在教育心理学方面，研究生可以自由构建独特的研究项目，从而获得博士学位。与多个部门的多个顾问。通过创造性和严格地应用心理学理论和研究，学习改善儿童的教育经历。在儿童居住和工作的环境中使用经验方法进行设计研究。调查儿童发展的核心方面，例如语言习得，教师对发展增长的影响，学习动机，认知和数学技能的增长以及性别，种族和种族方面的身份形成。发展科学学院的教职员工与学生汇聚在一起对儿童及其成长深感兴趣。我们的教师和学生使用经验方法来设计研究，这些方法位于儿童生活的自然，实际环境中。从学前儿童的早期阶段到青春期的过渡，
Developmental Sciences faculty and students are brought together by a deep interest in developmental phenomena, throughout the lifespan, in educational contexts.<br>We conduct research on core problems in development, including: thriving during adolescence and young adulthood, including research on social, emotional, and behavioral skills and positive youth development, setting, striving for, and succeeding at long-term goals, understanding the role of back-up plans,<br>exploring sociocultural factors (e.g., sense of belonging) that impact the academic performance and psychological development of historically marginalized students,<br>informing and developing culturally sustaining interventions for historically marginalized college students, specifically those who are first-generation/low-income,<br>the development of STEM knowledge, for young students, college students, and teachers of STEM content (including development of pedagogical content knowledge for these teachers), understanding how college students, especially those underrepresented in STEM fields, navigate online STEM courses in ways that lead to their success in those courses, in ways that might be surprising given the reported barriers to success in traditional in-person college STEM courses.<br>Our faculty and students have diverse interests, but we share a commitment to improving lived experiences with education through a creative and rigorous application of psychological theory and research.