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2019 ICPSR Summer Program Diversity Scholarship Awarded to PhD Student Mary Louise Mitsdarffer
Congratulations to PhD student, Mary Louise Mitsdarffer, who was awarded a Diversity Scholarship for the 2019 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research at the University of Michigan which was established in 2018 to promote quantitative training among incoming graduate students from underrepresented groups. Thanks to a generous grant from the Bill & … Continue reading 2019 ICPSR Summer Program Diversity Scholarship Awarded to PhD Student Mary Louise Mitsdarffer…
Dr. Lauren Silver published a new article in Children’s Geographies: “Transformative Childhood Studies: a remix in inquiry, justice, love.”
In this essay, Dr. Silver asks childhood studies scholars to look critically at what justice means and what it would entail for differently positioned children, youth, and communities. Silver maps out a concept and praxis of transformative childhood studies (TCS) which involves a remix in transformative justice, childhood studies scholarship, and feminist methodology. She draws … Continue reading Dr. Lauren Silver published a new article in Children’s Geographies: “Transformative Childhood Studies: a remix in inquiry, justice, love.”…
Anthony Wright Joins the the Department in Fall 2019
The Department of Childhood Studies welcomes Anthony Wright to the faculty in Fall 2019. Anthony Wright will receive his PhD in medical anthropology this spring from the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco. His research uses ethnographic methods to explore technologically mediated processes of care and communication among young people in life-threatening circumstances, from … Continue reading Anthony Wright Joins the the Department in Fall 2019…
Congratulations to Ryan Bunch for being awarded the H. Earle Johnson Publication Subvention
Ryan Bunch was awarded the H.Earle Johnson Publication Subvention from the Society of American Music for his forthcoming book Oz and the Musical: Performing the American Fairy Tale, to be published by Oxford University Press. To learn more about the subvention, go to the American Music website.
Dr. Susan Miller was recently interview on 1A about Scouting
Dr. Susan Miller was recently interviewed by 1A for a segment called “Scouting Out New Horizons in 2019”. Listen to what she has to say here. You can read more about this topic here.