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Research Areas

Interdisciplinary fields such as HDFS are ideally suited to address the grand challenges and big debates that affect every citizen of our world. We have nationally and internationally renowned faculty engaged in research on child development, early care programs, systems and policy, early literacy, the relationship between poverty, development and family functioning, domestic violence and the legal system, globalization, food insecurity, stigma, health, and many other family and community related topics.

Importantly, their expertise is not just situated in lab-based research settings: instead, they work in local and global communities and bring their experiences to the classroom on a daily basis. See how we’re making a difference in the world.

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Virtual Graduate Open House

Are you considering graduate school to help advance your career? Learn about our Graduate Programs within the School of Education, Human Development and Family Sciences, and several multi-disciplinary programs at our Open House. Thursday, January 28th, …

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SOLUTIONS FOR WILMINGTON SCHOOLS

Education and policy specialists from UD support commission to improve schooling in Delaware’s largest city On a chilly autumn night last November, a diverse group of educators, policy makers, researchers and community leaders gathered to discuss one o …

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FIGHTING CORONAVIRUS MISINFORMATION

New studies offer suggestions for combatting conspiracy theories, stereotypes The World Health Organization calls the spread of false information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) an “infodemic,” and the results are broadly visible across society. The r …

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Click on each faculty member to learn more about specific research underway.

Adolescent Risk and Prevention

Associated Faculty

Roderick Carey
Roderick L. Carey
Mellissa Gordon

Early Childhood Education Systems/Programming/Policy

Associated Faculty

Martha Buell
Rena Hallam
Jason Hustedt

Early Development and Curriculum

Associated Faculty

Jennifer Gallo-Fox
Myae Han
Cynthia Paris
Lynn Worden

Early Intervention and Disability

Associated Faculty

Tia N. Barnes
Bridgette G. Johnson

Family Services and Policy

Associated Faculty

Ann M. Aviles
Steven M. Eidelman
Ruth Fleury-Steiner
Ruth E. Fleury-Steiner
Norma Gaines-Hanks
Barbara Settles
Bahira Trask
Bahira Sherif Trask

Social Determinants of Health

Associated Faculty

Valerie Earnshaw
Valerie Earnshaw
Michael Ferrari
Michael Ferrari
Allison Karpyn

Social Entrepreneurship

Associated Faculty

Stephanie Raible

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Human Development and Family Sciences

Department of Human Development & Family Sciences •  111 Alison Hall West •  Newark, DE 19716 • Phone: 302-831-6500 • Fax: 302-831-8776 • hdfs-dept@udel.edu

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