Leah Doane

Leah Doane is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology (2025-). She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Cornell University, her M.A. and Ph.D. in Human Development and Social Policy from Northwestern University, and completed a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Chicago in Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience. Using culturally- and genetically-informed designs, her program of research centers on links between health behaviors, physiological stress processes, and everyday stressful experiences in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood from a developmental psychopathology framework. Further, much of her work focuses on these processes in Latinx youth and families, and during times of transition, such as the transition to college. Doane was a William T. Grant Foundation Scholar and has been funded by the National Institutes for Health (NICHD), the Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She has served in several leadership positions in the Department of Psychology including Developmental Graduate Training Area Head, Director of Faculty Success, and Associate/Deputy Chair. She also served as Associate Dean of Graduate Initiatives in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 2024.