Celebrating 20 Years of the SRCD Latinx Caucus: Past, present, and future
This session is part of the programming of the Latinx Caucus and represents the perspective of the presenters and has not been reviewed or endorsed by the Society for Research in Child Development and/or the Society’s Governing Council.
In 2025, the SRCD Latinx Caucus will mark 20 years of advancing a more representative science in Latinx child development research and advocacy. During this pre-conference session, we will celebrate our past, present, and future. To honor our past, founding members of the Latinx Caucus will reflect on the Latinx Caucus’ origins, with additional contributions from other key individuals in the Caucus’s history. To celebrate our present, we will spotlight Caucus members’ accomplishments in the areas of advancing Latinx child development research, building the capacity of Latinx developmental scholars, and elevating our voices through positions of leadership in developmental science. To launch the next chapter in the Caucus’s future, we will collectively discuss areas where Latinx Caucus members should focus their attention spanning scholarship, capacity-building, and leadership.
Organizing Committee
Doré R. LaForett, Child Trends , United States
Barbara Rogoff, University of California at Santa Cruz , United States
James Rodriguez, California State University, Bakersfield , United States
Bethany Cruz, University of Texas at San Antonio , United States
Esther Calzada, University of Texas at Austin , United States
Alan Meca, University of Texas at San Antonio , United States
