Department Head of Psychology
Tracy Winfree and Ted H. McCourtney Professor in Children, Work, and Families and Professor of Psychology & Human Development and Family Studies
SSRI Co-Funded Faculty
Accepting graduate students for fall 2024
(814) 865-9514
![Kristin Buss Kristin Buss](https://psych.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/elementor/thumbs/image-4-pnlvvpirdgf5okghaecen2z5gtm1dpyuhlt2gpne2o.png)
Professor of Psychology; Consortium for Substance Use and Addictions.
Co-Director, Child Study Center
SSRI Co-Funded Faculty
(814) 863-7767
![Rina D. Eiden Rina D. Eiden](https://psych.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/elementor/thumbs/image-101-pnlvxfk3wis2ytyd855s7nbko949hqt4q4v44z3eo0.jpeg)
![Rick Gilmore Rick Gilmore](https://psych.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/elementor/thumbs/image-102-pnlvxidmh0vxxnu9rodnx4lygeqd4u4bqitkksz85c.jpeg)
Evan Pugh University Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Family Studies, and Education
(814) 863-1718
![Lynn Liben Lynn Liben](https://psych.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/elementor/thumbs/image-74-pnlvwb51qn8r3ll2s5otqfir4onharco8kt8i2rc3k.jpeg)
Professor of Psychology
SSRI Co-Funded Faculty, Associate Director of Education, Child Maltreatment Solutions Network
(814) 863-1991
![Erika Lunkenheimer Erika Lunkenheimer](https://psych.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/elementor/thumbs/image-33-pnlvuk5v0qujhq4jzwgtldevbv9vz1ennx3pcjcpog.jpeg)
![Sarah Myruski Sarah Myruski](https://psych.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/elementor/thumbs/image-6-pnlvxvjd4pdyg7b5mu2fw1aersxi4lkkgbydaofpq8.png)
Distinguished Professor of Psychology & Human Development and Family Studies
Co-Director, Child Study Center
SSRI Co-Funded Faculty
Accepting graduate students for Fall 2025 start
(814) 865-4818
![Neiderhiser_July2023 Neiderhiser_July2023](https://psych.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/elementor/thumbs/Neiderhiser_July2023-scaled-qam9k9k0d39newssvi0m8robhjp6hqcy404d7t222o.jpg)
![BrendanOstlund BrendanOstlund](https://psych.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/elementor/thumbs/BrendanOstlund-qbotexx1y4em3d82xn4igd09vm0wtpq10ajxkqwc8w.jpeg)
McCourtney Professor of Child Studies and Professor of Psychology
SSRI Co-Funded Faculty
Accepting graduate students for fall 2025
(814) 865-9272
![Koraly Perez-Edgar Koraly Perez-Edgar](https://psych.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/elementor/thumbs/image-71-pnlvw8bj654w4rp68mgy0y8dcj1dno1h86us28vim8.jpeg)
Associate Professor of Psychology
SSRI Co-Funded Faculty
Accepting graduate students for fall 2024
(814) 867-2921
![Suzy Scherf Suzy Scherf](https://psych.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/elementor/thumbs/image-68-pnlvw3mc7yygipw002ft6hf2dlojl6itjjlcnv2hhc.jpeg)
![EunkyungShin_Photo EunkyungShin_Photo](https://psych.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/elementor/thumbs/Shin_Photo-qi2mhuuskoh4g17bkozavrmhovcs2dt6agelim15hc.jpg)
Professor of Psychology and Linguistics
Co-Director of the Center for Language Science
(814) 867-2337
![Janet van Hell Janet van Hell](https://psych.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/elementor/thumbs/image-3-pnlvvcd0prx560zlf8nmo6ap5fewdyilrso9qu6whs.png)
Professor of Psychology
McCourtney Family Early Career Professor in Psychology
Director of PACT (Parents And Children Together)
Accepting graduate students for fall 2024
(814) 867-3112
![Dawn Witherspoon Dawn Witherspoon](https://psych.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/elementor/thumbs/image-31-pnlvuarh4eho9mi7isejwfs9e0k7u2dcamkujrqneo.jpeg)