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Colette Daiute
Subprogram Head
Adolescent and young adult social development in situations of political conflict and transition, with research in community development and educational activities; socio-historical theory & narrative inquiry.
p: 212.817.8711
e: cdaiute@gc.cuny.edu

Anna Stetsenko
Cultural-historical and activity theory perspectives on the development of self, cognition, and gender; learning and development.
p: 212.817.8715
e: astetsenko@gc.cuny.edu



Joseph Glick
Adult Development in the workplace, sociocultural analysis, Vygotskian, semiotic and activity theory approaches to development, developmental theory and method.
p: 212.817.8706
e: jglick@gc.cuny.edu


Sarah Berger (College of Staten Island)
Cognitive development and motor development in infancy, the development of problem-solving skills in the context of locomotion
p: 718.982.4148
e: sarah.berger@.csi.cuny.edu.


Patricia Brooks (College of Staten Island)
Language acquisition, cognitive development, psycholinguistics
p: 718.982.4032
e: patricia.brooks@csi.cuny.edu

 


Deborah Vietze
Research areas: Understanding and preventing racism and prejudice;cultural and ethnic identity; romantic experiences of young women; Service: Promoting the health and welfare of children and youth; Teaching and mentoring:Engaging students in diverse processes to strengthen the skills required to engage in scientific and logical scholarship that promotes their professional goals. (formerly Deborah L. Coates)
p: 212.817.8713
e: dvietze@gc.cuny.edu
Herb Saltzstein
Moral development and culture, children's eyewitness testimony, and parent-child relations.
p: 212.817.8717
e: hsaltzstein@gc.cuny.edu

 

Martin D. Ruck
Cognitive socialization, young people's understanding of rights in social contexts, urban education, juvenile offenders' perceptions of the youth justice system.
p: 212.817.8720
e: mruck@gc.cuny.edu

 

Katherine Nelson (Emeritus)
Language and cognitive development, memory development, development in socio-cultural context, language and thought, conceptual development, evolution and development in psychology, time, self, and symbolic development.
p: 212.817.8718
e: knelson@gc.cuny.edu


Roger Hart
Development of children's cognition of their environments; ecological research on children's out of door activities.
p: 212.817.1887
e: roghart@gmail.com
Darlynne Devenny (College of Staten Island)
Individual differences over the life span; the relationship of the timing of developmental events to developmental plasticity; atypical infant development.
p: 718.494.5325
e: dadevenny@aol.com
Igor Arievitch (College of Staten Island)
Works within the framework of cultural-historical activity theory, focusing on the role of learning in students’ cognitive development and on methods of developmental teaching.  Other topics of interest include the concepts of cognitive tools, internalization, and the function of technology in education.
Laraine McDonough (Brooklyn College)
Concept development, memory, categorization, language acquisition (English and Korean), nonverbal thought, memory and aging.
p: 718.951.5601
e: larainem@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Peter Vietze (Institute for Behavioral Research in Developmental Disabilities)Deputy Director, IBR
Infant social behavior, infant motivation and cognition, child abuse, developmental disabilities, pediatric AIDS.
p: 718.494.5174
e: vietcoat@bellatlantic.net

Arietta Slade (City College)
Early symbolization and play, the development of attachment and representational processes, the clinical implications of attachment theory and research.
p: 212.650.5658
e: aslade@snet.net
Margaret-Ellen (Mel) Pipe (Brooklyn College)
I study (1) how best to conduct investigative interviews with children who are victims of, or witnesses to, child abuse, and (2) how children acquire information from what they read and watch and how this information influences their own experiences of new situations. For example, how should we best prepare a child for an upcoming experience that is likely to be distressing, to reduce the long-term effects on the child?
p: 718-951-5601
e: mepipe@brooklyn.cuny.edu
David Bearison
Social cognitive development, social interaction, intelligence and affectivity, children's understanding and adjustment to trauma, pediatric psychology, forensic psychology.
p: 212.817.8716
e: dbearison@gc.cuny.edu
michelle fine
Michelle Fine
Research on the production and contestation of social injustice, Participatory Action Research projects with youth in schools, communities, and prisons.
p: 212.817.8710
e: mfine@gc.cuny.edu


Cindi Katz
Production and reproduction of space, place and nature, critical social theory, qualitative methodology and the politics of research, social reproduction and everyday life, children and the environment, political ecology.
p: 212.817.8728
e: ckatz@gc.cuny.edu
Suzanne Ouellette
Personality and social systems; stress, health, and personality; the psychological and social study of AIDS, systemic lupus erythematosus, and cancer.
p: 212.817.8708
e: souellette@gc.cuny.edu