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Graduate Student Presentations for Stockton Childhood Application Seminar Series

Graduate Student Presentations for Stockton Childhood Application Seminar Series

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We’re excited to share that four graduate students in the Rutgers-Camden Childhood Studies Department will present at the Childhood Application Seminar Series (CASS), sponsored by the Stockton University Childhood Studies Minor. CASS is designed to showcase acclaimed scholars and cutting-edge research related to childhood. These presentations will be virtual. The Zoom links to attend are below. November 18th, Tuesday, from… continue reading

The Diaspora Strikes Back 2026 Conference Call For Papers

The Diaspora Strikes Back 2026 Conference Call For Papers

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The Department of Childhood Studies at Rutgers University seeks proposals for a multidisciplinary conference on Transnational Desires and Childhoods of Empire as a means of continuing a critical, multidisciplinary dialogue around Black childhoods and childhoods of color. We seek to convene scholars, writers, practitioners, artists, and advocates for children interested in wrestling with the tensions around diasporas… continue reading

Dr. Sarada Balagopalan co-moderated a conversation on ‘Teaching ‘Global Childhoods’ in Childhood Studies’ as part of the 30th Anniversary of the Childhood

Dr. Sarada Balagopalan co-moderated a conversation on ‘Teaching ‘Global Childhoods’ in Childhood Studies’ as part of the 30th Anniversary of the Childhood

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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

Dr. Valerie Adams-Bass will be a guest speaker for the upcoming webinar So, You Want to Do a Podcast? on November 16 sponsored by the Society for Research in Child Development

Dr. Valerie Adams-Bass will be a guest speaker for the upcoming webinar So, You Want to Do a Podcast? on November 16 sponsored by the Society for Research in Child Development

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Dr. Valerie Adams-Bass will be part of an upcoming webinar So, You Want to Do a Podcast? on November 16, 2023. Join three SRCD members who have created or host their own podcasts to learn more about this popular way to communicate and translate research to a broad audience. For more information visit: So You… continue reading

Welcome Dr. Destiny Crockett

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The Department of Childhood Studies is thrilled to welcome Dr. Destiny Crockett, our inaugural Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow in Childhood Studies and Racial Justice!

PhD Student Cecelela Tomi published her first article, (Re)Framing Strength: How Superwoman Schema May Impact Perinatal Anxiety and Depression among African American Women, in Women’s Health Issues

PhD Student Cecelela Tomi published her first article, (Re)Framing Strength: How Superwoman Schema May Impact Perinatal Anxiety and Depression among African American Women, in Women’s Health Issues

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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