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At Brown University, students study education from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology, and sociology. The faculty—social scientists, historians, and field-based experts—teach a wide array of undergraduate courses that comprise the Education Studies Concentration, lead two graduate programs (Master of Arts in Teaching, and Urban Education Policy), and conduct research on important educational issues.
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The Solsbery Endowed Fellowship was established in 1996 in memory of Paul and Charles Solsbery, two young boys whose lives were tragically cut short by violence. The founders of the Fund Wendy Rowden ('76), John Carton ('76) and Lee Solsbery ('76), the boys' father, wanted to ensure that the children's legacy was not one of senseless loss but of help to others by promoting research into the prevention of behavioral misadventures, which includes accidents, suicide, homicide, and other conditions limiting longevity in young people. The Fund has been made possible through the generous support of the original donors, as well as numerous other Brown alumni. Learn more about the Fellowship and how to apply.
Shirley Heath will take part in a series of workshops with members of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Affairs at Australia's National University in Canberra during the month of February. She has been asked to give the Toyota Lecture for the University on February 23. Her topic will be When the Brain meets Culture: Vision in the learning of science and art. For more than two decades, Heath has studied patterns of language socialization among Aboriginal groups. Her current collaborative research is with Inge Kral. Both are examining the digital literacies of adolescents in remote Aboriginal villages. Heath has recently published several articles on the role of language in relation to "pick-up" voluntary learning by young people across cultures.
A new paper by Assistant Professor Rosa Cho examining the differential effects of maternal incarceration by timing and dosage on adolescent children's high school dropout will soon be published in the journal, Social Service Review.
Using a sibling pair sample to control for unobserved maternal household level characteristics, results indicate that only boys are sensitive to the timing of maternal incarceration in which exposure during early adolescence is associated with the largest negative school outcomes. Boys are found to be more sensitive to the frequency of maternal incarceration whereas girls are more sensitive to length, but both display sensitivity to dosages of maternal incarceration that are in the unexpected direction.