Department Chair

Sunil Bhatia, Professor of Human Development, Chair of the Human Development Department Acting Chair of the Education Department

Sunil Bhatia

Professor of Human Development, Chair of the Human Development Department Acting Chair of the Education Department

Racial, ethnic and migrant identity in global and transnational cultures • Cultural psychology and narrative theory • Ethnography and qualitative methods


Faculty

Michelle R. Dunlap, Professor of Human Development

Michelle R. Dunlap

Professor of Human Development

IMPROVING COLLEGE STUDENT COPING AND SKILLS IN COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING SETTINGS • SHOPPING WHILE BLACK, MINORITY EXPERIENCES IN CONSUMER MARKETPLACES, BLACK BODIES IN PUBLIC SPACES • CONTEMPORARY FAMILY ISSUES (E.G. SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES, KINSHIP CARE FAMILIES), SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT • MULTICULTURAL ISSUES, RACIAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT, AND METHODS FOR INCREASING SERVICE PROVIDER CULTURAL COMPETENCY


Rashelle Litchmore, Assistant Professor of Human Development

Rashelle Litchmore

Assistant Professor of Human Development

Ethnic and Racial Identity • Social Policy • Education • Discursive Psychology • Applied Social Psychology • Intersectionality • Qualitative Methods


Loren Marulis, Martha Bennett '73 Associate Professor of Human Development

Loren Marulis

Martha Bennett '73 Associate Professor of Human Development

Human development • Early cognitive development • Metacognitive and self-regulatory processes • Early childhood development and education • Educational psychology


Catherine O'Brien

Adjunct Instructor of Human Development

Terrlyn Curry Avery

Adjunct Instructor of Human Development


Staff

Donna Graham

Academic Department Assistant

Kathryn M. O'Connor

Director, Connecticut College Children's Program

Cindy Hendry

Administrative Assistant, Connecticut College Children's Program

Camille Hanlon

Professor Emeritus of Human Development

Language development • Cognition

Sara Radlinski

Adjunct Professor Emeritus of Human Development, Director Emeritus of the Connecticut College Children's Program

Early childhood special education • Program and staff development in an inclusive early childhood program • Play and development in young children • Supporting families and child care providers of young children

Margaret Sheridan

Martha Bennett '73 Professor Emeritus of Human Development

Play and development • Developmental disabilities • Public spaces and natural settings • Infant massage and touch therapies

Bonnie Allison

Professor Emeritus of Human Development

Eveline Omwake

Professor Emeritus of Human Development

June Patterson

Director Emeritus of the Children's School