作为人类发展研究的先驱，克拉克的课程专注于在社会和文化背景下发展心理过程。在整个生命周期中，凭借教师的专业知识，教师团结起来研究个体内部变化与个体间变化之间的联系。目前，教师正在研究双语，假装游戏，种族经历，叙事以及影响学习和随后在学校和大学人群中取得的学术成就的可塑性因素。克拉克（Clark）是一所小型的文科研究型大学，它的人文规模为学生提供了独特的研究生机会。各个部门计划的界限。我们在将理论创新与方法论框架联系起来方面拥有丰富的教职知识，包括在定性方法论方面的广泛实力。设施提高了我们的奖学金–我们拥有
Clark University's developmental psychology doctoral program at the nationally-renowned Frances L. Hiatt School of Psychology is dedicated to studying human development in societal and cultural contexts. The program has a long and distinguished history, including the work of developmentalists such as G. Stanley Hall, the first president of the University and founder of the American Psychological Association at Clark in 1892.<br><br>Continuing in a tradition of innovative theory and research pertaining to the study of human development, our faculty examine issues like bilingualism, racial experiences, and factors influencing learning and achievement all with a focus on how the topics intersect with development and well-being. Designed to help students join an ongoing program of research, our program emphasizes scholarship at the forefront of interdisciplinary theory and practice linking human development to other disciplines.<br><br>The program's intimate size, as well as its setting at a small urban research university, allow for close student-faculty relationships while providing opportunities for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates to collaborate within the department and across the campus and Worcester communities. All full-time graduate students are guaranteed tuition remission and graduate assistantships are available. This arrangement fosters a collegial, supportive intellectual community.