Developmental Science
 | Rebecca Adler Doctoral Candidate | Email Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Bethany Rittle-Johnson Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental Science |
 | Lauren G. Bailes Postdoctoral Scholar | Email Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Kathryn Humphreys Developmental Science Parent–child interactions, infant social and emotional development, emotions and caregiving |
 | Marcia Barnes Professor of Special Education | Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental Science Research Areas: cognitive processes and learning difficulties and disabilities; reading comprehension; early mathematics, inferential comprehension assessment and intervention | |
 | Whitney Barnett Postdoctoral Scholar | Email Lab Website 615-589-1191 |
Faculty Advisor: Kathryn Humphreys Developmental Science |
 | Camilla P. Benbow Patricia and Rodes Hart Dean of Education and Human Development, Peabody College Professor of Psychology Co-Director, Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth Investigator, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development | Email Website (615) 322-8407 201 Peabody Administration |
Developmental Science creativity and eminence, giftedness (academically talented children) |
 | Deon T. Benton Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Website (615) 343-2206 219B Hobbs Building |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context Developmental Science |
 | Jessika C. Boles Assistant Professor of the Practice | Email Lab Website 615-343-7492 Hobbs 108 |
Developmental Science Interdisciplinary |
 | Amy E. Booth Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Lab Website 615-875-1718 Hobbs 215A |
Developmental Science Causes and consequences of variability in early word learning and scientific thinking. |
 | James R. Booth Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Lab Website @DrJamesBooth Jesup 107B |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context Developmental Science Development of language, reading and related cognitive processes in typical and atypical populations |
 | Ashli-Ann Douglas Post Doctoral Scholar | Email Lab Website Hobbs 201 |
Developmental Science |
 | Elisabeth Dykens Professor of Psychology and Human Development Professor of Psychiatry Professor of Pediatrics Director and Annette Schaffer Eskind Professor, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center | Email (615) 322-8945 406B MRL |
Clinical Science Developmental Science Interdisciplinary |
 | Lisa Fazio Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Lab Website Website 615-875-8301 Hobbs 315A |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context Developmental Science |
| Mariana Gabi Research Coordinator | Email (615) 322-5245 060 Wilson Hall |
Developmental Science Neuroscience Quantitative Methods Arts and Science | |
 | Judy Garber Research Professor in Psychology and Human Development Professor of Psychiatry; Investigator, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development | Email 615-343-8417 313B Hobbs |
Clinical Science Developmental Science Neuroscience developmental psychopathology; prevention science; depression and anxiety in youth |
 | Nicolette Granata Graduate Student | Email Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Jonathan Lane Developmental Science disability concepts; moral development; theory of mind; social cognition |
 | Suzana Herculano-Houzel Associate Professor of Psychology | Email Lab Website Website 615-875-9086 066 Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental Science Neuroscience Quantitative Methods Interdisciplinary What are different brains made of? What is the extent of brain diversity, what are the rules and constraints, how does that happen in evolution, and what difference does it make? |
 | Justine Hoch Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Lab Website 615-343-8923 Hobbs 317B |
Developmental Science Exploratory behavior; learning; development of perception-action systems |
 | Kathleen Hoover-Dempsey Professor of Psychology & Human Development, Emerita | Email (615) 322-8141 |
Developmental Science |
 | Kathryn L. Humphreys Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychology and Human Development Investigator, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center; Training Faculty, Vanderbilt Brain Institute | Email Lab Website Website |
Clinical Science Developmental Science Neuroscience developmental psychopathology; early experience; child abuse and neglect |
 | Laura Janakiefski | Email Lab Website Website Hobbs 306 |
Faculty Advisor: Megan Saylor Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental Science language development, cognitive development, word learning, memory |
 | Jake Kaufman | Email Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Bethany Rittle-Johnson Developmental Science Numerical and Mathematical Cognition; learning mechanisms |
 | Jonathan D. Lane Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Lab Website 615-875-8017 Hobbs 315b |
Developmental Science Social-cognitive development; conceptual development; theory-of-mind |
 | Lauren Malachowski | Email Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Amy Needham Developmental Science |
 | Kimmy Marble Assistant Professor of the Practice of Psychology and Human Development | Email 615-343-2195 Hobbs 301 |
Developmental Science |
 | Camille Msall | Email Lab Website |
Faculty Advisor: Bethany Rittle-Johnson Developmental Science |
 | Amy Needham Professor of Psychology and Human Development Member, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center | Email Lab Website (615) 322-8380 217A Hobbs Building |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental Science Perceptual-motor learning during early development |
| Yanbin Niu | Developmental Science | ||
 | Julia Noland Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Human Development | Email (615) 322-1835 319 Hobbs |
Developmental Science |
 | Maria Osina Lecturer in Psychology and Human Development | Email (615) 322-1553 320 Hobbs |
Developmental Science The role of cognitive, social, memory and motor development in infant language development. |
 | John Rieser Professor Emeritus, Psychology and Human Development Investigator, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development | Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context Developmental Science | |
 | Bethany Rittle-Johnson Professor, Psychology & Human Development Anita S. and Antonio M. Gotto Chair in Child Development | Email Lab Website (615) 322-8301 102B Jesup |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context Developmental Science How children learn math |
 | Howard Sandler Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Emeritus | Email (615) 322-8141 |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental Science |
 | Megan Saylor Professor of Psychology and Human Development Department Chair | Email Lab Website 102b Jesup |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental Science |
 | Leigh Scheer Principal Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Human Development Director of Undergraduate Studies | Email 615-322-5566 or 615-343-1757 107A Jesup Bldg |
Developmental Science |
 | Margaret Shavlik Doctoral Candidate | Email Lab Website Jesup 308 |
Faculty Advisor: Amy Booth Developmental Science Early literacy, achievement gaps, parent-child interaction |
 | Georgene Troseth Professor of Psychology, Emerita Department of Psychology & Human Development; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center | Email 615-948-1792 |
Developmental Science Young children |
 | Sophia Vinci-Booher Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email 6153437365 |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context Developmental Science Neuroscience |
 | Tedra Walden Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Emerita | Developmental Science Interdisciplinary Early social and emotional development and links to developmental disabilities | |
 | Eric D. Wilkey Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Lab Website (615)343-9140 Hobbs 313A |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context Developmental Science |
 | Cristina Zepeda Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email Lab Website Website 615-343-0387 Hobbs 317A |
Cognition in Context Developmental Science Metacognition, motivation, learning and transfer, self-regulated learning, and using educational technology to support learners |