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    Health advisory on social media use in adolescence

    May 2023

    Senior Research Scientist Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., co-authored a health advisory on social media use in adolescence released by the American Psychological Association.

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    Journeys in Youth Development Podcast, Episode 4

    APRIL 2023

    NIOST director Georgia Hall, Ph.D., talks to Terrance Cauley, Senior Director in the Department of Youth, Family & Clinical Services at Better Family Life, Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri. Terrance highlights the importance of offering historically marginalized Black youth opportunities for self-definition, and discusses how he does this through his work in out-of-school time programming.

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    WCW Collaborates on $5 Million Project to Promote Sustainability in Liberia

    February 2023

    WCW will lead the design of a social inclusion strategy to empower women and young people in the Liberian forestry sector.

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    VIDEO

    Having 'The Talk' with Teens

    February 2023

    Jennifer Grossman, Ph.D., shares findings from interviews with fathers about how they try to make conversations with their teens about sex and dating less awkward.

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    The Wage Gap: The Motherhood Penalty and the Fatherhood Premium

    December 2022

    Sari Pekkala Kerr, Ph.D., discusses how the pay gap changes for parents throughout their careers.

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The

Wellesley Centers for Women 

is a research and action institute at Wellesley College that is focused on women and gender and driven by social change.
Our mission is to advance gender equality, social justice, and human wellbeing through high-quality research, theory, and action programs.

PROJECTS

Research & Action Report Fall/Winter 2005 

 Susan McGee Bailey, Ph.D. traveled to China in early November, 2005 to speak on feminist issues in education at The Center for the Study of Women’s Issues at Peking University. 

Feminist Presentation in Beijing

Research & Action Report Fall/Winter 2005 

 Susan McGee Bailey, Ph.D. traveled to China in early November, 2005 to speak on feminist issues in education at The Center for the Study of Women’s Issues at Peking University. This center offers courses on women’s studies, trains master’s degree students majoring in women’s studies, undertakes research on theory and practice of women’s studies, and sets up exchanges and cooperation with other women’s groups both at home and abroad. Bailey then traveled to Hong Kong where she presented “Educating Girls and Boys: Similarities and Differences,” at the Chinese International School. Before returning home, Bailey met with faculty interested in gender studies at the University of Hong Kong.

 
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