As Kate Cairns explains, when it comes to discussing food insecurity – the lack of consistent access to nutritious, culturally appropriate food – her research shows a surprising finding: young people don’t focus on their own hunger, but rather on how they can help their mothers put food on the table. Source: “Food-Insecure Teens Focus… continue reading
For black teens from low income communities, depression may show itself as conflicts with other and physical discomfort. Read article featuring Dr. Wenhua Lu here.
Congratulations to Michelle Lyttle Storrod on her recent appointment as an affiliate of SAFElab at the Department of Social Work, University of Columbia. The SAFElab specializes in exploring how gangs use social media and how violence intervention and prevention can happen around social media. Michelle will be looking at how Child Sexual Exploitation happens on… continue reading
For her soon-to-be-published article “Palestinian Refugee Children: A Review of the Literature” in the Middle East Journal of Refugee Studies. Read Elizabeth’s article here.
Awarded Honorable Mention for her article “Assent as Agency in the Early Years of the Children of the American Revolution,” in the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth for Best Article for 2016. Read Dr. Miller’s full article.
The department of Childhood Studies is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016-2017 Outstanding Graduating Senior award: Alissa Valeriano and Melisa Shultz. Congratulations!”
