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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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Save the date!
November 11, 2026
Community Talk on Suicide Prevention
Holly C. Wilcox, Ph.D., M.A.
Professor, Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health
4:30 – 5:30 p.m., The Press: Cider & Craft Beverage Taphouse, State College, PA
Registration required! 

 

 

 

 

News

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Holly Wilcox, founder and director of the Center for Suicide Prevention at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, to speak at Penn State
CSC faculty affiliate Orfeu Buxton, professor of biobehavioral health, and researchers examined how a poor sleep environment may affect young adults’ health
Katie L. Burkhouse and colleagues recently investigated the impact of adversity and maternal depression on neural reward responsivity in young children
Congratulations to CSC faculty affiliate Emma Rose, associate teaching professor of psychology, who recently received the 2026 Faculty Service Award by the Penn State Neuroscience Institute
Research by Alp Aytuglu and others investigated how early parenting adjustment and coparenting may relate to children’s metabolic health

Student Spotlight

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Julie Beeney

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I am very excited about research on parenting and factors that influence parental responses to infant behavior and hope to incorporate parenting research into intervention programs to promote positive relationships between parents and infants in high-risk contexts.