Developmental Science Faculty

The following is a list of the faculty associated with the Developmental Science program.

Dr. Donald J. Bolger How the brain learns to read; Sources of reading skill and impairment; How children learn the meaning of words
Dr. Natasha Cabrera Parenting and children's cognitive and social development; Parent involvement in schools and children's achievement; Cultural and ethnic differences in parenting behaviors and children's outcomes.
Dr. Nathan Fox Temperament; Development of emotion and emotion regulation; Developmental psychophysiology, infant cognitive/social development.
Dr. Brenda Jones-Harden Development of maltreated foster, prenatally drug-exposed, and other children at-risk; Prevention science and program evaluation.
Dr. Melanie Killen Social and moral reasoning; Peer relationships and intergroup attitudes; Inclusion and exclusion; Stereotyping; Gender roles in the family, prejudice, and diversity in relation to reasoning about exclusion and intergroup bias.
Dr. Elisa Klein Child care and early education policy; Early childhood education; Young children's understanding of their early school experiences; Teacher beliefs about development; Teacher education.
Dr. Robert Marcus Family relationships; Attachment; Prosocial behavior; Adolescent violence; Social skills; Delinquency; Personality and socio-emotional development in young children and adolescents.
David Miele Understanding the psychological processes involved in self-regulated learning. Identifying cognitive and motivational differences in how people metacognitively assess their own learning and then use these assessments to control their study.
Dr. Geetha Ramani Influence of social interactions on young children's cognitive development; Learning through cooperative play and activities; Early mathematics and problem-solving skills; Development and correlates of peer cooperation.
Dr. Meredith Rowe Early language development ; Parental beliefs and practices concerning children's language; Language development of underprivileged children.
Dr. Kenneth Rubin Social development; Developmental psychopathology; Peer relationships; Parenting and parent-child relationships; Culture.
Dr. Judith Torney-Purta Social/political cognition; Civic education cross-nationally; Cross-cultural and inter-cultural studies; Research related to social policy; Interaction in technology-rich environments; Social studies and history learning.
Dr. Min Wang Language and reading acquisition; Cross language and writing system comparisons; Second language/bilingual literacy development.
Dr. Kathryn Wentzel Social motivation; Academic motivation and self-regulation, goal setting; Interpersonal relationships with teachers, peers, and parents and school adjustment; Adolescent development.
Dr. Allan Wigfield Development and socialization of motivation and self-concept; Gender differences; Achievement motivation; Self-regulation and learning; Motivation for literacy.

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