Program in Human Development

• Human Development Faculty
• Human Development Colloquium Schedule
• Research Centers and Labs

The Boston University Program in Human Development provides doctoral training in human psychology along the entire life span, with a special focus on the ways in which individuals affect and are affected by the contexts in which they live. Collectively, the Program faculty provide expertise and training in infancy, early and middle childhood, adolescence, young, middle, and late adulthood. A shared focus across faculty is on the interplay between individual and contextual factors. The traditional subdisciplines of developmental, personality, and social psychology provide the basic structure of the training program. Specialization within or across these subdisciplines is also possible and encouraged. For example, curricula can be designed for students to specialize in Family Contexts, Gender Issues, Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Development, Developmental Behavioral Genetics, or Community Contexts of Human Psychology. Students work with a committee of advisors to design an individual curriculum and area of specialty within the guidelines of the Program.

The director of the Program in Human Development is Deborah Belle.

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For More Information
For further information about the HD Program, or about the other programs of the Psychology Department, contact the Sr. Program Coordinator, Megan Cunniff, by e-mail (megbos81@bu.edu) or telephone (617-353-6423). Click here to download an admissions packet or write to:

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