儿童和家庭研究领域包括来自多个部门计划的教职员工和学生，包括儿童临床心理学，发展心理学和学校心理学，代表了该部门所有三个博士学位集中程度（临床，实验和学校）。教师研究兴趣的共同核心是致力于在婴儿期，儿童期和青春期检查与年龄相关的认知，文化，情感，健康和社会因素。基础和应用研究项目在各种环境中进行，包括社区机构，日托和学前教育计划，家庭，医院和学校。通过跨教师兴趣的这种多样性，研究生可以构建个性化的学习计划，并参与各种各样的研究主题和人群。
The Child and Family Studies area includes faculty and students from several department programs including Child Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and School Psychology and represents all three of the department's doctoral degree concentrations (Clinical, Experimental, and School). The common core of faculty research interests is a commitment to examining age-related cognitive, cultural, emotional, health, and social factors across infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Basic and applied research projects are conducted in a variety of settings, including community agencies, day care and preschool programs, homes, hospitals, and schools. From this diversity across faculty interests, graduate students can construct individualized programs of study and be involved with a wide variety of research topics and populations.