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Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2024
Then and Now: Insights into Early Childhood Care and Education
Then and Now: Leading the Way in Out-of-School Time
Then and Now: Tackling the Most Critical Global Issues
Landmark Achievements
Celebrating 50 Years of Social Change for Women
Meet the 2023-24 Wellesley College Student Research Interns
For the media / 2024
The Cut: Pashtana Durrani Won’t Let Afghanistan’s Girls Disappear
Recent Coverage / 2024
Literary Hub: A Brief History of the Grand Old American Tradition of Banning Books
NHK World Japan: Education, the Right To Be Humans: Pashtana Durrani / Founder, LEARN Afghan
The New York Times: America Is Averting Its Eyes From Something Very, Very Wrong
Los Angeles Times: Science doesn’t yet support broad restrictions on teens’ access to social media, experts say
The Hechinger Report: The (mostly) Republican moms fighting to reclaim their Idaho school district from conservatives
PBS: Student Mental Health Matters | A Toolkit for Educators
Wellesley Magazine: A Big Idea
Psychology Today: A Nobel Prize, the Supreme Court, and Reproductive Rights
Insider: A woman's chance for equal pay plummets when she has a kid — and never recovers, says the newest Harvard economist to win the Nobel Prize
Global Citizen: Afghanistan Is a Country of Rebels. We Will Never Stop Fighting.
BabyCenter: As 'childcare cliff' looms, 6-month waitlists and $17K annual fees are already the norm
Wired: How to Talk to Your Kids About Social Media and Mental Health
“Afghanistan Is a Country of Rebels. We Will Never Stop Fighting.”
Research & Action Report / Research & Action Annual Report 2023
Leadership Transition at SEED
WCW Research Scientist Contributes to Work Recognized by Nobel Prize
NIOST Studies Youth Fields Workforce
New Book “School Moms” Delves Into Battle for Public Schools
How a WCW Research Scientist and a Wellesley Student Co-Authored a Book Chapter
New Study Focuses on What Home-Based Child Care Providers Need to Survive
Transforming Research into Action to Protect Teens on Social Media
Researcher Will Evaluate Planned Parenthood’s Sex Ed Program for High Schoolers
WCW Enters the Environmental Arena with Project in Liberia
Peggy McIntosh to be Inducted into National Women’s Hall of Fame
WCW Research Scientist Approved for $2.5M in Funding to Implement PTSD Treatment for College Students
For the media / 2023
As lawmakers try to police social media, SF leaders back off
Recent Coverage / 2023
"Opinion Fatigue" Is Setting In For Twitter, TikTok, & Instagram Creators
Linda Charmaraman, Wellesley College – When It Comes to Teens and Screens, Pets Can Have Surprising Benefits - The Academic Minute
Wellesley College: How Linda Charmaraman and the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Lab Are Influencing the Way We Think about Social Media
CEU Names Afghan Women and Girls Winners of CEU Open Society Prize
Salon: The tricky timing of a child's first smartphone
Boston Globe: The stage is theirs: At a majority of Boston-area theaters, women leaders have taken charge
Psychology Today: Bias Against Women Is Rising Across the Globe
Health advisory on social media use in adolescence
USA Today: Florida just expanded school vouchers – again. Here's what it could mean for public education.
Podcast: Journeys in Youth Development, Episode 4
Global Citizen Prize 2023: Meet the 5 Remarkable Activists Who Are This Year’s Winners
U.S. News & World Report: Social Issues Dominate in the Women’s Hall of Fame’s New Class
Bloomberg: Addressing the Gender Earnings Gap
The Washington Post: TikTok’s trendy beauty filter ushers in new tech and new problems
Research Scientist Submits Testimony to Congress on Youth, Social Media, and Mental Health
Podcast: Journeys in Youth Development, Episode 3
WCW Collaborates on $5 Million Project to Promote Sustainability in Liberia
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