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As part of the 30th anniversary of the Childhood, Sarada Balagopalan co-moderated a conversation on ‘Teaching ‘Global Childhoods’ in Childhood Studies’ which can be found here https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09075682231205508.  Also related to the journal’s 30th anniversary, Sarada Balagopalan co-authored an editorial which can be found here https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09075682231205510

The Strong Black Woman or Superwoman Schema has been generally described as how African American women are expected to perform and embody womanhood (Abrams et al., 2014; Beauboeuf-Lafontant, 2007, Beauboeuf-Lafontant, 2009; Nelson et al., 2016, Nelson et al., 2020, Nelson et al., 2023b; Watson and Hunter, 2016 ;Woods-Giscombé, 2010; Woods-Giscombé, 2018; Woods-Giscombé et al., 2016; Woods-Giscombé et al.,… continue reading

Congratulations to Sajwa Pasha who is the winner of this year’s Outstanding Senior Award in Childhood Studies. We wish you the best of luck after graduation, Sajwa!

Dr. Valerie Adams-Bass published an Article, Exploring Black Youth’s Belief in Racial Socialization Across Parental and Non-parental Agents, in the Journal of Child and Family Studies. Abstract Historically, racial socialization (RS) literature has focused on the content and frequency of RS messages communicated between Black parents and youth. In an effort to examine the potential… continue reading