Senior Research Scientist Sari Pekkala Kerr was featured in a @newrepublic.com article by @monicapotts.bsky.social discussing the feasibility and potential impact of implementing a $30 minimum wage in the US. Read the article here: newrepublic.com/article/2083... #PAsky

Real education means learning, good teachers, and opportunities — not just enrollment. #RealEducation #SkillsNotSchool #EducationForAll #TeachersMatter

Senior Research Scientist Linda Charmaraman is featured in a The Guardian article investigating the potential benefits and dangers of a growing category of AI counseling tools that are being marketed to K-12 schools. #EdTech #EdSky #cyberpsychology #PAsky #Pedsky

WCW recently hosted the second annual Massachusetts Early Childhood Policy Research Summit, a gathering of those who produce and support research and design projects related to the early childhood field in Massachusetts! [1/3] #ECEC #EduSky #DevPsy #PASky #PedSky

Senior Research Scientist Sari Pekkala Kerr was featured in a @newrepublic.com article by @monicapotts.bsky.social discussing the feasibility and potential impact of implementing a $30 minimum wage in the US. Read the article here: newrepublic.com/article/2083... #PAsky

Senior Research Scientist Linda Charmaraman is featured in a The Guardian article investigating the potential benefits and dangers of a growing category of AI counseling tools that are being marketed to K-12 schools. #EdTech #EdSky #cyberpsychology #PAsky #Pedsky

WCW recently hosted the second annual Massachusetts Early Childhood Policy Research Summit, a gathering of those who produce and support research and design projects related to the early childhood field in Massachusetts! [1/3] #ECEC #EduSky #DevPsy #PASky #PedSky

Dr. Linda Charmaraman, Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Youth, Media and Wellbeing Lab, gave tech companies advice on ensuring and increasing the safety of their products for adult and youth consumers at CES 2026. [1/2] 👩🏽‍🔬 #scipol #cyberpsychology #edtech #ux

[2/2] Learn more about Linda and the Lab's work here: www.wcwonline.org/Youth-Media-...

Dr. Linda Charmaraman, Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Youth, Media and Wellbeing Lab, gave tech companies advice on ensuring and increasing the safety of their products for adult and youth consumers at CES 2026. [1/2] 👩🏽‍🔬 #scipol #cyberpsychology #edtech #ux

New WCW Blog Post 📝 | Shavon Drayton, an early education advocate, writes about her experience working with Senior Research Scientist Wendy Robeson to organize the 2026 Massachusetts Early Childhood Research Summit. [1/2] #EduSky #ECEC #EducationalResearch #devpsy #PAsky #edpsychs 👩🏽‍🔬

The 2026 Massachusetts Early Childhood Research Summit is a statewide gathering to share research, data, and design insights—and to connect emerging evidence with opportunities for early childhood policy change in Massachusetts. Read here: www.wcwonline.org/entry/one-pr... [2/2]

New WCW Blog Post 📝 | Shavon Drayton, an early education advocate, writes about her experience working with Senior Research Scientist Wendy Robeson to organize the 2026 Massachusetts Early Childhood Research Summit. [1/2] #EduSky #ECEC #EducationalResearch #devpsy #PAsky #edpsychs 👩🏽‍🔬

Despite Massachusetts’ strong economy, and education and healthcare systems…women and girls continue to face persistent and interconnected challenges…due to enduring structural constraints that limit women’s economic security, opportunity, and wellbeing across the life cycle.” #CodifyERA #Resister

📊 🎉 The Wellesley Centers for Women and the Women's Foundation of Massachusetts are pleased to announce our inaugural report on the Status of Women & Girls in Massachusetts! Read the executive summary and the full report at wcw.wellesley.edu/statuswomeng.... 🧵⬇️ #GenderSky #SciPub #SciPol #PASky 👩🏽‍🔬

📊 🎉 The Wellesley Centers for Women and the Women's Foundation of Massachusetts are pleased to announce our inaugural report on the Status of Women & Girls in Massachusetts! Read the executive summary and the full report at wcw.wellesley.edu/statuswomeng.... 🧵⬇️ #GenderSky #SciPub #SciPol #PASky 👩🏽‍🔬

Now streaming live at www.wellesley.edu/news-events/...!

Senior Researcher Sari Kerr was quoted in Wellesley Magazine's article about the plummeting fertility rate. @Wellesley.edu experts explain the sociopolitical and economic reasons behind it, and alums tell their own stories about their winding paths to becoming parents—or not. #gendersky #socsky

Read the article here: magazine.wellesley.edu/issues/winte... Article by Heather Long, illustrations by Tim Bouckley. #gendersky #socsky

🎉 Join us to celebrate the launch of the Status of Women & Girls in Massachusetts report, our collaborative research project with the Women's Foundation of MA! This report is the first of its kind and fills a critical information gap on the wellbeing of women and girls in MA. #GenderSky #PASky 👩🏽‍🔬

Senior Researcher Sari Kerr was quoted in Wellesley Magazine's article about the plummeting fertility rate. @Wellesley.edu experts explain the sociopolitical and economic reasons behind it, and alums tell their own stories about their winding paths to becoming parents—or not. #gendersky #socsky

WCW gathered and analyzed data specific to Massachusetts women and girls across key areas — economics, education, and health — to help inform WFMA’s priorities for improving wellbeing and to share findings broadly with stakeholders throughout the Commonwealth. #GenderSky #SciPol

WCW Senior Research Scientists Georgia Hall, Ph.D., and Sari Kerr, Ph.D., will discuss key findings from the report, followed by a dynamic panel, bringing together thought leaders, compelling data, & actionable insights. This event will also be livestreamed at wellesley.edu/live! #GenderSky #SciPol

RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🎉 Join us to celebrate the launch of the Status of Women & Girls in Massachusetts report, our collaborative research project with the Women's Foundation of MA! This report is the first of its kind and fills a critical information gap on the wellbeing of women and girls in MA. #GenderSky #PASky 👩🏽‍🔬

📣 Calling all researchers, data analysts, designers, and early childhood “nerds”! Join us on March 19 at @wellesley.edu for a gathering to share research, data, and design—and to connect emerging evidence with opportunities for early childhood policy change in MA. #ECEC #EduSky #EducationalResearch

For @theconversation.com, Associate Research Scientist Kate Price and WCW Intern Mallika Sunder explained how law enforcement can retraumatize child sex trafficking victims through prosecuting victims of prostitution, adultification, and racial bias. #criminology #gendersky #socsky

📣 Calling all researchers, data analysts, designers, and early childhood “nerds”! Join us on March 19 at @wellesley.edu for a gathering to share research, data, and design—and to connect emerging evidence with opportunities for early childhood policy change in MA. #ECEC #EduSky #EducationalResearch

🔍 New Publication! The National Institute on Out-of-School Time has published its Winter issue of Afterschool Matters, a national, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to improving the field of afterschool education. This issue features articles on STEM, cultural practices, literacy, and more.

Read here: www.niost.org/Journal/Afte... #womeninstem #ecec #schlpsych #educationalresearch

🔍 New Publication! The National Institute on Out-of-School Time has published its Winter issue of Afterschool Matters, a national, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to improving the field of afterschool education. This issue features articles on STEM, cultural practices, literacy, and more.

I believe there are small signs of progress, but access to learning still isn’t equal. Children with disabilities need more than permission to learn they need systems built for them. #EducationForAll #InclusiveEducation #DisabilityRights #GirlsEducation #EqualAccess

For @theconversation.com, Associate Research Scientist Nyasha Karimakwenda outlines the issue of marital rape in South Africa, which remains shrouded in silence and denial. Read the article here: theconversation.com/rape-within-...

For @theconversation.com, Associate Research Scientist Nyasha Karimakwenda outlines the issue of marital rape in South Africa, which remains shrouded in silence and denial. Read the article here: theconversation.com/rape-within-...

Since 2019, Senior Research Scientist Linda Charmaraman and her lab have offered summer workshops that teach tweens how social media algorithms work. In response to the increasingly pressing concern of AI's effect on youth, this year's workshops focused on AI education. [1/3] #devpsy #edusky 👩🏽‍🔬

Associate Research Scientist Kate Price is joining Wellesley Books to discuss her important memoir on her experience as a child trafficking survivor and awareness advocate, This Happened to Me: A Reckoning. Kate will be in conversation with author and @bostonglobe.com writer, Chris Price. 💡📚

Youth, Media & Wellbeing Lab Director Linda Charmaraman is featured in a new @washingtonpost.com article exploring AI chatbots' negative mental health impact on children and recounting a mother's experience with Character.AI's exacerbation of her daughter's mental struggles. #devpsy #socsky #sts 1/2

Read the article, written by @caitjgibson.bsky.social, here: www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20... 2/2 #devpsy #socsky #sts #womeninstem

Youth, Media & Wellbeing Lab Director Linda Charmaraman is featured in a new @washingtonpost.com article exploring AI chatbots' negative mental health impact on children and recounting a mother's experience with Character.AI's exacerbation of her daughter's mental struggles. #devpsy #socsky #sts 1/2

No matter what challenges we face, WCW is steadfast in our vision of a world of justice, peace, and wellbeing for women, girls, families, and communities. As this past year reminded us, we can’t go it alone. We need your support. Please donate to support our critical research and action projects!

We are excited to announce that we are seeking our next Executive Director to lead our researchers! Click the link to learn more about the position and apply. We encourage you to share this opportunity with your network or nominate a candidate! bit.ly/wcwexec #gendersky #phdsky #edusky #womeninstem

We are excited to announce that we are seeking our next Executive Director to lead our researchers! Click the link to learn more about the position and apply. We encourage you to share this opportunity with your network or nominate a candidate! bit.ly/wcwexec #gendersky #phdsky #edusky #womeninstem

Our new Research & Action Report highlights the ways we are shaping a better world through high-quality research, theory, and action programs. This issue features WCW's new home on the Wellesley campus, collaboration in early childhood policy research, Q&As with our newest researchers, and more.

Read the report here: www.wcwonline.org/Research-Act...

#womeninstem #scipub #gendersky

Our new Research & Action Report highlights the ways we are shaping a better world through high-quality research, theory, and action programs. This issue features WCW's new home on the Wellesley campus, collaboration in early childhood policy research, Q&As with our newest researchers, and more.

Associate Research Scientist Kate Price spoke with @theconversation.com about the similarities the Jeffrey Epstein case shares with the majority of child sex trafficking cases, how child sex trafficking happens, and how it can be prevented. #gendersky #psycsci #crimsky

WCW hosted a conversation featuring Int'l Scholar-in-Residence @pashtanadurrani.bsky.social, her organization @learnafghan.bsky.social, and LEARN board member Courtenay Cabot Venton. Watch a recording & read about LEARN's work educating Afghan girls here: www.wcwonline.org/Media-Librar... #gendersky

Associate Research Scientist Kate Price's memoir, "This Happened To Me: A Reckoning", is featured in an Oprah Daily article about books published in 2025 that have "met the moment—and carried us through to the next one". [1/2] #PsycSci #GenderSky #BookSky #Nonfiction

[Content warning: This book discusses human trafficking and sexual exploitation of a child.] Read the article: www.oprahdaily.com/entertainmen... This Happened To Me is available for purchase from Gallery Books here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/This-H... [2/2] #PsycSci #GenderSky #Nonfiction