Articles

Laura Zumbrunnen enjoyed a multifaceted career in healthcare and engineering. In retirement, she wanted to continue to learn new things, and she wanted to find a new way to contribute to social justice causes. She chose to pursue an online MA in applied child and adolescent development.

Krystle Holliday completed a master's degree in the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health track at ICD so she could pursue her goals of becoming a Black mental health professional and working to support young children and parents.

Three ICD undergraduate developmental psychology students were selected to be participants in the Tom Burnett Advanced Leadership Program in the Office of Undergraduate Education.

The College of Education and Human Development recently celebrated its 2024 Distinguished Alumni Awards with a ceremony to recognize the achievements of 13 alumni, including ICD alumni Maureen O'Brien (PhD '91) and Jamie Ostrov (PhD '04).

ICD's new Department Administrator Abigail Alves joined us in October and shares more about her path to ICD in this Q&A.

How does early childhood education in German compare to the U.S. system? Child Development Laboratory School educators TaylorMae Ippolito and Alyssa Wilt share what they learned on a two-week tour of German Kitas, or child care centers.

Freddie Corcoran is a fourth-year PhD student in developmental psychology at ICD. In this Q & A, she shares her experience in the program and why it’s important for researchers to collaborate with practitioners.

In August 2024, ICD welcomed four new students to the Developmental Psychology PhD program. Get to know our new cohort.

Dr. Jeeva Palanisamy is a 2018 graduate of the Institute of Child Development and shares more about his journey from a developmental psychology major to medical school.

Learn about a new mural underway at the Child Development Laboratory School from artist and educator Wóokiye Wiŋ.