PBS faculty member Tara Mandalaywala, an acclaimed expert in the role of social essentialism on racial prejudice in young children, gave the keynote address "Children’s Awareness of a Racist World: Unveiling their Reality" at the Developmental Science Emerging Scholars Symposium sponsored by Boston University (BU).
The Developmental Science Program in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University hosted the symposium on the themes of (1) cultural and/or ethnic influences on child development and (2) the impact of structural racism on child development. The Emerging Scholars Program at Boston University brings scholars from historically excluded racial and ethnic groups to campus to participate in symposia with the goals of providing visibility, networking, and support to the scholars and enabling students and faculty in our community to learn from the scholars about critical and growing areas of research.
For this two-day symposium, BU invited scholars to present their research and participate in panel discussions and workshops, including a roundtable discussion with the Boston University Institute for Early Childhood Wellbeing.