Ineke Ceder News
- Conversations with Extended Family Can Boost Teen Sexual Health
A study by Jennifer M. Grossman, Ph.D., explored how extended families support teens鈥� sexual health.
A study by WCW found that women have not held more than 25 percent of leadership positions at U.S. nonprofit resident theaters. An initiative from StageSource is working to change that.Women have never held more than 27 percent of leadership positions in nonprofit U.S. theaters, according to a WCW study.
This article references a 2015 study by WCW on the lack of gender and racial diversity in theater leadership.
Ineke Ceder and Dr. Sumru Erkut discuss gathering the right data on workplace climate to become more diverse and inclusive.
- Eliminating Cultural Biases in Pursuit of High-Quality Education
August 22, 2018Researchers at WCW investigate and eliminate cultural biases in assessment tool to ensure that results accurately indicate the quality level of youth afterschool educational programs.
- Out-of-School Time Programs Promote Positive Environments & Youth Development
April 24, 2018
The newest issue of Afterschool Matters, the national, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting professionalism, scholarship, and consciousness in the field of afterschool education, reflects on the field鈥檚 commitment to the value of the life of every student, in school and out鈥攁 timely focus as youth and young adults rally for safety and equity nationwide and educators strive to provide the highest quality environments that encourage learning and growth.
- Can Extended Family Keep Teens from Making Risky Sexual Decisions?
April 23, 2018Most research about family sexuality communication has focused on teens and their parents, but Dr. Jennifer Grossman is including conversations with extended family members to understand how they can help teens make smarter decisions about dating, sex, and relationships.
The inaugural two-day Berkshire Leadership Summit was established as a direct response to the WCW report, Women鈥檚 Leadership in Resident Theaters.
A study performed by the WCW on the lack of female representation in theatre is referenced in this article in the Star Tribune.
A WCW study that measured the lack of female representation in theatre was referenced in this study.
A study performed by WCW is referenced in this article that discusses a lack of female representation in theatre leadership.- Short Takes, Pilot Grant Awarded to Study Adolescents鈥� Media Use
Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development awarded Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D, research associate at the 妻友社区 (WCW), a $100,000 pilot grant to study parent and peer influences on social media use in early adolescence as well as the implications for psychosocial and behavioral health. Working with co-principal investigator Megan Moreno, M.D., M.P.H., academic division chief in General Pediatrics/Adolescent Medicine, and vice chair of Digital Health at the Children鈥檚 Hospital at University of Wisconsin, Madison, Charmaraman will collect data from middle school youth and their parents in the Greater Boston area. The primary objectives of this one-year study are to: (1) investigate the developmental processes of social media use during the pubertal transition to adolescence, highlighting factors that are likely to have explanatory power in understanding the relationships between social media use, social context, and psychosocial and behavioral health; (2) use multiple reporters on adolescent social media use in a mixed-method design utilizing matched parent-to-student survey and student social media site data; and (3) build theory on mechanisms for how, when, and why early initiation into social technologies co-occurs with behavioral health outcomes, moderated by peer and family influences.
- Q & A with Jennifer Grossman, Ph.D.
Talking About Sex: Extended Family As Educators and Allies
Jennifer Grossman, Ph.D., is currently principal investigator of an R21 award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)鈥擜dolescent Communication with Family and Reproductive Health, which includes the first comprehensive assessment of teens鈥� sexuality communication with extended family and its associations with sexual behavior as well as an exploration of extended family approaches to talking with teens about sex. Grossman is also principal investigator of an R03 award from NICHD鈥擱isk Behaviors Among Offspring of Teen Parents: Effects of Parenting on the Next Generation, which addresses the potential of maternal and paternal parenting to reduce the high risk of early sex and teen pregnancy for offspring of teen parents. (The R21 grant mechanism is intended to encourage exploratory/developmental research by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of project development. The R03 grant mechanism supports small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources.)
A study performed by WCW is referenced in this article that addresses a lack of female representation in larger resident theatres.
A WCW study on the lack of female representation in theatre leadership positions in mentioned in this article in Broadway World.
A study performed by WCW is referenced in this article about female representation in theatre.
Research done by WCW is mentioned in this article that discusses female representation in theatre.
WCW is mentioned in regards to a summit in this article about the 2017 season in Broadway World.
WCW research in mentioned in this article that discusses gender inequality in theatre.- Women in Theater Leadership: Trust, familiarity, and recognition of credentials
The vast majority of our society鈥檚 leaders are men鈥� every president of the United States and very likely, many of our past bosses. This is also still the case in regional theater even though many in the field can easily think of a few female leaders at those larger regional theaters, like Diane Paulus, Lynn Meadow, and Molly Smith. There are as many women as men who graduate with advanced degrees in theater arts or theater management, and there are plenty of women employed in all ranks but the highest. Moreover, the majority of theater tickets are bought by women. But, for decades, women have held only about 25 percent of leadership positions in nonprofit regional theaters.
- New Findings & Publications-Fall/Winter 2016
Out-of-School Time Programming & Quality
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., Allison Tracy, Ph.D., Ineke Ceder, and Amanda Richer authored 鈥淢easuring Program Quality: Evidence of the scientific validity of the Assessment of Program Practices Tool (APT),鈥� which will be published in an upcoming issue of Afterschool Matters. Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation and Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation in two phases, they describe APT鈥檚 strengths as an evaluation and program quality measure for out-of-school (OST) programs, a tool that is critical for program directors and policymakers who need to identify where to improve and how to support those improvements within OST programs. In addition, the online, video-based training developed in the second phase to increase reliability of APT raters showed promise, such that the most high priority APT quality areas were found to be the most improved (i.e., most accurate) scores post training.
WCW research is mentioned in this article that discusses gender inequality in theatre positions.
A study performed by WCW and the American Conservatory Theater is mentioned in this article in Playbill.
This article focuses on a study performed by WCW and the American Conservatory Theater.
Sumru Erkut and Ineke Ceder of WCW are mentioned in this article about gender equality in theatre.
WCW research is referenced in this article about female leadership positions in theater.
This article discusses a partnership between the American Conservatory Theater and WCW.
Research done by WCW on women and theater is mentioned in this Boston Globe article about the Berkshires.- Recent Findings and New Publications
Research Informing Practice & Policy
Sumru Erkut, Ph.D. and Ineke Ceder are presenting findings from the 鈥淲omen in Theater Leadership Project鈥� in Washington, D.C., during the National Conference of the Theatre Communications Group in late June. In 2013, the leadership of the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco, CA, and Sumru Erkut and Ineke Ceder, at the 妻友社区, partnered to study gender equity in League of Resident Theatres (LORT) leadership. Women have not held more than 21 percent of artistic leadership and 38 percent of executive leadership in these theaters. After examining what is needed in a career profile to become a candidate for these positions and looking at the experiences of those aspiring to the positions, Erkut and Ceder, joined by ACT鈥檚 Associate Producer Erin Washington, will share research findings and recommendations on how to level the field for leadership in large theaters in the U.S., both along gender and racial backgrounds
Research done at WCW is mentioned in this article about gender gaps in Boston theater.
