HDFS faculty examine the interplay between psychological, social and physical aspects of adult development, such as how family may bolster physical or mental health in late life, and by contrast, how psychological disorders may be associated with diminished physical well-being during this time in the life course.
Mateo Farina
- Assistant Professor
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
I am recruiting graduate students for Fall 2025 (application deadline is Dec. 1).
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.
Marci Gleason
- Associate Professor
- Associate Chair
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
Sae Hwang Han
- Assistant Professor
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
Jeffrey Lockman
- Professor
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
Elizabeth Muñoz
- Assistant Professor
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology
Dr. Muñoz is not accepting new Ph.D. students.
Lisa Neff
- Professor
- Human Development & Family Sciences
- Human Ecology