PhD Student Beth McIntyre quoted in the LA Times
PhD Student Beth McIntyre is quoted in theLA Times article “So many languages, so few books: Libraries struggle to reflect places they serve”. Read the article here.
Dr. Meredith Bak is the author of the recently published book Playful Visions: Optical Toys and the Emergence of Children’s Media Culture
Meredith A. Bak, Assistant Professor Playful Visions: Optical Toys and the Emergence of Children’s Media Culture (MIT Press, 2020) The kaleidoscope, the stereoscope, and other nineteenth-century optical toys analyzed as “new media” of their era, provoking anxieties similar to our own about children and screens. In the nineteenth century, the kaleidoscope, the thaumatrope, the zoetrope,… continue reading
Dr. Daniel Cook is the author of the recently published book The Moral Project of Childhood
Daniel Cook, Professor The Moral Project of Childhood (NYU Press, 2020) Examines the Protestant origins of motherhood and the child consumer. Throughout history, the responsibility for children’s moral well-being has fallen into the laps of mothers. In The Moral Project of Childhood, the noted childhood studies scholar Daniel Thomas Cook illustrates how mothers in the… continue reading
MA Student Qiugie Gong has been awarded the 2020 Tibetan Arts and Literature Initiative Travel Grant
Establishing a better educational environment for rural children in her native Tibet. Qiugie is the winner of a Tibetan Arts and Literature Initiative Travel Grant, which allowed her to observe K-12 schools in Austin (Texas) to learn about best teaching practices.
Dr. Kate Cairns has coauthored an article in Aeon magazine titled “The ‘organic child’ ideal holds mothers to an impossible standard”
Dr. Kate Cairns has a coauthored article in Aeon magazine on the pressures mothers face to raise an “organic child,” and the need for collective solutions that provide nutritious, sustainable options for all children. Read the article here.
Read about Ph.D Student Jessica Schriver’s Project “Prosthetic Womb Kit”
Jessica Schriver a Ph.D student in the Department of Childhood Studies had her project “Prosthetic Womb Kit, published in Enculturation. Read all about it here.