UNC Clinical Psychology Program
People

 

 

People

Core Developmental Faculty

Martha J. Cox
Jean Louis Gariepy
Beth E. Kurtz-Costes
Vonnie C. McLoyd
Peter A. Ornstein
J. Steven Reznick
Lorraine C. Taylor

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

Email:
Martha_Cox@unc.edu

Phone:
919-962-5081

Mailing Address:
208 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).
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Jean Louis Gariepy
Associate Professor - Developmental Program

Email:
lgariepy@email.unc.edu

Phone:
919-962-2392

Mailing Address:
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. 
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Beth E. Kurtz-Costes
Associate Professor - Developmental Program
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Email:
bkcostes@email.unc.edu

Phone:
919-962-4137

Mailing Address:
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.
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Vonnie C. McLoyd
Professor - Developmental Program

Email:
vcmcloyd@unc.edu

Phone:
919-962-4134 

Mailing Address:
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.
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Peter A. Ornstein
F. Stuart Chapin Professor - Developmental Program

Email:
peter_ornstein@unc.edu

Phone:
919-962-4138

Mailing Address:
222 Davie Hall
CB# 3270
Psychology Dept. UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270

Areas of Research:
Cognitive development, development of memory and learning.
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J. Steven Reznick
Professor and Director - Developmental Program

Email:
reznick@unc.edu

Phone:
919-962-9720

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

Research Interests:
Normative infant cognitive development (e.g. memory, categorization, & vocabulary); Also, cognitive manifestations of various developmental disabilities (e.g., autism & Fragile X Syndrome).
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Lorraine C. Taylor
Assistant Professor - Developmental Program 

Email:
lctaylor@email.unc.edu

Phone:
919-962-8774

Mailing Address:
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
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