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This week Dr. Rona Carter will speak at the PENN State Child Study Center Speaker Series on how individual variations in the pubertal transition are related to shifts in interpersonal experiences.

Perceptions of pubertal timing and discrimination among African American and Caribbean Black girls This study used a nationally representative sample of African American and Caribbean Black adolescent females to examine the relation between perceived pubertal timing relative to peers and discriminatory experiences. Participants included the 607 girls who participated in the National Survey of American

    Janelle Blazek will present a paper at the 2020 SRA Biennial Meeting to be held on March 19 – 21 in San Diego, CA: Intersectionality and disordered eating: Why we need to understand the experiences of Biracial girls Joonyoung Park will present a poster at the 2020 SRA Biennial Meeting to be held

The Air Lab welcomes a new doctoral graduate student Joonyoung Park!  Welcome Joon  

All girls’ grow and change! We are interested in learning what changes are usually happening in girls when they are aged 9-12 years. If you’re interested, please contact us! We would love to have you be a part of our project!

Dr. Carter quoted in the May 19, 2013 USA TODAY article, Boston bombing suspect has his defenders, many of them female

Anxiety symptoms in African American youth: The role of puberty and biological sex This study examined the effects of pubertal status, pubertal timing (actual and perceived), and youth biological sex on symptom dimensions of anxiety (i.e., social, separation, harm avoidance, physical) in African Americans (n = 252; ages 8-12).

Dr. Carter is the 2013 recipient of the University of Michigan’s Psychology Department’s Diversity Research Award for her paper, “Ethnicity, Perceived Pubertal Timing, Externalizing Behaviors, and Depressive Symptoms Among Black Adolescent Girls“