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
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 of Human Development and Family Sciences
I will not be accepting graduate students for the 2026-2027 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
- Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
Accepting new Ph.D.students to start in Fall 2026.
Application deadline is Dec 1, 2025.
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 is not admitting a graduate student for the 2026/2027 admissions cycle. Applications are due on Dec 1st.
Nicole Perry
- Assistant Professor
Dr. Perry is not accepting doctoral students for academic year 27-28.
Gabriela Livas
- Professor
- Department Chair for Human Development and Family Sciences
Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professors in Child Development
Fatima Varner
- Associate Professor
I am not recruiting graduate students for Fall 2026.