UNC Clinical Psychology Program
People

 

 

People

Core Developmental Faculty

Carol L. Cheatham
Martha J. Cox
Jean Louis Gariepy
Beth E. Kurtz-Costes
Vonnie C. McLoyd
Peter A. Ornstein
J. Steven Reznick
Eleanor K. Seaton
Lorraine C. Taylor

Carol L. Cheatham
Assistant Professor

UNC Phone:
919-962-5081

UNC Address:
213A Davie Hall
CB# 3270
Psychology Dept. UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270
Kannapolis Research Campus Phone:
704-250-5010

Kannapolis Research Campus Address:
500 Laureate Way
Room 1101
Kannapolis, NC 28081

Areas of Research: Nutrition individuality and its effect on the development of cognitive and social behaviors.


Martha J. Cox
Professor
Director of the Center for Developmental Science 

Phone:
919-843-4345

216 Davie Hall
CB# 3270
Psychology Dept. UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270

Areas of Research: Family processes, child social and emotional development,
lifespan research, children's early environments and linkages(i.e. family, daycare, school).
Links: Additional Research Information


Jean Louis Gariepy
Associate Professor
Phone:
919-962-2392
227 Davie Hall
CB# 3270
Psychology Dept. UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270

Areas of Research: Development and evolution of social behavior, biological and behavioral aspects of social adaptation. 


Beth E. Kurtz-Costes
Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Phone:
919-962-4137
221 Davie Hall
CB# 3270
Psychology Dept. UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270

Areas of Research: The development of children's achievement-related beliefs and motivation.
Links: Additional Research Information


Vonnie C. McLoyd
Stephen Baxter Distinguished Professor
Phone:
919-962-4134 
215 Davie Hall
CB #3270
Psychology Dept. UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270

Areas of Research: Economic- and employment-related influences on family processes and child development; childhood poverty, public policy, and practice; ethnic and sociocultural influences on child socialization and development.
Links: Additional Research Information


Peter A. Ornstein
F. Stuart Chapin Professor
Phone:
919-962-4138
222 Davie Hall
CB# 3270
Psychology Dept. UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270

Areas of Research: Cognitive development, development of memory and learning.
Links: Additional Research Information


J. Steven Reznick
Professor and Director
Phone:
919-962-9720

218 Davie Hall
CB# 3270
Psychology Dept. UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270

Research Interests: Infant and toddler cognitive development (e.g. memory, attention, & vocabulary); Also, early development of autism.
Links: Additional Research Information


Eleanor K. Seaton
Assistant Professor
Phone:
919-962-2998

208 Davie Hall
CB# 3270
Psychology Dept. UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270

Research Interests: Examining the influence of perceived discrimination on adolescent development among Black youth and in understanding the role of racial identity in well-being among Black youth.
Links: Additional Research Information


Lorraine C. Taylor
Assistant Professor 

Phone:
919-962-8774

214 Davie Hall
CB# 3270
Psychology Dept. UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270

Areas of Research: Parent-child Relationships, Poverty and Welfare Reform, Children's Academic Achievement, and Rural Families
Links: Additional Research Information