HDFS faculty are interested in all facets of adolescents’ and young adults’ development, and they pay particular attention to how environmental settings shape young people’s physical, social, emotional and cognitive growth.
Aprile Benner
- Professor
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
I will not be accepting graduate students for the Fall 2025 cohort.
Karen Fingerman
- Professor
- Research Director, Center on Aging and Population Sciences
- Director, Texas Aging and Longevity Consortium
- Sonia Wolf Wilson Regents Administrative Professorship, Holder
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
I am currently accepting graduate students for fall 2025. But I am no longer studying intergenerational relationships.
My research currently looks at daily experiences in late life. We are beginning to research caregivers for Lewy Body Dementia.
Elizabeth Gershoff
- Professor
- Director, Population Research Center
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
Amy Johnson McLaughlin Centennial Professorship in Home Economics (Holder)
Centennial Commission Professorship in the Liberal Arts #1 (Fellow)
I am not accepting graduate students for Fall 2025.
Deborah Jacobvitz
- Professor
- Phyllis L. Richards Endowed Professor in Child Development
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
Su Yeong Kim
- Professor
- Human Development & Family Sciences
Dr. Kim is accepting new Ph.D. students for Fall 2025. Application deadline is December 1, 2024.
Elma Lorenzo-Blanco
- Associate Professor
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
Seeking student research assistants for course credit or on a volunteer basis. See profile for more details.
Nicole Perry
- Assistant Professor
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
I am not recruiting graduate students at this time.
Stephen Russell
- Professor
- Director, School of Human Ecology
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
Amy Johnson McLaughlin Administrative Chair in Human Ecology
Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor in Child Development
Professor of Population Health
Gabriela L. Stein
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
Dr. Stein will not be taking a student for admission in the 25/26 year
Fatima Varner
- Associate Professor
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology