The Department of Childhood Studies, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Rutgers University—Camden offer a variety of funding sources for those applying to the doctoral program in Childhood Studies and offer significant opportunities for support to current students in the program. Graduate AssistantshipsAvailable to entering, full-time PhD students only, these Assistantships offer tuition… continue reading
The Department of Childhood Studies is excited to announce the recent publication of two books by recent PhD graduates, based on their dissertation research, and two by department faculty: Diane Marano (PhD, Childhood Studies, 2014) Juvenile Offenders and Guns: Voices Behind Gun Violence (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) explores how and why twenty-five incarcerated young… continue reading
Dr. Kate Cairns’s research on the “organic child” was featured on Slate’s parenting podcast, “Mom and Dad are Fighting”.
Dan Cook co-edited (with J. Michael Ryan) the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Consumers and Consumption, a one-volume reference work consisting of entries addressing commercial life historically and transnationally.
Dr. Meredith Bak’s article on children’s magic lantern shows and nineteenth-century home entertainment is now available in the journal “Film History.”
The Department of Childhood Studies at Rutgers University, Camden, is delighted to announce the selection of Brandi Venable and Jamie Dunaev as the 2015-16 David K. Sengstack Graduate Fellows. These doctoral candidates were selected as Sengstack Fellows based on their outstanding academic work and leadership within the Department of Childhood Studies. Brandi’s dissertation explores representations… continue reading
