HDFS faculty seek to understand how parent-child relationships develop in the early years of life, change over subsequent years and persist into adulthood, and how being a parent affects adults’ functioning and relationships with their partners and co-parents.
Karen Fingerman
- Professor
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Director, Texas Institute on Dementia, Aging and Longevity
Co-Director, Center on Aging and Population Sciences
Sonia Wolf Wilson Regents Administrative Professorship, Holder
Elizabeth Gershoff
- Professor
- Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Amy Johnson McLaughlin Centennial Professorship in Home Economics
Marci Gleason
- Associate Professor
- Department Co-Chair of Human Development and Family Sciences
Dr. Gleason will not be reviewing doctoral applications for the 2027-2028 academic year.
Deborah Jacobvitz
- Professor
- Phyllis L. Richards Endowed Professor in Child Development
Su Yeong Kim
- Professor
Dr. Kim is reviewing applications for new Ph.D. students to start in Fall 2028. Application will open in August 2027, and deadline is December 1, 2027.
Jeffrey J. Lockman
- Professor
Dr. Lockman will not be reviewing doctoral applications for the 2027-2028 academic year.
Elma Lorenzo-Blanco
- Associate Professor
Seeking undergraduate student research assistants for course credit or on a volunteer basis. See profile for more details.
Dr. Lorenzo-Blanco will not be reviewing doctoral applications for the 2027-2028 academic year.
Nicole Perry
- Assistant Professor
Dr. Perry will not be reviewing doctoral applications for the 2027-2028 academic year.
Gabriela Livas
- Professor
- Department Chair for Human Development and Family Sciences
Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professors in Child Development.
Dr. Livas is reviewing applications for doctoral students for academic year 27-28.
Fatima Varner
- Associate Professor
- Associate Chair for Graduate Education
Dr. Varner will not be reviewing doctoral applications for the 2027-2028 academic year.