 Rutgers University-Camden developed the first Childhood Studies Department in the United States to award degrees from BA through PhD.This is a multi-disciplinary department in which PhD students study a range of methodologies to explore cultural constructions of childhood.Rutgers University-Camden also operates The Center for Children's and Childhood Studies, the Rutgers University Press Book Series in Childhood Studies, and The Exploring Childhood Studies listserve, an online community of over 1500 academics and practitioners studying children and childhood in every discipline and around the world.