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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

Save the date!
May 11-12, 2026
Penn State Open Scholarship Bootcamp 2026
Co-Sponsored by the CSC
8:30 a.m., Dewey Room, West Pattee Library
Please register here. 


Save the date!
August 13, 2026
Tenth Annual Central PA Workshop on Evidence-Based Mental Health Services
Amanda B. Nickerson, PhD, NCSP
University of Buffalo, SUNY
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Memorial Lounge, 107 Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
Please register here.


Save the date!
October 22, 2026
The 2026-2027 Child Study Center’s Lois Bloom Lecture
Daniel S. Shaw, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
University of Pittsburgh
4:15 p.m., Nittany Lion Inn


 

Student Spotlight

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Fathers are an understudied group in psychology, despite their importance for child development.