All HDSP Faculty
Emma Adam
Edwina S. Tarry Professor of Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Tabitha Bonilla
Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale
Frances Willard Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Vice Provost for Academics
Co-Associate Provost for Faculty
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Cynthia Coburn
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Professor, Learning Sciences
Associate Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Jeannette Colyvas
Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences
Associate Professor and Executive Board Member, Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
Associate Professor (by courtesy), Department of Sociology
Associate Professor (by courtesy), MORS, Kellogg School of Management
Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Policy Research
Director of Undergraduate Programs, School of Education and Social Policy
Fay Lomax Cook
Professor Emeritus, Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Mesmin Destin
Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy; Associate Professor, Department of Psychology; Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research
Jonathan Guryan
Lawyer Taylor Professor of Education and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Claudia Haase
On Research Leave 2022/2023
Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research
Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences
Associate Professor (by courtesy), Department of Psychology
Larry Hedges
Board of Trustees Professor of Statistics and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Barton Hirsch
Professor Emeritus, Human Development and Social Policy
Simone Ispa-Landa
Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Kirabo Jackson
Abraham Harris Professor of Education and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Dan A. Lewis
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Ofer Malamud
Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Dan P. McAdams
Interim Dean
The Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Psychology
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Quinn Mulroy
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Assistant Professor (by courtesy), Political Science
Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research
Sally Afia Nuamah
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Penelope L. Peterson
Professor Emeritus, School of Education and Social Policy
Eleanor R. Baldwin Professor, Education
Former Dean, School of Education and Social Policy
Former Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Former Professor, Learning Sciences
Yang Qu
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Assistant Professor (by courtesy), Department of Psychology
Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research
James E. Rosenbaum
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Professor, Sociology, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Terri J. Sabol
Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
Margaret Walker Alexander Professor of Human Development and Social Policy
Director and Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Hannes Schwandt
Associate Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
James P. Spillane
Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Professor in Learning and Organizational Change
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Professor, Learning Sciences
Faculty Associate, Institute for Policy Research
HDSP Affiliated Faculty
Thomas McDade
Associate Professor, (by courtesy) Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Director, Laboratory for Human Biology Research
Degrees
- PhD, Emory, 1999
Research Interests
Human biology, biocultural perspectives on health and human development, medical anthropology and global health, ecological immunology, stress, health disparities, laboratory methods.
Christine Percheski
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Associate Professor (by courtesy), Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Degrees
- PhD, Princeton University, 2008
- BA, Dartmouth College, 2001
Research Interests
Changes and variations in families; demography; economic inequality; access to health care resources; parental employment patterns
Leoandra Onnie Rogers
Assistant Professor, Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor (by courtesy), Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Degrees
- PhD, Developmental Psychology, New York University, 2012
- BA, Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2004
Research Interests
Identity development among children and adolescents in sociocultural contexts; intersectionality and multiple identities; psychosocial and academic development among racially/ethnically diverse youth
Lab website:
D.I.C.E (Development of Identities in Cultural Environments)
Morton Schapiro
Professor
President, Northwestern University
Degrees
- PhD, Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1979
- MA, Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1976
- BS, Economics, Hofstra University, 1975
Research Interests
Economics of higher education, with particular interest in the area of college financing and affordability and on trends in educational costs and student aid.
Bruce Spencer
Professor, Statistics
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
Degrees
- PhD, Yale University, 1979
Research Interests
Statistics and public policy with a special focus on the design and evaluation of large-scale statistical data programs.
Linda Teplin
Owen L. Coon Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Psychology
Director of the Psycho-Legal Studies Program, Northwestern University Medical School
Degrees
- PhD, Northwestern University, 1975
Research Interests
Epidemiologic studies of psychiatric disorders, juvenile justice, drug abuse, public health policy, HIV/AIDS risk behaviors, correlates of violence (victimization and perpetration).
Laurie Wakschlag
Professor and Vice Chair for Scientific and Faculty Development, Department of
Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Degrees
- PhD, Psychology, University of Chicago, 1992
- MA, Social Work, University of Chicago, 1983
- BA, Psychology, Barnard College, 1980
Research Interests
Translational approaches to elucidating mechanisms and phenomenology of early emerging disruptive behavior.
Ellen Wartella
Professor, Human Development and Social Policy
Professor, Communication and Psychology
Degrees
- Postdoc, Developmental Psychology, University of Kansas
- MA, Mass Communication, University of Minnesota
- BA, Communication, University of Pittsburgh
- PhD, Mass Communication, University of Minnesota
Research Interests
Effects of media on children and adolescents, impact of food marketing in the childhood obesity crisis.