FACULTY

BUEHLER, CHERYL (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) Professor and Director of Graduate Studies: Marital conflict, marital relations, parenting, adolescent well-being, race/ethnicity.

BULLS, JOI W. (Ph.D., Florida State University) Director of Undergraduate Programs, Assistant Professor, and Director of Internship Program.: Student success through career/professional development, work and family issues especially how they pertain to minority women, family relationships.

CALKINS, SUSAN (Ph.D., University of Maryland) Professor: Social and emotional development, self-regulation; developmental psychopathology, developmental psychophysiology.

CASSIDY, DEBORAH J. (Ph.D., University of Illinois) Professor: Child care quality; early childhood professional development; developmentally appropriate practices, teacher-child interactions.

COARD, STEPHANIE I. (Ph.D., Columbia University) Associate Professor: Socio-cultural influences on child mental health; racial/ethnic socialization processes, racial/ethnic identity development; culturally relevant approaches to intervention development, implementation and evaluation.

CROSBY, DANIELLE (Ph.D, University of Texas-Austin) Assistant Professor: Effects of welfare and employment policies on young children in low-income families; negotiation of work/family demands in single-mother, ethnic minority, and immigrant families; relation of child care experiences to early school success; young children’s conceptions of economic inequality.

DEMO, DAVID H. (Ph.D., Cornell University) Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies: Family transitions, family relationships, and children's well-being; family diversity; parent -child interaction.

FALDOWSKI, RICHARD (Ph.D., University of North Carolina Chapel Hill) Associate Professor: Research methodology including research design, longitudinal modeling, missing data methods, and psychometrics; early care and education program quality; and evaluation of prevention and intervention services for children and families disadvantaged by economics and other psychosocial risk factors.

FINE, MARK A. (Ph.D, Ohio State University) Professor and Department Chair: Effects of family transitions on family members; early childhood development; family structure; divorce; early intervention; effects of alternative reproductive technologies on family members.

FLETCHER, ANNE C. (Ph.D., Temple University) Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies: Parental and Peer Influences on Adolescent Adjustment; Parent and Adolescent Social Integration; Social Network Closure.

GILLIS, MARGARET Visiting Instructor.

HELMS, HEATHER M. (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University) Associate Professor: Marital quality including the links between marital and family processes, work and family relationships, friendship and marriage, and sociocultural context and marital relationships.

HESTENES, LINDA L. (Ph.D., Purdue University) Associate Professor: Young children's understanding of disability; inclusive classrooms; early peer relations; child care quality.

HUNTER, ANDREA G. (Ph.D., Cornell University) Associate Professor: African American families; family diversity and social networks, intergenerational relationships and multigenerational family systems; gender studies; family history; the life course and social change.

LAPARO, KAREN (Ph.D., University of New Orleans) Associate Professor: Child care quality, early elementary classroom quality, inclusive classrooms, early intervention, and teacher-child relationships. Teacher education, professional development.

LOWER, JOANNA K. (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Academic Professional Assistant Professor and Director of the Online Early Childhood Program: Early childhood systems and policies related to child care quality and teacher preparation including Quality Rating and Improvement Systems and Early Childhood Professional Development Systems.

LEERKES, ESTHER (Ph.D., University of Vermont) Associate Professor: Precursors of maternal sensitivity, parent-child interaction, early social-emotional development, emotional processes within the family system.

MIMS, SHARON. (Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Greensboro). Director of UNCG Childcare Education Program.

MORGAN, MARY Y. (PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia) Associate Professor: Women's everyday lived experiences using feminist theory and research methodologies, particularly photovoice and interpretive inquiry.

O'BRIEN, MARION (Ph.D., University of Kansas) Professor: Child care, school environments, and children's development; parenting and children's socioemotional development; infant-toddler behavior and development.

PERLMAN, DAN (Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University) Professor: Intimate relationships and friendships including initiation, maintenance, and termination; the dark side of relationships; loneliness.

SCOTT-LITTLE, CATHERINE (Ph.D., University of Maryland) Associate Professor: Early childhood standards and assessment systems, school readiness, and after-school programs.

SHREENIWAS, SUDHA (Ph.D., University of Michigan) Associate Professor: Well being and health over the life course in Asia and the US; ethnicity, culture and health among elderly persons worldwide; socioeconomic development and gender bias; gender and violence in Asia and the US.

SMITH, G. STRADLEY. Academic Professional Instructor. Oversees student teachers.

SUPPLE, ANDREW J. (Ph.D., The University of Wisconsin, Madison) Associate Professor: Youth and adolescent development, parent-child relationships; cultural variations; research methods and program evaluation.

TUDGE, JONATHAN (Ph.D., Cornell University) Professor: Ecological and socio-cultural theory; children's development in ethnic, social, and cross-cultural contexts; links between the home, preschool, and school; the development of gratitude and the decline of materialism in children and adolescents.

Adjunct Faculty

PAYNE, C. CHRIS (Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Associate Director, Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships : Influence of early care and school environments on children’s development; intervention and prevention -based parenting programs; school readiness; evaluation and technical assistance for school and community-based programs.