Susan Witt, Ph.D., CFCS-HDFS
Professor, Child Development
Director of Graduate Studies
School of Family and Consumer Sciences
The University of Akron
Email: susan8@uakron.edu

Curriculum Vita Courses of Study: Access Springboard Child Development 7400.201 Parent Education 7400.496/596 - in Fall 2008 Developmental Parent-Child Interaction 7400.605 Parent-Child Relations Summer 7400.360 Orientation to Graduate Studies Internship in Child Development Child and Family Development Child Development at the University of Akron UA Graduate School - Apply Yourself UA Graduate School Google School of Family and Consumer Sciences The University of Akron Akron-AAUP Links For and About Children for and About Children Social Change and Trends in Approval Of Corporal Punishment by Parents From 1968 to 1994, by Dr. Murray Strauss The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp - Actor Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward's Special Place for Kids Yahooligans: The Website for Kids Crayola's Web Site American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Babyhood Home Page Babyhood: Parenting Childbirth.org

Publications: Dissertation Abstract The Influence of School and Reading Materials on Children’s Gender Role Socialization: An Overview of the Literature. Education and Society Vol. 19, No. 1, October 2001. The Influence of Peers on Children’s Socialization to Gender Roles.  Early Child Development and Care, Vol. 162, pp. 1-7 (2000). The Influence of Television on Children’s Gender Role Socialization. The Journal of Childhood Education: Infancy Through Adolescence, Vol. 76, No. 5, pp.322-324 (2000). Boys Will Be Boys, and Girls Will Be . . .Hard To Find: Gender Representation in ThirdGrade Basal Readers. Education and Society, 15(1), 1997.  Parental Influence on Children's Socialization To Gender Roles. Adolescence, Summer, 1997.  Traditional or Androgynous: An Analysis to Determine Gender Role Orientation of Basal Readers. Child Study Journal, Spring, 1997. Primary Prevention - Life Skills for Young Children.  Education 3 To 13: The Professional Journal for Primary Education, June, 1995, 45-50. Invited Publications The Influence of Television on Children’s Gender Role Socialization (2002).  Reprinted in Windows on Society, 6th & 7th editions., Robert and Jeanette Lauer, Editors. Boys Will Be Boys, and Girls Will Be . . .Hard To Find: Gender Representation in Third Grade Basal Readers (2001).  Reprinted in Education and Society, 3rd ed., Joseph Zajda, Editor. Parents, Children, and Gender Roles (1999). Reprinted in Selected Readings in Marriage and Family, Lorene H. Stone, Editor. Gender Equity Expect the Best from a Girl Martha's Gender Equity in Education Page- A very good resource for teachers and parents Martha's Gender Equity Links NNCC Five Ways to Analyze Classrooms for an Anti-Bias Approach

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