Graduate Field Faculty

The Cornell system of graduate education is organized around two key foundational elements: graduate fields and the special committee system. Both represent a belief and tradition grounded in academic freedom that continues to attract outstanding graduate students to Cornell and both encourage students to work across departments, disciplines, and colleges. Below is the list of faculty members from across Cornell University that comprise the Graduate Fields of Psychology and Human Development.

Psychology Field Faculty

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Vanessa Bohns

Associate Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Social and Personality
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Marianella Casasola

Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, College of Human Ecology

Academic Interests:

  • Cognition
  • Development
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Stephen Ceci

Helen L. Carr Professor of Developmental Psychology

Academic Interests:

  • Cognition
  • Development
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Thomas D. Gilovich

Irene Blecker Rosenfeld Professor of Psychology

Academic Interests:

  • Social and Personality
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Jesse H. Goldberg

Associate Professor and Robert R. Capranica Fellow

Academic Interests:

  • Neuroscience
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Tove Hammer

Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Social and Personality
Klarman Hall

Cindy Hazan

Associate Professor, Andrew H. & James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Social and Personality
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Amy R. Krosch

Assistant Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Cognition
  • Social and Personality
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Neil Lewis Jr.

Assistant Professor of Communication

Academic Interests:

  • Social and Personality
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Laura Niemi

Assistant Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Social and Personality
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Valerie Reyna

Lois and Melvin Tukman Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Cognition
  • Neuroscience
  • Social and Personality
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Katherine Tschida

Mary Armstrong Meduski ‘80 Assistant Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Neuroscience
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Melissa Warden

Assistant Professor and Miriam M. Salpeter Fellow

Academic Interests:

  • Neuroscience
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Vivian Zayas

Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies

Academic Interests:

  • Cognition
  • Social and Personality
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Emily Zitek

Assistant Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Social and Personality

Human Development Field Faculty

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Anthony Burrow

Ferris Family Associate Professor of Life Course Studies and Director of the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research

Academic Interests:

  • Development
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Marianella Casasola

Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, College of Human Ecology

Academic Interests:

  • Cognition
  • Development
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Stephen Ceci

Helen L. Carr Professor of Developmental Psychology

Academic Interests:

  • Cognition
  • Development
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Eve De Rosa

Mibs Martin Follett Professor in Human Ecology and Cornell University Dean of Faculty

Academic Interests:

  • Neuroscience
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Rachel Dunifon

Professor, Rebecca Q. and James C. Morgan Dean, College of Human Ecology

Academic Interests:

  • Development
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Gary Evans

Elizabeth Lee Vincent Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Development
Klarman Hall

Cindy Hazan

Associate Professor, Andrew H. & James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Social and Personality
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Will Hobbs

Assistant Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Development
  • Social and Personality
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Corinna Loeckenhoff

Professor of Psychology and Professor of Gerontology in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

Academic Interests:

  • Development
  • Social and Personality
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Barbara Lust

Professor Emerita, Human Development Graduate School Professor

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Jane Mendle

Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies

Academic Interests:

  • Development
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Karl Pillemer

Hazel E. Reed Professor of Human Development and Professor of Gerontology in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

Academic Interests:

  • Development
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Valerie Reyna

Lois and Melvin Tukman Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Cognition
  • Neuroscience
  • Social and Personality
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Sharon Sassler

Professor of Policy Analysis and Management, Psychology, and Sociology

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Qi Wang

Joan K. and Irwin M. Jacobs Professor

Academic Interests:

  • Cognition
  • Development
  • Social and Personality
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Nancy M. Wells

Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, College of Human Ecology

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Vivian Zayas

Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies

Academic Interests:

  • Cognition
  • Social and Personality
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