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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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April 23, 2026
Child Study Center Speaker Series
Vanessa LoBue, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Director of The Child Study Center Lab
Rutgers University
4:00 p.m., Memorial Lounge, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center

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April 29, 2026
Developmental Psychology Colloquium Speaker
Lauren K. White, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-sponsored by the CSC
1:30 p.m., 127 Moore Building, University Park

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August 13, 2026
Tenth Annual Central PA Workshop on Evidence-Based Mental Health Services
Amanda B. Nickerson, PhD, NCSP
University of Buffalo, SUNY
Memorial Lounge, 107 Pasquerilla Spiritual Center

News

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New research by Rina D. Eiden and colleagues examined developmental pathways from prenatal tobacco exposure or prenatal tobacco and cannabis co-exposure to early school age externalizing problems
2026 Irene E. Harms Graduate Scholarship Award Recipient Announced
2026 Strumpf Scholar Award Recipients Announced
Child Study Center’s Innovation Hub Symposium brought together Penn State faculty, community partners, practitioners, and others to learn more about community-engaged research and how to harness this approach to improve the lives of diverse children, youth, and families
Congratulations to Katie Burkhouse, associate professor of psychology and CSC faculty affiliate, on receiving a Dr. Frances Keesler Graham Early Career Professorship by the Social Science Research Institute

Student Spotlight

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Holly Pham

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I aim to develop a research program in which I investigate psychosocial and biological mechanisms underlying adolescence as a sensitive period for risk and resilience.