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December's Editor's Choice:

Early and later susceptibility to effects of parenting: Exploring Frankenhuis and Panchanathan’s (2011) evolutionary commitment hypothesis.

Zhang, X., Machlin, L., McLaughlin, K., & Belsky, J.

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Submissions may include:
-Empirical Studies
-Theoretical Papers
-Methodological Papers
-Community‑Engaged/Participatory
- Intervention & Applied Papers

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Potential Topics Pt 3

- Bridge disciplinary boundaries and foster interdisciplinary dialogue about Black girlhood.

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Potential Topics Pt 2

- Highlight normative, positive, and culturally grounded pathways of development, resilience, resistance, and thriving.

- Offer innovative frameworks, methods, or interventions that challenge dominant paradigms and foreground Black girls’ voices and agency.

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Potential Topics Pt 1

- Illuminate how intersecting identities shape Black girls’ developmental trajectories, identity formations, and well‑being.

- Examine the structural, cultural, and relational systems that influence Black girls’ experiences and outcomes.

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Submission Details

LOIs: February 15, 2026 to Rona Carter
Length: 500-750 words
Notification: April 15, 2026
Full Mauscript: July 15, 2026

LOIs: outline the study’s objectives, theoretical framework, methods (if applicable), a brief summary of key findings, & relevance to the special issue.

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November's Editor's Choice:

2025 Boyd McCandless Awardee Paper

Using novel neural measures to explore the development of infant attention bias to threat

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Monachino, A. D., Hernandez, A., Morales, I., Keil, A., Morales, S.

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The HBCD START program provides expert 1:1 mentorship from scientists who are part of the HBCD Consortium, dedicated support to access data, create datasets, and conduct analyses, and a thriving community of scholars excited to use the HBCD data as part of their research program.

October's Editor's Choice:

Improving generalizability of developmental research through increased use of homogeneous convenience samples: A Monte Carlo simulation.

Jager, Xia, Putnick, & Bornstein

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