Linda Charmaraman
Adolescent Mixed-Ancestry Identity: A Measurement Pilot
Self-Identity of Youth of Mixed Ancestry
Racial/ethnic self-identification can vary over time and place, in other words, some adolescents of mixed ancestry report different single-race or mixed-race identifications at different times and in different situations. This report seeks to explore whether adolescents of mixed-ancestry have particular strengths or weaknesses compared within their single-race-reporting peers.
Adolescent Notions of Success: Identity Exploration in a Girls' Media Program
Date: March 12, 2010
Presenter: Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D.
Location: Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA
Evaluation of the Get Real Middle School Sexual Education Curriculum
Assessing Middle School Sexual Education
This project is a multi-faceted engagement with Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts to conduct an evaluation of the Get Real middle school sexual education curriculum.
Examining Mixed-Ancestry Identity in Adolescents
Two years ago, scholars at the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) launched a study of racial and ethnic identification among adolescents of mixed ancestry. The reasons for pursuing the research were several. Most literature about ethnic/racial self-identification patterns derived from adult respondents. For example, the series of studies that led to the change in wording of racial self-identification in the 2000 Census was carried out with adults.
Lunchtime Seminar: Findings from a Qualitative Case Study of a Middle School Boys’ Empowerment Group
Date: April 8, 2010 • 12:30 - 1:30pm
Presenters: Georgia Hall, Ph.D. and Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College
Lunchtime Seminar: Teen Voices: Identity Development in a Community-Based Media Internship
The Tyne Daly-35th Anniversary Lecture
Date: March 18, 2010 • 12:30 - 1:30pm
Presenter: Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College
Lunchtime Seminar: Teen Voices: Identity Development in a Community-Based Media Internship
March 18, 2010
Middle School Bullying & Sexual Violence: Measurement Issues & Etiological Models
Informing Sexual Violence Prevention
This research project addresses a critical issue by examining the overlap of bullying perpetration/victimization and sexual violence in order to inform sexual violence prevention in US schools.
National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST)
NIOST
This long-term program has brought national attention to the importance of children's out-of-school time using research, training and advocacy to strengthen children's emotional, physical, and social development.
Postdoctoral Behavioral Research Training on Variations in Child and Adolescent Development
This program provides research training for candidates who seek to investigate elements of race, gender, and class in the context of childhood and adolescent environments.
Urban Middle School Youth's Perspectives on Relationships: A Visual and Textual Analysis
Date: March 13, 2010
Presenter: Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D.
Location: Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA