HDFS faculty are interested in the factors that affect the formation, maintenance and deterioration of personal and family relationships throughout life, including friendships, family relationships, romantic liaisons and marriages.
Karen Fingerman
- Professor
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Human Development & Family Sciences
Co-Director, Center on Aging and Population Sciences
Sonia Wolf Wilson Regents Administrative Professorship, Holder
Marci Gleason
- Associate Professor
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Human Development & Family Sciences
I will not be accepting graduate students for the 2026-2027 academic year.
Sae Hwang Han
- Associate Professor
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Human Development & Family Sciences
Accepting doctoral students to start in Fall 2026 (application deadline is Dec. 1).
Deborah Jacobvitz
- Professor
- Phyllis L. Richards Endowed Professor in Child Development
Human Development & Family Sciences
Lisa Neff
- Professor
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Human Development & Family Sciences
Dr. Neff is reviewing applications for doctoral students for academic year 26-27.
Hannah Williamson
- Associate Professor
Human Development & Family Sciences