Human Development
graduate fieldoverview
degree offered
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Degree | academic degree
- Master of Arts (M.A.) Degree | academic degree
area of concentration
- Cognitive Development | major concentration
- Developmental Psychopathology | major concentration
- Ecology of Human Development | major concentration
- Family Studies and the Life Course | major concentration
- Law, Psychology and Human Development | major concentration
- Social and Personality Development | major concentration
people
field members
- Becker, Franklin David | Professor
- Belmonte, Matthew K. | Assistant Professor
- Brainerd, Charles | Professor
- Casasola, Marianella | Associate Professor
- Ceci, Stephen John | The Helen L. Carr Professor of
- Depue, Richard Allen | Professor
- Dunifon, Rachel E. | Associate Professor
- Eckenrode, John Joseph | Professor
- Evans, Gary William | Elizabeth Lee Vincent Professorship
- Goldstein, Michael H. | Assistant Professor
- Hamilton, Stephen Frederic | Professor
- Hans, Valerie | Professor
- Hazan, Cynthia | Associate Professor
- Koslowski, Barbara Marie | Associate Professor
- Kushnir, Tamar | Assistant Professor
- Lichter, Daniel T. | Professor
- Lust, Barbara Catherine | Professor
- Mikels, Joseph Anthony | Assistant Professor
- Ong, Anthony D. | Assistant Professor
- Pillemer, Karl Andrew | Professor
- Rachlinski, Jeffrey John | Professor
- Reyna, Valerie F. | Professor
- Robertson, Steven S | Professor
- Sassler, Sharon | Associate Professor
- Savin-Williams, Ritch C. | Professor
- Trochim, William Michael | Academic Director
- Wang, Qi | Associate Professor
- Wells, Nancy M. | Associate Professor
- Wethington, Elaine | Associate Professor
- Williams, Wendy M | Professor
- Zayas, Vivian | Assistant Professor
affiliations
organizational affiliate of
- Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center (BLCC) | research center
The program prepares students for careers in academic life, primarily in psychology, sociology, or human development; ; in research programs of governmental agencies at various levels; and in a range of programs in community agencies and private enterprise. It does not prepare students to be clinical psychologists, school psychologists, or family life counselors.
Students develop an individual program of study and research in consultation with their Special Committee, which is chaired by a member of the members Field of Human Development but may include faculty members from other fields. All students are required to complete at least two semesters of graduate-level training in statistics and one semester of teaching. The field also requires that students complete a predoctoral research project or master's degree before taking the Admission to Candidacy examination.
All students are expected to acquire a basic background in the behavioral sciences and to master a broad base of knowledge of human development in the context of family and society. Both the M.A. and the Ph.D. degree programs require a research thesis or dissertation.
For the Ph.D. degree, two semesters of graduate-level training in statistics and some teaching experience are required. The field also requires that candidates complete a predoctoral research project before taking the Admission to Candidacy examination. The Ph.D. program ordinarily takes four years to complete.
Research facilities:
There are a number of fully equipped laboratories directed by individual faculty members who are conducting observational and experimental studies of basic processes in development. Students may also become involved in research or demonstration projects in the Family Life Development Center (child maltreatment and families under stress) and the Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center (adulthood and aging).
The Cornell Early Childhood Program operates a day care program, and individual faculty members have established relationships with area public schools, nursery schools, day care centers, youth services agencies, and counseling services, which provide settings for research.
Students develop an individual program of study and research in consultation with their Special Committee, which is chaired by a member of the members Field of Human Development but may include faculty members from other fields. All students are required to complete at least two semesters of graduate-level training in statistics and one semester of teaching. The field also requires that students complete a predoctoral research project or master's degree before taking the Admission to Candidacy examination.
All students are expected to acquire a basic background in the behavioral sciences and to master a broad base of knowledge of human development in the context of family and society. Both the M.A. and the Ph.D. degree programs require a research thesis or dissertation.
For the Ph.D. degree, two semesters of graduate-level training in statistics and some teaching experience are required. The field also requires that candidates complete a predoctoral research project before taking the Admission to Candidacy examination. The Ph.D. program ordinarily takes four years to complete.
Research facilities:
There are a number of fully equipped laboratories directed by individual faculty members who are conducting observational and experimental studies of basic processes in development. Students may also become involved in research or demonstration projects in the Family Life Development Center (child maltreatment and families under stress) and the Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center (adulthood and aging).
The Cornell Early Childhood Program operates a day care program, and individual faculty members have established relationships with area public schools, nursery schools, day care centers, youth services agencies, and counseling services, which provide settings for research.