Research

Faculty in the Department of Human Development are internationally recognized experts in their particular areas of research. They publish frequently in major peer-reviewed professional journals and books, and include students on many of their publications. Many hold leadership positions in major professional associations and Fellow status in the American Psychological Association, are Fellows in the American Psychological Society. Faculty also serve as consulting or associate editors and editors of premier journals in the field such as American Educational Research Journal, Contemporary Educational Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Child Development, Adolescence, Human Development, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Journal of Research in Adolescence, Developmental Psychophysiology, Educational Psychologist, Early Education and Development, the Journal of Educational Psychology, Review of Education Research, and Learning and Cognition.

Departmental faculty are engaged in a wide range of research projects investigating different aspects of human development and learning, and many faculty have extensive external funding to support their research. They welcome student participation in their research and service programs. These interactions provide opportunities for graduate students to enhance their expertise in areas of special interest.

Areas of faculty expertise and active research include:

  • achievement motivation
  • affective neuroscience
  • at risk children
  • attachment
  • cognition and instruction
  • cognitive development in instructional contexts
  • cognitive and motivational aspects of reading
  • computers and education
  • cross-cultural influences on human development
  • development of domain knowledge
  • developmental psychopathology
  • deviant and violent behavior in children and adolescents
  • early childhood education
  • educational psychology
  • emotion and emotion regulation
  • family processes
  • gender roles
  • infant development
  • intergroup relationships
  • moral development
  • parent education
  • parenting
  • peer relationships
  • psychology of learning and instruction
  • self-concept
  • social-cognitive development
  • social and political cognition
  • social policy related to young children
  • stereotypes
  • student-teacher relationships
  • teacher beliefs

Please see the individual faculty pages for descriptions of their specific research interests and projects.

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