College of Education and Human Ecology
Please join us for the September Crane Research Forum with Dr. Lauren Jones, Crane Center faculty affiliate and assistant professor in both the Department of Human Sciences and the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. A family’s socio-economic status is often evaluated as a predictor of a child’s future educational, health, and professional outcomes. Because […]
Partnering with families to enhance their children’s learning and development must take into account the diverse socioeconomic and racial backgrounds of families as well as their engagement needs. Dr. Angel Harris, professor of sociology at Duke University, researches social inequity, policy, and education and joins us for this year’s Symposium to discuss family engagement. Dr. […]
Join us for the November Crane Research Forum with Dr. Zeynep Saygin, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at The Ohio State University. How does uniquely human cognition emerge in the brain? The developmental cognitive neuroscience laboratory at OSU uses noninvasive brain imaging (MRI) to study newborns, infants, and young children before and as […]
Friday, February 10, 2023, 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Dr. Natasha Slesnick & Dr. Tansel Yilmazer, Ohio State University Title: By the Numbers: Youth Homelessness & Intervention Findings Please join Dr. Natasha Slesnick, Professor of Human Development and Family Science, & Dr. Tanzel Yilmazer, Associate Professor of Consumer Sciences, for a discussion of recent findings regarding youth homelessness. […]
Friday, March 3, 2023, 12:00pm – 1:00pm: Dr. Kalee Burns, U.S. Census Bureau Title: By the Numbers: Childhood Poverty & Inflation By the Numbers Please join Dr. Kalee Burns, who is an Economist for the U.S. Census, for a discussion of recent findings published by the Census regarding childhood poverty. Please read the following Census […]
Virtual Panel The research community is undergoing a hard-fought cultural shift from exclusion to inclusion of pregnant participants in clinical research. This panel will discuss what equitable inclusion of pregnant participants should look like and whether ethical considerations related to researching pregnant people have changed in light of the growing political restrictions to reproductive healthcare. […]
Every two years the Crane Lecture Series brings a high-profile, nationally known speaker to Columbus, Ohio to inspire and engage us on a key early childhood or education topic. This year, Dr. Valora Washington, President & CEO of The CAYL Institute, will describe challenges and opportunities facing the early childhood workforce; challenge our thinking about […]
Join the Crane Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital for a special event on childhood trauma and resilience featuring Dr. Moria Szilagyi, immediate past president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She will discuss childhood trauma and resilience and the need to coordinate between systems of care through a trauma-informed lens. Register
Big Little Leap: Challenges and Possibilities in the Kindergarten Transition: The transition to kindergarten can present significant challenges to young children, given that many are transitioning for the first time into a formal school environment with specific rules and routines. In this presentation, Dr. Laura Justice and Dr. Kelly Purtell will provide a theoretical framework […]
The first phase of reading development occurs between 0 and 5 years of age, when young children are developing their skills as emergent readers and writers. During this phase, children are developing fundamental understandings of the symbol systems used to read and write, including letters and words. Children will draw upon these understandings in the primary grades, […]
