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

Department of Childhood Studies:
 
Meredith Bak, Assistant Professor of Childhood Studies; Ph.D., California (Santa Barbara)

Sarada Balagopalan, Associate Professor of Childhood Studies; Ph.D., New York

Kate Cairns, Assistant Professor of Childhood Studies; Ph.D., Toronto

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

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

Wenhua Lu, Assistant Professor of Childhood Studies; Ph.D., Texas A&M

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

Lauren Silver, Associate 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

Joseph Barbarese, Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing

Laurie Bernstein, Associate Professor of History

Holly Blackford, Professor of English

Cati Coe, Professor of Anthropology

Sean Duffy, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Janet Golden, Professor of History

Lauren Grodstein, Associate Professor of English

Kriste Lindenmeyer, Professor of History

Charlotte N. Markey, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Naomi Marmorstein, Associate Professor of Psychology

Margaret Marsh, Distinguished Professor of History

Jane A. Siegel, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

Carol J. Singley, Professor of English

John Wall, Professor of Religion

Tetsuji Yamada, Professor of Health Economics