or virtual, TBD
Registration available in May
Co-sponsored by the CSC

***POSTPONED UNTIL 2022-2023***

Save the date!
April 14, 2022
“White Racial Learning in Childhood and Adolescence”
4:15 p.m., 302 Pond Lab
Registration required

News

New research by Paul Morgan et al. (2022) indicates kindergarten children who display externalizing behavioral problems are more likely to be bullied as they age.

Dr. Suzy Scherf, Associate Professor of Psychology, studies the typical and atypical development of face processing, particularly as it relates to adolescence and autism, and was recently featured in Drug Discovery News for her lab’s work in serious game interventions.

Congratulations to Kate Guastaferro, Assistant Research Professor at the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center and faculty affiliate at the Child Study Center, on being a newly elected section board member: Chair of Communications and Technology Committee of Division 37 of APA

A new program developed by researchers including CSC faculty affiliates Mark Feinberg and Damon Jones may help parents of children with autism

Congratulations to Chad Shenk, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, and faculty affiliate at the Child Study Center, on being a newly elected section board member: Convention Program Co-Chair of Division 37 of APA

Student Spotlight

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Jenelle Richards (’18)

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