Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts

We had a fantastic time celebrating 100 years of the Eliot-Pearson Children's School at our Centennial Gala! Congratulations to all the award winners, and thank you to all the staff for their hard work putting on this event.

Photos from our forum on inspiring core values. Such engaging and thought-provoking presentations and discussions from our community!

OPEN CALL for The Early Researchers’ Union Open Science Writing Week 2023 !!!!

The Early Researchers’ Union organizes an open science writing week targeted at young scholars and welcomes applications from interested members. The open science writing week will take place from April 3rd to 7th 2023 in Rethymno on the Greek island of Crete. A short online follow-up session will be held end of September 2023 (date to be specified). Participants are expected to participate in both parts of the event and work on their projects in between. During the open science writing week, young scholars will work together on a preregistered scientific paper in collaboration with senior scholars who will provide datasets to work on in their subgroups. Spaces are limited to 18 participants across different subgroups.

Join Prof. Marina Bers and the DevTech Research Group for a ScratchJr virtual event on March 30 @ 6-7PM (EST)! View the attached image for more information about the event and register here: https://tufts.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMqd-6gqDoqEt1d4Y7s6b-Wev2ecPEkKscl?_x_zm_rtaid=GMEv12XST7-QOlNXIO960g.1614271878724.72645d7afbfc4db4213661f9e3dae725&_x_zm_rhtaid=179

Looking forward to this event TONIGHT at 5:30PM (EST)! It's not too late to register: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oXGgjWE6QzmhY6LduIiXAQ

Kids (and you) using a whole lot more media these pandemic days? Tune-in to an expert discussion with practical advice from our own Mediatrician and Kristelle Lavallee! Registration for the event is free and via Zoom TONIGHT! Hosted by Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts more information and registration here: https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oXGgjWE6QzmhY6LduIiXAQ

Interested in learning more about our master's program? We will be hosting a virtual information session for the MA program TONIGHT at 6:00–7:30PM (EST).

To register, go to: https://gradase.admissions.tufts.edu/register/cshd_1.3.21

Hope to see you there!

Child Study and Human Development - Information Session  

This Op-Ed was written by some of E-P's undergraduate students who all took Martha Pott's course “Physical and Mental Health in Childhood" last year. Read it here:

Pharmacies’ Time to Mitigate Opioid Epidemic’s Effect on Children is Long Overdue | Written by Lily McIntyre, Lisvette Batista, Julian Balkcom, Ilona Eaton, Lily Kurtz, Michelle Liu, Lily McIntyre, and Olivia Smith

Check out the most recent Eliot-Pearson Voices blog post, where doctoral student Melissa Lovitz discusses her work with Michigan State University and the EPIC Lab this summer!

E-P Grad Student Helps Create Michigan Policy for COVID-19 Education | This summer I worked at Michigan State University (MSU) at the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC) Lab. In April, the Michigan Department of Education asked EPIC to help them understand how Michigan districts planned to continue educating students as school buildings closed due to COVID...

For the third consecutive year, students in an undergraduate philosophy course brought their lessons into the Eliot-Pearson Children's School. Kindergarteners and first graders learning about philosophy is fitting for the laboratory/demonstration school, which prides itself on an innovative curriculum.

Read more about EPCS' involvement in making philosophy accessible to all ages:

Kindergarten Philosophers It happens to be World Philosophy Day, this Thursday in late fall, when the K-1 class at the Eliot-Pearson Children’s School holds its sixth and final philosophy class. Four children lean around a small round table, while three Tufts undergraduates balance precariously on tiny chairs.

Today children are consuming more media than ever before. Images in animated television have the ability to influence their young audience, according to Julie Dobrow, senior lecturer in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development and senior fellow for Media and Civic Engagement in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.

The Children's Television (CTV) Project, headed by Dobrow and Associate Professor Chip Gidney, focuses on analyzing children's media in the United States. Over 200 graduate and undergraduate students have worked on the CTV Project within the past 6 years.

Read more in this feature from The Tufts Daily:

Children's Television Project allows students to access research early on, looks at discrimination in children's media - The Tufts Daily Today children are consuming more media than ever before. Images in animated television have the ability to influence their young audience, according to Julie Dobrow, senior lecturer in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development and senior fellow for Media and Civic Engagement...