Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow in Childhood Studies and Racial Justice Mary Byrne is a youth studies scholar whose work examines how the figure of the child drives right-wing and neoliberal political organizing. Mary’s current project, based on a year and a half of participant observation with the extremist group Moms for Liberty, explores the rapid… continue reading
PhD Candidate LaTiana Ridgell has been awarded two fellowships for the 2024-2025 academic year. First, as a seminar fellow at the Rutgers Institute for Research on Women, and second, as a Graduate Student Fellow within the Rutgers Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Congratulations, LaTiana!
Congratulations to Mallory Carvalho the winner of the 2024 Outstanding Senior Award in Childhood Studies!
We are thrilled to share that current PhD candidate Halle Singh and recent PhD graduate Diana García Gómez will both be joining the faculty of Bridgewater State University as Assistant Professors of Childhood Studies in September 2024! Please join us in congratulating Diana and Halle on this tremendous achievement!
Congratulations to PhD student Elizabeth Nelson, who published a review of The Disabled Child: Memoirs of a Normal Future in the journal Children & Society. You can read the review here.
We are proud to report that 2023 Mellon Foundation Intern Jordan Ellzy was offered a permanent position upon completion of his Department of Childhood Studies internship at the Camden County Historical Society. As an intern, Jordan helped dream up, research and create an exhibit on Martin Luther King Jr’s residency in Camden, NJ. At the… continue reading
