Welcome to the Childhood Studies Program
at Rutgers-Camden

Childhood Studies is the theoretical and methodological study of children and childhood within historical, interdisciplinary, multi-cultural, and global contexts.  The degree programs prepare scholars capable of innovative interdisciplinary research in childhood studies and leaders in child-related social practice and policy.

>>> description of the CS Department

We aim to transform the study of children and representations of them 

1) through interdisciplinary dialogue and synergy,  and

2) by placing children themselves at the center of investigation, whether by listening to children’s own unique experiences and voices or by creating appropriate methodological tools for understanding their uniqueness. 

Students and faculty in Childhood Studies often collaborate on projects in the Center for Children and Childhood Studies.