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Marisa Gerstein Pineau, PhD and Jennifer Handt 1/24/22 Marisa Gerstein Pineau, PhD and Jennifer Handt 1/24/22

What We Talk About When We Talk About Middle School

Our research has identified the need for a new narrative around early adolescence, one that recognizes it for the remarkable period of discovery it is.

Ross Haenfler 7/12/21 Ross Haenfler 7/12/21

How a masculine culture that favors sexual conquests gave us today’s ‘incels’

Michelle Leccese, MA Psychology 5/31/21 Michelle Leccese, MA Psychology 5/31/21

How Narratives in Video Games Affect Children and Adolescents

Vicki Harrison, MSW 5/19/21 Vicki Harrison, MSW 5/19/21

Q&A with a Mental Health Professional: Vicki Harrison, MSW

Rebecca Klisz-Hulbert 5/6/21 Rebecca Klisz-Hulbert 5/6/21

African American teens face mental health crisis but are less likely than whites to get treatment

Erin Digitale, Ph.D. 5/4/21 Erin Digitale, Ph.D. 5/4/21

How Parents Can Support Their Transgender Teens

Joanne Riebschleger and Jennifer Tanis 5/2/21 Joanne Riebschleger and Jennifer Tanis 5/2/21

Kids want to learn more about mental illness and how to cope with parents who live with it

Eden Pontz 5/1/21 Eden Pontz 5/1/21

How to Support Teens’ Mental Health During COVID and Beyond

Annie Meyers 4/5/21 Annie Meyers 4/5/21

How Activist Audiences Are Changing the TV Industry

Anna Joliff 2/1/21 Anna Joliff 2/1/21

Food Issues: Telling a Truer Story About Our Relationships with Food

Justin Martin, Ph.D. 11/16/20 Justin Martin, Ph.D. 11/16/20

What’s in a Story? How Sociomoral Narratives Can Inform Our Approach to Superhero Media

Adrianna Ruggiero 12/28/18 Adrianna Ruggiero 12/28/18

The Power of Forgiveness

H. Wenwen Ni 12/27/18 H. Wenwen Ni 12/27/18