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Name: Kathleen Camara
Title: Associate Professor
Departmental Affiliation: Child Development Department
Degrees: Ph.D. Stanford University
Expertise: Family influences on children's development and education; family support of children's learning in formal and informal settings, with a focus on the role of arts in children’s development.
Major Awards: Consultant to museums and schools in U.S. and Europe on curriculum development and assessment; Coordinator, Tufts-Denmark educator exchange program, Board Member, Science Museum, Acton, MA, Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Research in Rural Education, Consultant to schools around topics of children's writing, drama and music education, and family involvement in children's learning.
E-mail: kathleen.camara@tufts.edu

Scholarship & Research: Brach, E.L., Camara. K.A. & Houser, R.F. (2000). Patterns of dinnertime interaction in divorced and non-divorced families. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 32 (3/4), 125-139.

Brach, E.L., Camara, K.A. & Houser, R.F. (2000). Patterns of interaction in divorced and non-divorced families: Conflict in dinnertime conversation. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 33 (1).

Camara, K. A. (1991). Effects of divorce on young children. In Blackman, J. A. (Ed.)Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders & Pediatric Clinics of North America. Company.

Camara, K. A. & Resnick, G. (1989). Styles of conflict resolution and cooperation between divorced parents: Effects on child behavior and adjustment. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 59(4), 560-575.

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