PODCAST
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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NEWS
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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NEWS
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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NEWS
Q&A: Learning at Wellesley, While Helping Girls Learn in Afghanistan
December 2022
Visiting Fellow Pashtana Durrani discusses her work to make education accessible to girls in Afghanistan.
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NIOST Study Offers Strategies to Engage Girls in STEM

Details: Published: 09 June 2021; Last Updated: 09 June 2021

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Evaluation of STEM Program for Rural Girls (GEMS)

An adult woman teaches a diverse group of girls about computers in an informal learning setting. Researchers from our National Institute on Out-of-School Time share findings from a STEM program for girls in rural Pennsylvania.