Friends of the Child Study Center

The Child Study Center is fortunate to have many alumni, donors, and friends who have made important financial contributions to the Child Study Center. This support assists us in our goal of creating an exceptional research and training center whose focus is to gain knowledge about children's typical and atypical development as it relates to our major research initiatives.

Our donors include:

The Robert and Ruth Faris Child Psychology Fund in the College of the Liberal Arts

The Robert and Ruth Faris Child Psychology Fund in the College of the Liberal Arts is an endowment to enrich the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State by providing funds for the support of activities related to the study of child psychology, including undergraduate internships, graduate research assistants, travel to conferences or research sites, and course development.

The Richard and Susan Sokolov Family Fund in the Child Study Center in the College of the Liberal Arts

The Richard and Susan Sokolov Family Fund in the Child Study Center in the College of the Liberal Arts is an endowment to enrich the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State by providing funds for program support in the Child Study Center. This includes support for students and faculty engaging in work with children and families, and to bring scholars to lecture at Penn State.

The Child Study Center's Lois Bloom Lecture

The Child Study Center's annual Lois Bloom Lecture is made possible by a gift from Dr. Lois Masket Bloom, '56 Arts and Letters and a Distinguished Alumna of Penn State, and Edward Lee Thorndike Professor Emeritus, Teachers College, Columbia University. This lectureship fund supports lectures by outstanding experts in the field of child studies with a special emphasis on early child development. To see the complete listing of the lectures, click here.

The Stoll Lecture Series

The Stoll Lecture Series (2006-2007) was made possible by a gift from Neal Stoll ('70 History) and his wife, Linda. Neal is partner with the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP in New York, NY, where he advises clients concerning application of the antitrust laws in connection with mergers and acquisitions and business conduct. Linda Stoll has a degree in elementary education. Eighteen years ago, discovering that their daughter had learning disabilities, Linda researched teaching methods to ensure their daughter would become literate and educated. She has since been an advocate for bridging the gap from research to implementation into schools, passionately believing America can do better helping children acquire skills to read.