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Donato Tarulli is an Associate Professor in the field of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University. His research spans developmental psychology and emphasizes theoretical and meta-theoretical issues regarding child and youth development. He seeks to understand the social and cultural foundations of development by exploring the relationship between individual and social developmental processes. Recent work adopts dialogical, hermeneutic, and narrative strategies to highlight the importance of individual agency and lived experiences in developmental change. Tarulli employs a multi-disciplinary framework to examine diverse topics including children's play, private speech, self-understanding, child rights, and intellectual disabilities. Influenced by theorists such as Vygotsky, Bakhtin, and Gadamer, his interests lie in sociocultural foundations of development and self-identity. He aims to contribute a nuanced understanding of the dynamics of child and youth development, emphasizing the rights of children and the experiences of individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Brock University • St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Teaching and conducting research in the area of Child and Youth Studies, focusing on various aspects of developmental psychology.
This entry applies to the general Graduate Studies standard for departments such as English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, and Sociology.