Student and Faculty Connections
Faculty/Student Research Opportunities
Different research opportunities, independent studies, and internships are available at the Child Development Center. We welcome faculty and students from any department to participate and conduct research with young children and their families. Faculty sponsors are required, as well as approval from the Executive Director of the Child Development Center.
Course Collaborations and Projects
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Psychology
Dr. Alice Davidson's Developmental Psychology Students learn observation skills while studying child development.
Dr. Alice Davidson's Perspectives in Psychology students observe types of play.
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English
Learn more about Dr. Matthew Forsythe's honor students Writing Books for & with Children project.
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Education
Dr. Jie Yu's students create lesson plans that implement Diversity in Early Education.
Dr. Jenn Manak's Fundamentals of Reading.
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Physics
Dr. Whitney Coyle's RCC students will demonstrate to the children how electrical current works by creating mechanisms for conductivity using regular items.
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Global Languages
Dr. Patricia Tomé's Advanced Spanish students read Spanish children books.
Ongoing Research Project
Philosophy with Young Children
This ongoing project with the 4-year-old children and Director Diane Doyle was developed with Dr. Erik Kenyon's philosophy students from 2015-2020. The curriculum was compiled into an Early Childhood curriculum book coauthored by Dr. Kenyon, Diane Doyle and Dr. Carnahan. Ethics for the Very Young was published in 2019.
Ethics for the Very Young