Developmental
People specializing in this area
Faculty
Kristin Buss
- Psychology Department Head
- Tracy Winfree and Ted H. McCourtney Professor in Children, Work, and Families and Professor of Psychology & Human Development and Family Studies
- Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 865-9514
Rina D. Eiden
- Professor of Psychology; Consortium for Combating Substance Abuse. Associate Editor of Child Development.
- Accepting graduate students for Fall 2021
- Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 863-7767
Lynn Liben
- Evan Pugh University Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Family Studies, and Education
- Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 863-1718
Erika Lunkenheimer
- Associate Professor of Psychology
- Associate Director of Education, Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
- Accepting graduate students for Fall 2021
- Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 863-1991
Jenae Neiderhiser
- Associate Department Head,
- Distinguished Professor of Psychology and
- Human Development and Family Studies
- Accepting graduate students for Fall 2021
- Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 865-4818
Koraly Perez-Edgar
- McCourtney Professor of Child Studies and Professor of Psychology
- Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 865-9272
Suzy Scherf
- Associate Professor of Psychology
- Accepting graduate students for Fall 2021
- Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 867-2921
Janet van Hell
- Professor of Psychology and Linguistics
- Co-Director of the Center for Language Science
- Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 867-2337
Dawn Witherspoon
- McCourtney Family Early Career Professor in Psychology; Associate Professor, Developmental Area
- Accepting graduate students for Fall 2021
- Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers
(814) 867-3112
Graduate Students
Berenice Anaya
(814) 865-9514
Junqiang "Jacob" Dai
(814) 865-9514
Tiyobi Mesfin Maereg
(814) 865-9514
Yiming Qian
(814) 865-9514
Post-Doctoral Scholars
Andrew Dismukes
(814) 865-7487
Anna Fuchs
(814) 867-2343
Brendon Ostlund
(814) 865-9514
Danielle Seay
(814) 867-2439