Our faculty is from various academic disciplines, such as psychology, human development and family studies, sociology, education, anthropology, and public policy, which enables students to develop interdisciplinary perspectives about families and individuals during their course of study with the department.
Aparna Bagdi, Ph.D. (Syracuse University), Assistant Professor. Cultural diversity, early childhood. (aparna@udel.edu)
Christine Barthold, Ph.D. (University of Maryland), Assistant Professor. Special education, autism, challenging behaviors, single-subject design. (cbarthol@udel.edu)
Charles L. Beale, Ed.D. (College of William and Mary), Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies; Associate Director, Center for Counseling and Student Development. (charles.beale@udel.edu)
John B. Bishop, Ph.D. (Ohio University), Graduate Coordinator and Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies. (jbbishop@udel.edu)
Peg Bradley, B.S. (University of Delaware), Center Director, University of Delaware Laboratory Preschool and Director, Early Learning Center; Instructor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies. Early childhood education, K-8, education policy. (pbradley@udel.edu)
Martha Buell, Ph.D. (North Carolina-Greensboro), Professor. Early childhood classroom quality; early childhood teacher professional development; and emergent literacy. (mjbuell@udel.edu)
Penny L. Deiner, Ph.D. (Penn State), Professor. Family resilience and violence, children with special needs and their families, overt and relational violence. (pennyd@udel.edu)
Nancy J. Edwards, M.Ed. (Temple), Clinical Faculty, University of Delaware Laboratory Preschool. Math and science education. (Edwards@udel.edu)
Steven M. Eidelman, MBA (Loyola), Robert Edelsohn Professor, Human Development and Family Studies. Professor of Public Administration
School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy. Services for adults with disabilities, public policy, advocacy. (sme@udel.edu)
Michael Ferrari, Ph.D. (Rutgers), Professor. Joint appointment, Psychology. Families and neurodevelopmental disorders, brain injury, dementia research, lifespan neuropsychology. (mferrari@udel.edu)
Ruth E. Fleury-Steiner, Ph.D. (Michigan State), Associate Professor. Community responses to violence against women. (rfs@udel.edu)
Norma Gaines-Hanks, Ed.D. (Delaware), Assistant Professor; Coordinator of Human Service Internship. Impact of service-learning in study abroad contexts. (ngaines@udel.edu)
Michael Gamel-McCormick, Ph.D. (Virginia Commonwealth), Interim Chair and Professor. Early childhood development and education, intervention with special needs populations, program evaluation, qualitative analyses. (mgm@udel.edu)
Nyasha Grayman, Ph.D. (New York University), Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies; Psychologist I, Center for Counseling and Student Development.
Black American cultural practices and subjective psychological, social, emotional, and spiritual well-being within Black American adults, families and communities; clinical training.
(ngrayman@udel.edu)
Myae Han, Ph.D. (Arizona State), Assistant Professor. Early childhood education, reading education, early literacy. (myaehan@udel.edu)
Christine Ohannessian, Ph.D. (Penn State), Assistant Professor. Adolescent development, adolescent problem behaviors, developmental psychopathology, children of alcoholics. (ohanness@udel.edu)
Rob Palkovitz, Ph.D. (Rutgers), Professor. Father-child relations across the life span, parental development, life span development. (robp@udel.edu) (Website)
Cynthia Paris, Ph.D. (Penn), Associate Professor. Early childhood education, assessment, supervision, and mentoring. (cparis@udel.edu)
Katrina Pollock, M.S. (Wilmington College), Clinical Faculty. University of Delaware Laboratory Preschool. Early childhood education, inclusion, early literacy. (kpollock@udel.edu)
Susan Rarick, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies; Psychologist II, Center for Counseling and Student Development. (srarick@udel.edu)
Barbara H. Settles, (Ohio State), Professor. Intergenerational relationships and caregiving, family theory, family policy, and family life education and prevention programming and evaluation. (settlesb@udel.edu)
Bahira Sherif Trask, Ph.D. (Penn), Professor. Culturally diverse families, gender issues, intergenerational relationships. (bstrask@udel.edu)
Karen Tsukada, Ph.D. (Ohio State), Assistant Professor, Department of Individual and Family Studies; Psychologist I, Center for Counseling and Student Development. Women's issues, multiculturalism, body image, disordered eating.
Donald G. Unger, Ph.D. (South Carolina), Acting Chair and Professor. Social support and family coping, child and family intervention, teenage pregnancy, prevention and empowerment with families. (unger@udel.edu)
Julie Mapes Wilgen, Ph.D. (Texas Tech), Assistant Professor. Joint faculty appointment with Women's Studies. Human Sexuality, Families and their Communities, Aging and the Family, and Experiential Education. (jwilgen@udel.edu)
Lynn Worden, Ph.D. (University of Delaware), Undergraduate Coordinator and Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education. Student teaching supervision, social interactions of young children, and death education in early childhood. (worden@udel.edu)
Emeritus Faculty:
Catherine Bieber, Associate Professor Emerita
Mary Jane Stratner Gregory, Associate Professor Emerita
Dene G. Klinzing, Ph.D. (Penn State), Professor Emerita. Hospitalized children, child development, parenting, medical communication. (klinzing@udel.edu)
Mary Lou Liprie, Associate Professor Emerita
Lila C. Murphy, Professor Emerita
Donald L. Peters, Ph.D. (Stanford), Professor Emeritus. Joint appointment, Urban Affairs and Public Policy. Early childhood development and services, staff development, service program planning and evaluation. (dlpeters@udel.edu)
Stuart Sharkey, Distinguished Faculty Fellow Emeritus
Hester Stewart, Associate Professor Emerita
