Developmental
People specializing in this area
Faculty
Kristin Buss, Ph.D.
- Psychology Department Head
- Tracy Winfree and Ted H. McCourtney Professor in Children, Work, and Families and Professor of Psychology & Human Development and Family Studies
- Accepting graduate students for fall 2022
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 865-9514
Rina D. Eiden, Ph.D.
- Professor of Psychology; Consortium for Combating Substance Abuse. Associate Editor of Child Development.
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 863-7767
Lynn Liben, Ph.D.
- Evan Pugh University Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Family Studies, and Education
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 863-1718
Erika Lunkenheimer, Ph.D.
- Professor of Psychology
- Associate Director of Education, Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
- Accepting graduate students for fall 2022
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 863-1991
Jenae Neiderhiser, Ph.D.
- Associate Department Head,
- Distinguished Professor of Psychology and
- Human Development and Family Studies
- Accepting graduate students for fall 2022
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 865-4818
Koraly Perez-Edgar, Ph.D.
- McCourtney Professor of Child Studies and Professor of Psychology
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 865-9272
Suzy Scherf, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Psychology
- Accepting graduate students for fall 2022
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 867-2921
Janet van Hell, Ph.D.
- Professor of Psychology and Linguistics
- Co-Director of the Center for Language Science
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 867-2337
Dawn Witherspoon, Ph.D.
- McCourtney Family Early Career Professor in Psychology; Associate Professor, Developmental Area
- Accepting graduate students for fall 2022
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 867-3112
Graduate Students
Berenice Anaya
(814) 865-9514
Tiyobista Mesfin Maereg
(814) 865-9514
Yiming Qian
(814) 865-9514
Daiqing (Iris) Zhao
(814) 852-8693
Post-Doctoral Scholars
Brendon Ostlund
(814) 865-9514
Stéphane Paquin
(814) 865-9514
Danielle Seay
(814) 867-2439