This week, our CDL members unleashed their inner artist at our community-building event!🎨🖼️

Check out the recently published monograph by Penn State Professor of Psychology Dr. Dawn Witherspoon and colleagues: “Place-Based Developmental Research: Conceptual and Methodological Advances in Studying Youth Development in Context,” psu.edu/news/liberal-a…

This month, we would like to spotlight the CDL's new Lab Manager, Dulce Gonzalez! Dulce previously served as a URA in the lab and started her new position with us in January. We are excited to continue being a part of her journey.

On Friday, our CDL members collaborated with our community partner, Rick Sayles, in his community gardening event🌱🌼🥬🍅

Thank you to Dr. Ciara Smalls Glover for being our special guest at this week's lab meeting and sharing her wisdom!

Last week our amazing scholars Briah Glover, Tiyobista Maereg, and Myles Arrington represented the CDL Society for Research on Adolescence!🌟#SRA2024

Congratulations to our lab member Marie Swab for being featured in the Penn State Child Study Center spotlight and for her contributions!🌟🌟 csc.la.psu.edu/spotlights/mar…

For the month of April, the CDL is spotlighting our lab alumna, Dr. Naila Smith! She is a prior member of the CDL and we are so proud of all she continues to accomplish. Read more about Naila below:

Congratulations to Briah Glover for receiving the 2024 Irene E. Harms Graduate Scholarship Award! Penn State Psychology Penn State College of the Liberal Arts @BriahGlover Context and Development Lab #psychgrads Read more here...csc.la.psu.edu/education/grad…

Taking a moment to celebrate our lab member's accomplishments with some bowling and pizza!!🎳

For the month of May, the CDL is spotlighting our lab alumna, Nandrea Burrell! She is a prior member of the CDL and we are so proud of all she continues to accomplish. Read more about Nandrea below:

For the month of June, the CDL is spotlighting our lab alumna, Hannah Cotto! She is a prior member of the CDL and we are so proud of all she continues to accomplish. Read more about Hannah below:

Check out what Dr. Dawn Witherspoon and our lab have been up to! Research in the Context and Development Lab looks at how place, parenting, and culture impact youth's well-being.

For the month of July, the CDL is spotlighting our lab alumna, Jenny Zhao! She is a prior member of the CDL and we are so proud of all she continues to accomplish. Read more about Jenny below:

Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month! This month celebrates the resilience and accomplishments of the Hispanic community. Did you know that the share of Hispanics with a bachelor’s degree or more has increased from 13% to 20% since 2010?

For the month of September, the CDL is spotlighting our lab alumna, Joonyoung Park! She is a prior member of the CDL and we are so proud of all she continues to accomplish. Read more about Joonyoung below:

This week we had Dr. Linda Halgunseth joining our lab meeting to share with us her research journey and work. Thank you Dr. Halgunseth for sharing your story!

Congratulations to Tiyobista Maereg, developmental area graduate student in Dr. Dawn Witherspoon’s lab, on being an invited speaker at the upcoming #SRCD2025 Biennial Meeting. Society for Research in Child Development Tiyobista Context and Development Lab Penn State Psychology Penn State College of the Liberal Arts tinyurl.com/2s4jsxnc