Workshop and Reading Group in Child Development

This course provides a supportive space for graduate students interested in studying child development to workshop their research questions, conceptual and methodological issues, and drafts of proposals, presentations, or papers. The participants will practice how to conduct effective peer review and offer constructive feedback. General topics include but are not limited to: (1) developmental assessments, (2) family-level, school-level, and neighborhood-level factors that explain variability in children's outcomes, (3) examining underlying mediating and moderating processes, and (4) evaluating policies and programs. The participants will also read and discuss new scholarly work.