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
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
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
Amy Johnson McLaughlin Centennial Professorship in Home Economics
I am not currently accepting graduate students.
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 2028. Application deadline is December 1, 2027.
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.
Gabriela Livas
- Professor
- Department Chair
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
Fatima Varner
- Associate Professor
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology