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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!
October 1, 2021
Child Study Center ODDS Initiative Panel Event
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. via Zoom
Registration required

Save the date!
October 25-26, 2021
29th National Symposium on Family Issues
“Environmental Impacts on Families: Change, Challenge, and Adaptation”
9:00 a.m., Registration required for attending and streaming

News

New resource from Diana Fishbein, CSC faculty affiliate and Co-Director of the National Prevention Science Coalition, Structural Racism Booklet: Research and Policy Analyses, which was shared with Congress

New work from Dr. Erika Lunkenheimer shows “parent history of childhood maltreatment influences dynamic RSA synchrony with children”

Jordan Sigler awarded Erickson Discovery Grant

Dr. Janet van Hell received the university-wide 2021 Outstanding Postdoc Mentor Award

Suzy Scherf and Yulia Lerner were interviewed by the Cognitive Neuroscience Society about their new study investigating the adolescent brain via a movie-viewing approach

Student Spotlight

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Nikolina Nonkovic (’20)

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From my research experience, I have learned a lot about myself, my work ethic, my boundaries, and my strengths.