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Making fathers more visible in parenting research

Making fathers more visible in parenting research

by Natasha J. Cabrera, Ph.D. & Pinar Karan, MA. In 2018, my colleagues and I wrote an article emphasizing the non-contested fact that fathers are parents too, and that research on parents should intentionally include them (Cabrera, Volling, & Barr, 2018). We...

Rethinking Perturbations in Naturalistic Studies of Development

Rethinking Perturbations in Naturalistic Studies of Development

Drew H. Abney University of Georgia For many decades, some developmental scientists have used the framework of dynamic systems to guide theory and prediction about how human infants change while embedded in a complex, social world. A dynamic systems framework has...

In Memoriam: Deborah Kemler Nelson

In Memoriam: Deborah Kemler Nelson

Deborah Kemler Nelson On November 13, 2023, our field lost a shining star.  Professor Deborah Kemler Nelson, the Centennial Chair Emerita of Swarthmore College, passed away surrounded by her loving family. Debby got her PhD in psychology from Brown University with her...

Report from the 2023 Founding Generation Symposium

Report from the 2023 Founding Generation Symposium

By Vanessa LoBue (@vanessalobue) & Kiley Hamlin (@jkileyhamlin) The Founding Generation Summer Fellowship for Undergraduates aims to develop the next generation of scholars to advance innovative research on infancy and translation of research for the public good....

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