Dr. Lauren Silver’s article, “Urban School Formation: Identity Work and Constructing an Origin Story,” was recently published in The Urban Review. The article ethnographically traces the identity work involved in establishing Shearwater High School, a charter school to reengage youth who had dropped out of St. Louis Public Schools.
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New Book, System Kids, by Dr. Lauren Silver
Dr. Lauren Silver’s new book, System Kids: Adolescent Mothers and the Politics of Regulation, is available for pre-order with the University of North Carolina Press. For a limited time, UNC Press is offering 40% off all books, including pre-orders of System Kids.
Graduate Placement News: Where are they now?
Recent recipients of MA and PhD degrees from Childhood Studies give us an update on what they are doing now. Omari Baye (MA, Childhood Studies, 2011) works in Philadelphia as family therapist with children and families deemed at risk for placement/incarceration or children returning home from such placements. Clinton Connor (MA Childhood Studies, 2012) serves … Continue reading Graduate Placement News: Where are they now?…
New article by Dr. Kate Cairns published in Gender and Education.
Dr. Kate Cairns recently published an article in Gender and Education entitled “Both here and elsewhere: Rural girls’ contradictory visions of the future.” Drawing upon ethnographic research in a rural elementary school in Ontario, Canada, Dr. Cairns brings an analysis of place to debates about gendered subjectivity formation. The article is part of a special … Continue reading New article by Dr. Kate Cairns published in Gender and Education.…
Eva Lupold recently accepted for publication in Girlhood Studies 7.2 (Winter 2014)
Eva’s article, “Adolescence in Action: Screening Narratives of Girl Killers,” argues that action-adventure films featuring tween and teenage girls are becoming increasingly popular due to cultural anxieties over changes in nuclear family structures, as well as recent shifts in cultural attitudes towards girlhood sexuality and aggression. Her essay also analyzes why it might be regressive … Continue reading Eva Lupold recently accepted for publication in Girlhood Studies 7.2 (Winter 2014)…
Yvonne Pulliam Receives Outstanding Senior Award in Childhood Studies
Congratulations to Yvonne Pulliam, who received the 2013-2014 Outstanding Senior Award in Childhood Studies! About the Outstanding Senior Award in Childhood Studies The Outstanding Senior Award in Childhood Studies at Rutgers University, Camden, recognizes the Childhood Studies graduating senior who best exemplifies the spirit of scholarship and community commitment that the study of children and childhood … Continue reading Yvonne Pulliam Receives Outstanding Senior Award in Childhood Studies…