Crnic is a Foundation Professor who researches parent-child interaction, parenting, and family process predictions to emerging behavior problems in young children.

Martin is a Cowden Distinguished Prof. Interests include gender development, gender identity, and peer relationships in children and adolescents and the role of gendered relationships in school adjustment and functioning.

Laura Hanish is Executive Director of the T. Denny Sanford Harmony Institute where she advances children's relationships and well-being.

Spinrad's research focuses on the socio-emotional development of young children, particularly the relations of children’s self-regulation abilities to children’s social adjustment.

Berkel studies health equity and the dissemination & implementation of evidence-based preventive interventions

Dr. Thompson’s research and teaching focus on the development and application of quantitative methods to advance research in human development, the social sciences, and education.

Meg Bruening's research interests include public health nutrition promotion and obesity prevention targeted to underserved, vulnerable youth and families.

Rankin's scholarship focuses on preventive interventions for children and families, particularly in vulnerable populations.

Peter studies the genetic etiologies of disorders of spoken and written language. Her work contributes to the foundations for early identification of children at genetic risk and for proactive interventions.