Vandermaas-Peeler presented at "Giornate Educazione Ambiente 2025" in Naples, Italy
Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, director of the Center for Research on Global Engagement and professor of psychology, was invited to present her research on “The Good Childhood,” at the Giornate Educazione Ambiente 2025 in Naples, Italy in October.
The presentation, entitled “Se un bambino americano, uno scandinavio e uno italiano …” included an Italian moderator, Dr. Maria Francesca Freda, a clinical psychologist at the Universita’ Degli Studi di Napoli.
Vandermaas-Peeler’s research, a continuation of her spring 2024 sabbatical project, represents an international collaboration with colleagues in Denmark and the Netherlands to study young children’s perspectives on a good childhood through drawing, photography, and stories.