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Lecture Series and other Events
in Childhood Studies at Rutgers University

Remembering Childhood:
Meet the Authors: Hear Their Stories

March - April 2012

In coordination with the exhibition Latino Folk Tales: Cuentos Populares – Art by Latino Artist on display in the Stedman Art Gallery, Remembering Childhood will be a series of events that brings artists from the exhibition and acclaimed children’s literature illustrators to campus and the larger community to share their perspectives on childhood as reflected in their work.
All events are FREE and open to the public.

David Diaz is internationally known for his work illustrating numerous award-winning books for children, including Smoky Night by Eve Bunting, for which he was awarded the Caldecott Medal; The Wanderer by Sharon Creech, which received a Newbery Honor; and Me, Frida by Amy Novesky, a Pura Belpré Honor Award winner. David will discuss his 25 year career as an illustrator for children’s literature and also share his experiences being a graphic designer, ceramic artist and painter.

Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Location: Stedman Art Gallery
Time: 4:30 – 5:30, Reception to follow


>>> click here to download and print program


Previous Events:

LuLu Delacre is an award-winning children’s author and illustrator who delights in writing books that celebrate her Latino heritage and promote cultural diversity. On her website Delacre states “if painting the people and the places of Latin America true to their own beauty, fosters respect; or if sharing some of their golden tales builds bridges among children, I want to keep on doing it.” LuLu Delacre’s work is featured in the Cuentos Populares exhibition.

Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012

Location: Stedman Art Gallery
Time: 4:30 – 5:30, Reception to follow


Raul Colon is a versatile and acclaimed illustrator whose “grown-up” work has been featured in the New York Times and Times Magazine but he is also a prolific and popular children’s book illustrator. Colon has received two Pura Belpré awards for excellence in representing the Latino cultural experience in literature for children; has been twice included in the NY Public Library's 100 titles for Reading and Sharing; and twice the recipient of The Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Award. Raul Colon’s work is featured in the Cuentos Populares exhibition.

Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012

Location: Stedman Art Gallery
Time: 12:20 – 1:20

 

September 29, 2011
Challenging Children’s Literature
Thursday, September 29, 2011, 12:20 to 1:20 PM
First floor of the Paul Robeson Library

Dr. Lynne Vallone is a Professor of Childhood Studies (Rutgers Camden) and internationally noted children’s literature scholar. Dr. Vallone will lead a discussion about issues surrounding banned and challenged works for a juvenile audience, including the picture book And Tango Makes Three, which has made ALA’s list of most challenged books in the 21st century. For a review of contested children's books by Ellen Handler Spitz, click here!
 

May 24, 2011
Giving Voice to the Silent:
Children and Families of the Incarcerated

A regional forum of expert panelists exploring programs and research currently impacting the field.

JUNE 23rd, 2011
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Rutgers University-Camden

5:00-7:30 p.m.
Evening book signing event at the
Fireside Lounge at the Campus Center

Dr. Jane Siegel
Disrupted Childhoods: Children of Women in Prison
and
Community-Agencies Serving Families
Affected by Incarceration

Sponsored by the Rutgers University-Camden Center for Children and Childhood Studies in partnership with the Rutgers University Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice and the Rutgers University-Camden School of Law

The forum covers a broad range of topics for professionals in policy and practice.

These include, but are not limited to:

  • Policy issues surrounding the Adoption and Safe Families Act (AFSA)

  • The role of educators supporting children and families

  • The developmental impact on Children of the Incarcerated

  • Best practice for supporting child and parent relationships

A Moderated Youth Panel- Young adults share their experiences with an opportunity for questions from the audience.

Plenary Session with stakeholders representing government and policymakers and statewide efforts to positively impact children of the incarcerated.

With a special evening book signing with
Dr. Jane Siegel in the
Fireside Lounge at the Campus Center

at 5:00pm.

For more information, please contact:
Angela Connor or Ingrid Campbell (856) 225-6739

 

November 4th, 2010
Chancellor's Faculty Research Day

Selected Rutgers faculty will present their research in short, easy-to-understand presentations. 
You are invited to join us at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4,
to learn more about the work of the following participants:

Dr. Eduardo Gomez (assistant professor, public policy)
Dr. Brian Holtz (assistant professor, management)
Prof. Pam Jenoff (clinical assistant professor, law)
Dr. Desmond Lun (associate professor, computer science)
Dr. Carol-Rae Reed (clinical assistant professor, nursing)
Dr. Lauren Silver (assistant professor, childhood studies)
Dr. Yuliya Strizhakova (assistant professor, marketing)
Prof. Gerardo Vildostegui (assistant professor, law)
Dr. Wojtek Wolfe (assistant professor, political science)
Prof. Mark Zaki (assistant professor, music)

Location: Multi-Purpose Room in the Campus Center

During the next few weeks, we will post abstracts of the research to be presented online at
http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/about-us/research/research-day

Until then, please mark your calendar and plan to attend the second Chancellor's Faculty Research Day on Nov. 4.

 

June 5, 2010

RUCCCS Offers First Professional Development Conference for the Camden City Early Childhood Education Community

ECE Conference at RutgersThe Rutgers Center for Children and Childhood Studies first ECE Spring Conference was met with an overwhelming response from the Camden City community. One Hundred and four educators participated in an all day conference that provided four hours of professional development hours for participants. Specialized tracks in infant/toddler, preschool, Spanish and ECE leadership made for a meaningful engagement in topics most relevant to each educator’s professional growth.

ECE Conference 2010RUCCCS, along with the Rutgers-Camden Department of Childhood Studies, offers a full compliment of professional ECE credentials, along with a baccalaureate program with a concentration in Early Childhood and the P-3 Traditional and Alternate Route Teaching Endorsement. Technical assistance for ECE centers and offsite professional training programs are also available.

ECE administratorsWe thank our funding partners; the Schumann Fund for New Jersey and the William Penn Foundation for their continuous support of the Professional Development Pathways Initiative for Early Care and Education. We also thank our conference partners who gave their time and expertise: Ingrid Campbell, Cheryl Chavis, Mary Fullard, Susan Leggoe, Theresa Ryan, Martha Mc Rae, Kimberly Owens, and Diana Walker.

For more information regarding Early Childhood at Rutgers, please contact Angela Connor or Ingrid Campbell at (856) 225-6739.
 

February 24
Prof. Robert Atkins (College of Nursing) presents on Feb 24th: “Suck it Up”: Adolescents, Urban Neighborhoods, and Routine Health Care”
Although researchers have explored the association of neighborhoods on the risky and health damaging behaviors of adolescents, few researchers have explored the extent to which neighborhoods influence the health and health behaviors of adolescents. In my presentation, I will discuss how my experiences in Camden as a school nurse and co-founder of a youth development program contributed to my interest in understanding the association between neighborhood disadvantage and the routine health care of adolescents. I will also summarize the research I have conducted on the association between neighborhood disadvantage and adolescent health and discuss present and future research projects.
 
All presentations are free and open to the public and will be held in Armitage Hall, 3rd Floor Faculty Lounge during the Free Period.
Light refreshments will be served.

Feb 27, 2010
The Big Read in Camden
The Big Read will bring a work of literature to people of all ages in the Camden community through community-based programs and events this winter. This year's book, The Call of the Wild by American author Jack London is brought to Camden through the partnership of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts and the Camden Free Public Library, thanks to funding by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

THE BIG READ Kickoff on Feb. 27th from 10 AM - 12 NOON on the Rutgers Camden Campus. Join us for a morning of family-friendly activities including a sled dog team demonstration by the Jersey Sands Sled Dog Racing Association, hands-on art activities, demonstrations by local wild life organizations, and more. Children of any age are welcome.

Don't miss the DOG SLED RACING DEMO at 11 AM!

For more information, download event flier (pdf)

Feb 15, 2010
Law School Faculty Workshop
On Monday Feb. 15, Prof. Catherine Ross (J.D./Ph.D.) of George Washington University Law School will present a paper entitled "Dissing and Discipline:  Student Speech Rights On- and Off- Campus." It is an excerpt from her forthcoming book "The Troubled First Amendment in Public Schools" (Harvard University Press).

Prof. Ross's presentation is part of the Law School Faculty Workshop Series and will take place in the Law School Faculty Lounge (on the top floor of the law school building). Lunch will be served at 12:30 pm, followed by the presentation and discussion until approximately 1:50. Copies of Prof. Ross's paper will be available at least one week in advance in Room 609 at the law school and on the law school's website. For further information, contact Prof. Sally Goldfarb at sfg@camlaw.rutgers.edu.

 
Jan 16, 2010
Spring 2010 CS Research Seminar launched
Prof. Tetsuji Yamada (Economics) presented “Cost Effectiveness and Cost Benefit of Classroom-Based Sexual Abstinence Curriculum for Adolescents”. Many prevention programs for risky sexual behaviors have been based on the belief that knowledge concerning the hazardous consequences will discourage risk-taking. Adolescents, however, tend to engage in unprotected sex despite substantial knowledge regarding the social and individual costs associated with their actions, suggesting that factual knowledge concerning the health-related threat of unprotected sex is an insufficient aspect in promoting safer sexual behavior. Thus, the major objective of this study is to develop a complex model for costing different programmatic approaches by evaluating cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit of two different classroom-based health education curricula on adolescent pregnancy prevention,risky sexual behavior avoidance, and sexual abstinence in Bronx and Yonkers in New York. (Co-authors: Chia-Ching Chen and Elaine Walker)

Time and Place: 3rd Floor Faculty Lounge during the Free Period  (12:15-1:20). Light refreshments will be served.

 
Oct 26, 2009
Urban Youth Symposium on Nov 20, 2009 @ RU-Camden
Sponsored by the Office of the President and the Office of the Chancellor.
Urban Youth SymposiumThe Urban Youth Symposium will bring together a diverse group of scholars and practitioners to engage in roundtable discussions about the topic of urban youth today. Unlike traditional academic conferences, this symposium will unite many different voices as a means to engage in intellectual conversation about issues affecting minority young people in urban places. The symposium aims to highlight the work being done on campus and in our community and sees that work within a larger context of practitioners, writers, activists, theorists, and academics. Rutgers–Camden’s own Future Scholars will participate in this event.

The symposium will be held on the Rutgers–Camden Campus and is FREE and open to the public. Please join us by registering online.
For more information, please contact Lynne Vallone, chair of the Department of Childhood Studies.


 
Sep 9, 2009
Childhood Studies Research Seminar
Please join the Department of Childhood Studies for a research seminar on Wednesday, October 7th at 4:30 pm in the 3rd Floor Faculty Lounge of Armitage Hall.

Ingvild Kvale Sørenssen, Doctoral Student from the Norwegian Center for Child Research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology will present her work, “A Cultural Studies Approach to the Construction of Tweens:  The Case of the Disney-Tween Phenomenon“

 
Sep 1, 2009
Childhood Studies Colloquium (RU- Department of Childhood Studies)
We are thrilled to announce that Prof. Barrie Thorne, U-C Berkeley, will be the special guest of the Department of Childhood Studies on September 30 and October 1. A public talk entitled “Social Class Inequality and Children's Experiences and Management of Family Shame,” is scheduled for September 30, at 4:Please join the Department of Childhood Studies for a research seminar on Wednesday, October 7th at 4:30 pm in the 3rd Floor Faculty Lounge of Armitage Hall.

Ingvild Kvale Sørenssen, Doctoral Student from the Norwegian Center for Child Research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology will present her work, “A Cultural Studies Approach to the Construction of Tweens:  The Case of the Disney-Tween Phenomenon“30 in the 4th Floor Lounge of Law School. A reception will follow at the Stedman Gallery at 6pm.
>>> click here to download a flier (pdf)

Dr. Barrie Thorne, professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Sociology at  UC-Berkeley, is an internationally-recognized scholar and pioneer both of women’s and gender studies and of childhood studies. Her research and teaching focus on the sociology of gender, feminist theory, the sociology of age relations, childhood and families and ethnographic methods. In 2002, she received the American Sociological Association Jessie Bernard Award in recognition of scholarly work that has enlarged the horizons of sociology to encompass the role of women in society.  She is currently writing an ethnography of kids growing up, and parents raising children, in a mixed-income, ethnically diverse area of Oakland.
 
April 17, 2009
Special Research Seminar (RU- Department of Childhood Studies)

Please join us for a special Childhood Studies Research Seminar featuring
Dr. Sarada Balagopalan, Associate Fellow, Centre For The Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, India.

Date: April 17th, 2009
Title of Presentation: “On Global Threads and Local Sutures: Street Children and the Politics of Translating Rights in Calcutta, India”
Place: Faculty Lounge, 3rd Floor, Armitage Hall
Time: Free period

Refreshments will be served. All are welcome.
>>> read more

 
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The Department of Childhood Studies at Rutgers-Camden
sponsored an international conference on “Children and War”
on April 3-5, 2009. >>> Visit the Conference website
 
Spring 2009 Speaker Series
On the Rights of Children
All presentations will be held from 4:30 to 6:00 pm
and all are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served.
Locations for March and April events will be announced.

In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Center for Children and Childhood Studies together with the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice and the Rutgers University School of Law is sponsoring a series of speakers and panel sessions focusing on several aspects of children’s rights.
> download flier (pdf)

February

"Ain't I a Person? Human Rights in Light of Childhood" - a discussion of the philosophical grounds and challenges of children's rights

Thursday, February 12 – Law School Faculty Lounge

Speaker:

  • John Wall, Associate Professor of Religion, Rutgers University – Camden

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A Bill of Rights for Children of Incarcerated Parents
Monday, February 23 – Room E403, Law School

Panelists:

  • Philip Genty, Professor, Columbia University School of Law
  • Ann Adalist-Estrin, Director, National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated
  • Ceciley J. Bradford, Inmate Family Services Program Manager, Pennsylvania Prison Society
  • This panel will also feature a student who is a child of an incarcerated parent
March

The Rights of Children in the Juvenile Justice System

Thursday, March 5 – Room E403, Law School

Panelists:

  • JC Lore, Co-Director, Children’s Justice Clinic, Rutgers University School of Law
  • Sandra Simkins, Co-Director, Children’s Justice Clinic, Rutgers University School of Law
  • Lourdes Rosado, Esq., Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia

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When a Child is Alone: The Rights of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
Monday, March 23 – Room E403, Law School

Panelists:

  • Ilze Earner, Assistant Professor, Hunter College School of Social Work
  • Mary Ellen Glick, Community Resource Developer, Lutheran Child and Family Services, Philadelphia
  • This panel will also feature a youth who is an unaccompanied immigrant

April

Children in Foster Care: Rights, Reality and Remedies
Wednesday, April 1 -
Law School room 103 (west wing) 4:30-6pm
and reception in room E403 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm (east wing)

Please join us for a panel discussion on foster care with the following speakers:  Frank P. Cervone, Esq. (Executive Director, Support Center for Child Advocates), Erin O’Leary, Esq. (Director of Legal Affairs, NJ Dept. of Children and Families) and two former foster youth.  Professor Meredith L. Schalick will moderate the panel and also briefly discuss her article in progress on the legal remedies for children mistreated in foster care.  A light reception will follow the discussion in the law school faculty lounge (room E403).  All are welcome.  Contact Professor Schalick with any questions – schalick@camden.rutgers.edu

Panelists:

  • Frank P. Cervone, Executive Director, Support Center for Child Advocates
  • Erin O’Leary, Director of Legal Affairs, NJ Department of Children and Families
  • Meredith Schalick, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Camden

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children
Thursday, April 16
Multipurpose Room in the Campus Center

Speaker: Barbara Woodhouse, David H. Levin Chair in Family Law and Director, Center for Children and Families, University of Florida College of Law, will speak on "Children's Rights on the World Stage: the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child."

   
 
Mar 11, 09
Prof. Daniel Cook (Childhood Studies), "Children's Food and the Provisioning of Meaning: Commerce, Care and Maternal Practice"

2008-2009 Liberal Studies Colloquium Series
“You are What You Eat: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Food”

All colloquium events take place from 4:30 - 6:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge on the 3rd floor of Armitage Hall on the Rutgers-Camden campus. They are free and open to all.
>>> more information about this lecture series


 
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Rutgers-Camden Stedman Arts Gallery
Interrupted Life:
Incarcerated Mothers in the United States

November 3 - December 19
(closed November 27-30)
This dramatic exhibit documents the experiences of incarcerated persons in the United States. Curated by Rickie Solinger with support from the Ford Foundation. Co-sponsored by the Center for Children and Childhood Studies.
Reception & Gallery Talk
Wednesday, November 5th
5:30 - 7:30pm

~ Free and Open to All ~
Speaker: Dr. Jane A. Siegel, Chair of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-Camden & author of the upcoming Rutgers University Press publication, Disrupted Childhoods: Children of Women in Prison.

 
Fall 2008

Fall 2008 - Speaker Series - 50:830:201
Frontiers of Psychology
The events are held on Fridays at 1:15 pm
in Armitage Hall in the Faculty Lounge on the 3rd Floor.

Date

Speaker   
Topic/Title
Sep 12 Thomas Haworth
Joseph J. Peters Institute
Forensic Psychology: Assessment of violent sexual predators
Sep 19 Mauricio Delgado
Rutgers - Newark
Social and emotional influences on decision-making and the brain
Sep 26 Patrick Markey
Villanova University
Personality and behavior
Oct 3 Karen Rose
Widener University
The Divisive Coverage Effect: How media cleave differences of opinion between social groups
Oct 10 Rebecca Lakin
Children’s Hospital of Phila
Community-based participatory action research with inner-city, minority youth
Oct 17 Eleanor Brown West Chester University Early Childhood Cognition and Emotions Lab (ECCEL)
Oct 24 Rita Johnson
Cheney University
School Psychologists: More than just gatekeepers to special education
Oct 31 TBA  
Nov 7 David Festinger
Treatment Research Institute
Evaluating treatment efficacy
Nov 14 Robert Atkins
Rutgers - Newark
Relatively Deprived: Understanding how high-poverty urban neighborhoods influence the health and development of youth
Nov 21 Bonnie Angelone
Rowan University

Topic: Visual Perception


Research Seminar in Childhood Studies - Fall 2008
Sep 24 Nancy Rosoff (History) “’I’d Love to Play on Her Team’: The Female World of Sport and Sociability”

Oct 15 Larisa Saguisag (Childhood Studies)
“A Part or Apart?: Racial Assimilation in the Young Adult Fiction of Sherman Alexie and An Na”

Nov 12 Deborah Valentine (Childhood Studies)
“Addressing Pedagogical Challenges in Childhood Studies:  Promising Practices
and Ongoing Questions”                        

All presentations are free and open to the public.
They will be held in Armitage Hall, 3rd Floor Faculty Lounge from 12:10-1:10.

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Seminar Series for Spring 2008
Piercing the Myths: Girls, Aggression and Violence
Girls are becoming increasingly more involved in violent activities, shattering stereotypes of girls as “sugar and spice and everything nice.” The speakers in this series will explore girls’ involvement in violent and aggressive activities and discuss some motives behind their actions.
>>> Program description
pdf
All events will take place from 4:30 – 6:30 pm
in the Rutgers-Camden Campus Center,
Conference Room West-ABC, 326 Penn Street
Light refreshments will be served
Professional development hours will be available upon request.
April 3
April 10
April 17
Between “Good” and “Ghetto”: African American Girls and Inner City Violence

Dr. Nikki Jones,
U of California–Santa Barbara
Annie Gets Her Gun:
Girl Soldiers in Contemporary Armed Conflicts

Dr. David Rosen
Fairleigh Dickinson University
The Gendered Context
of Young Women’s Violence

Dr. Jody Miller
U of Missouri – St. Louis

Research Seminar in Childhood Studies - Spring 2008
All presentations are on Wednesdays at 12:10-1:10 pm
in Armitage Hall, 3rd Floor Faculty Lounge.
 
Feb 13
Special Joint Event with the First Year Seminar
Department of English

Candice Kaup (Rutgers-Camden, English)
“What's the Harm of a Diary: Feminine Silence in Harry Potter” 
and
Peter Bryant (Rutgers-Camden, English)
“Trauma through Form in Art Spiegelman's Maus” 


March 5 Bruno Vanobbergen (Ghent University, CS Visiting Scholar)
“Sea hospitals and the hygiene offensive: a professionalization of the medical science or the commodification of the weak and disabled child?”


April 9 Carol Singley (Rutgers-Camden, English)
“Building a Nation, Building a Family: Adoption and American Literature”

April 30 Tetsuji Yamada (Rutgers-Camden, Economics)
“Healthcare Service Accessibility for Children and Healthcare Needs for Children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program”
   
 
Research Seminar in Childhood Studies - Fall 2007
Sep 25

Sean Duffy (Psychology)
Sean Duffy began our Research Seminar Series with his talk on “Building Baby Brains: How Infants and Young Children Know Where They Are in the World”

Suggested reading, article 1 (pdf) and
article 2 (pdf)


Nov 6 Cati Coe (Anthropology)
“Responsibility, Risk and the Scattered Family: The Emotional Responses of Ghanaian Parents and Children to Transnational Migration”

Dec 4 Holly Blackford (English)
“Age Trumps Race: How Teens Read Jim of Mark Twain's Huck Finn”

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Seminar Series for Spring 2007
Rethinking Childhood: Juveniles and the Justice System
Despite the fact that the overall rate of juvenile crime is declining, children are being imprisoned and confined at alarming rates, with minority youth in particular making up the majority of incarcerated youth around the country.  Why is this the case? This speaker’s series seeks to shed light on the issues surrounding juvenile incarceration and explore new ways of dealing with youth in the justice system.
This series is co-sponsored by The Rutgers University-Camden Center for Children and Childhood Studies and The Rutgers University School of Law Children's Justice Clinic
>>> download a Description of the Program pdf icon
All panels will take place on Thursdays
at 319 Cooper Street – Room 109 from 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Light refreshments will be served.
 
Thursday, March 1, 2007:
“Trauma and Juvenile Delinquency”
Panelists:
  Dr. Martin Finkel, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Medical Director and Founder of the Center for Children's Support at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine
 

Dr. Linda Williams, Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of Massachusetts Lowell
>>> view presentation pdf logo

  Amy Hoch, Psy.D., Psychologist, Child Abuse Research Education and Service (CARES) Institute at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of  New Jersey
>>> view presentation pdf logo
Moderator:
  Sandra Simkins, Esq, Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director, Children’s Justice Clinic, Rutgers University School of Law

Thursday, March 8, 2007:
“School to Prison Pipeline: The Disconnect Between Juveniles and School”
Panelists:
  Delores Jones – Brown, Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
 

Laval Miller-Wilson, Esq., Senior Attorney, Juvenile Law Center

Moderator:
  Nyeema C. Watson, Associate Director, Rutgers University Center for Children and Childhood Studies

Thursday, April 5, 2007:
“Justice or Injustice? The Disproportionate Number of Minority Youth in the Justice System”
Panelists:
  Robert Listenbee, Esq., Chief, Juvenile Unit, Defender Association of Philadelphia
 

Michael Finley, Sr. Program Associate, The W. Haywood Burns Institute for Juvenile Justice Fairness and Equity

Moderator:
  Dr. Jane Siegel, Associate Professor of Criminology, Rutgers University, Camden

Thursday, April 12, 2007:
“Colors: Youth and Gangs”
Panelists:
  Malik Aziz, Youth Advocate, Philadelphia
Moderator:
  J.C. Lore III, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director, Children’s Justice Clinic, Rutgers University School of Law
>>> download a Description of the Program pdf icon

 
CCCS and Barnes and Noble to Partner for
Children’s Book Week Celebration and FUNDRAISER

Dr. SeussOn Friday, November 17th, Rutgers University Center for Children and Childhood Studies (RU-CCCS) celebrated Children’s Book Week with a Book Fair Fundraiser at Barnes and Noble in Moorestown, New Jersey from 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

For more information, please contact Becky Heritage at (856) 225-6739.

>>> read more >>>print Bookfair Vouchers PDF icon

New Exhibit/Reception at the Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts
Stedman Gallery ExhibitPicture Stories- a Celebration of African American Illustrators Oct 9 - Dec 2

The reception for this exhibit is Friday, October 20th from 5:00pm-7:00pm in the Stedman Gallery. One of the artist from the exhibition, Adjoa Burrowes, will be on hand to speak.
>>> Event Postcard (front) and (back) pdf icon
For more information, please contact Nyeema Watson 
 
Previous Events
 
Previous Conferences

REMEMBERING CHILDHOOD:
Meet the Authors, Hear Their Stories
March - April 2006


Click here for a map
of campus and waterfront

The Spring 2006 REMEMBERING CHILDHOOD Series brings writers and authors to the Rutgers University Camden campus and to the Camden Children's Garden to share their perspectives on childhood as reflected in their work. Some of the events are taking place in conjuntion with the 18th annual Spring Rutgers-Camden Writers' Conference, April 8th, 2006.

All events are free and open to the public. No registration required!
For more information, directions to the campus, and to the Camden Children's Garden, click here to download a brochure.
 

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Conference at Rutgers-Camden: May 5th, 2006
Race, Class and Education: Gaining New Insights

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This day-long conference explores legal and social science perspectives on educational inequality, and the outcomes and the effects of these inequalities on the overall development of children.
>>> more
Gordon Theater, Rutgers-Camden
 
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Previous LECTURE SERIES IN CHILDHOOD STUDIES
REGIONAL SEMINAR SERIES
at Rutgers-Camden

 

2004-2005 Schedule
Rethinking Childhood in the 21st Century is a monthly CCCS seminar series for scholars and professionals working in the area of childhood studies.

ASSOCIATES SEMINAR SERIES
at Rutgers-Camden
An Associate Seminar to correspond with our conference on Race, Class and Education. Professor Holly Blackford presented
 "Reflection of History or Reinscription of Racial Tensions? Tourism and the Towns of Mark Twain's Hannibal and Harper Lee's Monroeville."
Thursday, May 4, 2006 from 12:20 - 1:20.
  2004-2005 Schedule
CCCS Associates meet regularly on the Rutgers-Camden campus to present their latest research projects in childhood studies.
RUTGERS CENTER FOR HISTORICAL ANALYSIS (RCHA)
at Rutgers University, New Brunswick campus
 

2004-2005 Seminar Schedule
The purpose of the 2004-2005 Gendered Passages Project, "The Gendering of Children," is to encourage interdisciplinary research, conversation, and theoretical synthesis of two fields – the study of children and the study of gender.
>>> RCHA
2004-05 Gendered Passages Project

 
SELECTED SERVICE & OUTREACH PROGRAM EVENTS
SPARC Program
(Science Preparation Alliance of Rutgers and Camden)
The goal of the SPARC program is to make precollege students interested and enthusiastic about science, especially the biological, brain, behavioral, and cognitive (BBBC) sciences. The following links show examples of SPARC initiatives:
  • SPARC Teachers' Workshop
    A workshop for teachers Participants get "hands-on"
    learning of computer skills and laboratory methods.
  • EXPO 2004
    Allied Health Science EXPO is a program for middle and high school students with interests in the allied health sciences.
    >>> previous Expo 2003
Camden Campaign for Professional Childcare Development
Previous Events and Programs
Fri, Aug 6, 2004
@ 7 pm
CDA Candidate Recognition Ceremony
at the Rutgers-Camden
Campus Center Auditorium
Camden Campaign for Children's Literacy
LIBRARY OUTREACH INITIATIVE
at the Camden Free Library

 

The Library Outreach Initiative offered a wide variety of free reading and artistic programs for children in the Camden community for four years. These programs included storytelling by a recognized literary artist and hands on literacy related activities including murals, storyboards, bookmarks, & books created by the children.The Library Outreach Initiative was a 4-year collaborative project between CCCS and the Camden Free Library. >>> more

>>> Previous Literacy Programs 2001 -- 2002 -- 2003 -- 2004

Camden Campaign for Children's Literacy
COMMUNITY OUTREACH LITERACY EVENTS
at Rutgers-Camden
CCCL Kick-Off Event (9/15/2001)
This wonderful Rutgers-Camden campus community event took place four days after 9/11
View a short Video *

CCCL 03 Summer Celebration
Another fun CCCL event at Rutgers-Camden
View a short Video*
* To view the videos you will need RealPlayer on your computer. (Click on icon to download free version and install it on your computer)
Other previous CCCS CAMPUS EVENTS and EXHIBITS
English Composition Event
April 19th and 20th, 2004
Poster Sessions on the 50th Anniversary of
Brown v. Board of Education
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Exhibition on Child Labor in Stedman Art Gallery
child laborLet Children be Children: Lewis Wickes Hine’s Crusade Against Child Labor will be on display at the Stedman Gallery from Monday, March 13, 2006– Saturday, May 6, 2006. Sociologist Lewis Wickes Hines (American, 1874-1940) photography captured his concern for children, immigrants and the working-class. The exhibition of 55 prints offers a revealing look at child labor practices at the onset of American industrialization and the circumstances that poor working children endured well into the late 1930’s. 
>>> more about the exhibition

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Last Updated April 13, 2012