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 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.
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.
Rashmi Kumari’s paper is a review of the discourses generated in the media after the September 2018 verdict by the Supreme Court of India which ‘allowed’ women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala temple. She analyzes the discourses primarily in these three groups – first, the advocates of the ‘subaltern’ subject, second, the advocates… continue reading
Ph.D. student Lidong Xiang received a fellowship from the International Youth Library to research for three months during summer 2020. This fellowship program is funded by the Foreign Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. She’s going to use the collection of books for children and young adults to do a comparative study between Chinese… continue reading
Dr. Matthew Pritchet, a recent Childhood Studies graduate, writes an article for the Philadelphia Inquirer titled, “Greta Thunberg knows how adults disenfranchise children and is outsmarting us.” Read the full article here.
