Teaching Faculty
BUEHLER, CHERYL (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) Professor: Marital conflict, marital relations, parenting, adolescent well-being, family foster care.
BULLS, JOI W. (Ph.D., Florida State University) Assistant Professor, Director of Internship Program, and Director of Undergraduate Programs: 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.
CRANOR, ANGIE T. (Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Assistant Professor and Director of HDFS Off-Campus Programs: Toddler and early childhood social development; teacher-child interactions; child care quality.
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 Director 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.
FLETCHER, ANNE C. (Ph.D., Temple University) Associate Professor: Parental and Peer Influences on Adolescent Adjustment; Parent and Adolescent Social Integration; Social Network Closure.
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) Assistant Professor: Child care quality, early elementary classroom quality, inclusive classrooms, early intervention, and teacher-child relationships. Teacher education, professional development.
LEERKES, ESTHER (Ph.D., University of Vermont) Assistant Professor: Precursors of maternal sensitivity, parent-child interaction, early social-emotional development, emotional processes within the family system.
MIMS, SHARON. 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 and Chair: Intimate relationships and friendships including initiation, maintenance, and termination; the dark side of relationships; loneliness.
SCOTT-LITTLE, CATHERINE (Ph.D., University of Maryland) Assistant 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.
Adjunct Faculty
BEANE, BETTE (Phd, 1998) Interests in family routines in culturally diverse families, fathers perceptions of self-efficacy and involvement in parenting.
BOYLES, CAROLYN (Ed.D., The University of North Carolina) Mediated Cognitive Learning Experiences; Retention Strategies for Economically Disadvantaged College Students; Inclusion; The Cognitive/Social Benefits for Children with Disabilities.
CLAWSON, BARBARA (Ph.D., Iowa State University) Emeritus: Program Evaluation; Use of Technology in Preservice Education; Role of Women's Groups in Third World Development.
DEBORD, KAREN (Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) has her primary appointment at Cooperative Extension at North Carolina State University. Interests in Professional Development for Child Care Providers; Factors that Determine How Parents Want to Receive Parenting Information.
GRAY, JACQUELYN (Ph.D., Emory University) Parent-Child Interaction; Language Development and Emergent Literacy, Child Behavior Problems.
KIVETT, VIRA R.(Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Greenboro) Emerita: Social Gerontology; Rural Aging; Informal Social Supports in Later Life; Minority Aging (Sex and Ethnicity); Methodology.
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.
SHOFFNER, SARAH M. (Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Assistant Professor: Adolescent employment; low income rural youth's life plans; professional development; women's leadership roles.
VOSS, JACQUELINE (Ph.D., The University of Nebraska-Lincoln) Emeritus: Sex Roles; Attitudes Toward Parenthood; Adolescence: Family Interaction.
WATSON, J. ALLEN (Ph.D., University of Georgia) Emeritus: Developmental Theory; Children and Technology; Children's Reality and Fantasy; Adolescent's Self-Concept.