Childhood Studies 163

Website: http://childhood.camden.rutgers.edu

The Department of Childhood Studies puts the issues, concepts, and debates that surround the study of children and childhoods at the center of its research and teaching missions. Through a multidisciplinary approach, the Department of Childhood Studies aims both to theorize and historicize the figure of the child and to situate the study of children and childhoods within contemporary cultural and global contexts.

The curriculum in the department is multidisciplinary in scope and purpose and provides students with a strong background in both humanistic and social science perspectives on children and their representations. This approach will prepare students for careers in many areas including academics, public policy, social services, youth programming, and education.

Chair: Lynne Vallone, Professor of Childhood Studies; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)

Department of Childhood Studies:

Daniel Thomas Cook, Associate Professor of Childhood Studies and Sociology; Ph.D., Chicago

Daniel Hart, Distinguished Professor of Psychology; Ed.D., Harvard

Susan A. Miller, Assistant Professor of Childhood Studies; Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Lauren Silver, Assistant Professor of Childhood Studies; Ph.D, Pennsylvania

Robin Stevens, Assistant Professor of Childhood Studies; Ph.D. Pennsylvania

Lynne Vallone, Professor of Childhood Studies; Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo)

Associate Members of the Undergraduate Faculty:

Robert Atkins, Associate Professor of Childhood Studies and Nursing, Ph.D. Temple

Holly Blackford, Professor of English; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Cati Coe, Professor of Anthropology; Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Margaret Marsh, Distinguished Professor of History; Ph.D., Rutgers

Jane A. Siegel, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice; Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Carol J. Singley, Professor of English; Ph.D., Brown

John Wall, Professor of Religion; Ph.D., Chicago