Welcome to
the CARE Lab
Welcome to the Catalyzing Action for Resilient Ecologies (CARE) Lab at NYU Steinhardt! Directed by Jorge Cuartas, our lab focuses on understanding child development and parenting within various contexts. We use science + lived experience to drive innovative, evidence-based solutions that transform developmental systems and contexts and promote equity and well-being.
At CARE, we explore diverse developmental settings, employ various methodological approaches, and embrace interdisciplinary perspectives.
Research
Child Development in Context
We investigate how, when, and for whom factors like physical punishment, parental stimulation, early childhood education, contextual violence, and other ecological influences impact child development.
Apapacho and Violence Prevention Parenting Programs
Our lab works on the design, evaluation, and implementation of policies and programs focused on the promotion of nurturing care, resilience, and positive development across the life course.
Climate Change, Nurturing Care, and Child Development
The CARE lab examines the links between climate change, nurturing care, and child development to support the promotion of resilience, ecologically, in the context of climate change.
Jorge Cuartas, Ph.D.
Director
Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Applied developmental psychologist and social scientist who studies (1) the promotion of resilience and positive developmental trajectories across the life course, (2) the developmental consequences and prevention of violence against children, (3) the design, implementation, and evaluation of parenting and early childhood programs and policies, and (4) the intersections between climate change and the science of human development.
Email:Â j.cuartas@nyu.eduÂ
Juliana BorbĂłn
Project Manager of Apapacho, a violence prevention parenting program in Colombia
Email: juliana.borbon@gmail.com
Juliana BorbĂłn
Juliana is dedicated to designing, implementing, and evaluating interventions aimed at reducing inequalities and promoting child development. She has a foundation in both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Her experience includes working in government, teaching in rural Colombia, coordinating evaluation projects, and leading the design and implementation of Apapacho, a violence prevention program for early childhood in Colombia.
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Lucero RamĂrez Varela
Ph.D. Student in Psychology and Social
Intervention, New York University
Email: lrv238@nyu.edu
Lucero RamĂrez Varela
Lucero Ramirez-Varela is a doctoral student in the Psychology and Social Intervention Program at NYU Steinhardt. Lucero is passionate about understanding how high-quality evidence about developmental science can lead and promote action across multiple stakeholders. She is especially interested in (1) understanding how environmental factors play a crucial role in children’s social-emotional development in low and middle-income countries; (2) understanding which are the critical factors in programming, that promote children’s development in education contexts, (3) investigating how certain contextual factors can serve as protective mechanisms against adversity; (4) developing innovative ways to assess social and emotional skills, and (5) building interventions across different systems to promote healthy development and school environments, especially in ECE.
She holds a Master’s in Education from Harvard University, and a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Universidad de los Andes.
Luciana Beccassino
Ph.D. Student in Psychology, Bangor University and researcher at Apapacho
Email: lbeccassino@gmail.com
Luciana Beccassino
Psychologist with master´s degrees in Sociology and Political Science from the Universidad de los Andes. Researcher in public policy and intervention programs, specialising in qualitative work and collaborative efforts between academia and the public sector. Contributed to the development of the Estrategia Apapacho within the Fundación Apapacho. Works as a Communications and Digital Strategy Consultant for projects in the political and public sectors. Additionally, a content creator for social media, with published works and multiple conferences delivered on topics including philosophy, politics and sociology.
Undergraduate and master's students
- Alexa Guagliano, Master’s student in Human Development, Research, and Policy
- Nathaly Lopez, Major in Politics and Urban Design & Architectual Studies
Other Collaborators and Friends
People
- Dr. Dana C. McCoy, Max & Marie Kargman Associate Professor of Human Development & Urban Education Advancement, Harvard Graduate School of Education (USA)
- Dr. Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education at Steinhardt, Applied Psychology, New York University
- Dr. Elizabeth T. Gershoff, Director, Population Research Center; Amy Johnson McLaughlin Centennial Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences the University of Texas at Austin (USA)
- Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D, Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development at Harvard; Director, Center on the Developing Child; Professor of Pediatrics, HMS and Boston Children’s Hospital (USA)
- Dr Helen Baker-Henningham, Professor in Psychology, University of Bangor (UK) and The University of the West Indies (Jamaica)
- Dr. Jamie Lachman, Professor of Child and Family Global Health, University of Oxford (UK)
- Dr. Sophia Backhaus, Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam
- Dr. Enrique Chaux, Professor, Department of Psychology, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
- Dr. Catherine Draper, Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)
- Dr. Catalina Rey-Guerra, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, and FundaciĂłn Apapacho (USA and Colombia)
Institutes and Centers
- Center for Studies on Safety and Drugs (CESED), Universidad de los Andes
- Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) Colombia
- Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar
- New York University’s Global TIESÂ for Children
- Harvard’s Settings for Early Education and Development (SEED) LabÂ
- The Harvard Center on the Developing Child
News
New study highlights how climate change may impact early childhood development
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New York, NY, 10012
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j.cuartas@nyu.edu
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