Hampshire College

Rachel Conrad, associate professor of childhood studies, has an A.B. in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. She is interested in exploring ideas about childhood and youth through the convergence of psychological, social, and literary analysis. Her current work explores adults’ conceptions of children’s subjectivity in twentieth century American poetry, both poetry about childhood and poetry for children. She is on the steering committee of the Critical Studies of Childhood, Youth, and Learning program.

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Professor Conrad is on leave for the fall 2011 semester.

Affiliations
Critical Studies of Childhood, Youth, and Learning Program (CYL)
School of Critical Social Inquiry

Recent Courses
CSI-0237/HACU-0237: Fictions of Childhood (Spring 2012)
CSI-0289: Poetry and Childhood (Spring 2012)
Poetry and the Playground (Fall 2010)
Development Seminar (Fall 2010)