American University, Washington DC (Laurie Bayet; infant brain/cognitive development, including NSF-funded project on infant visual representations using EEG/machine learning; apply through the Behavior, Cognition, and Neuroscience PhD program; deadline 12/1/22. GRE not required. Reach out for more info or to request an application fee waiver! )
Arizona State University The Developmental Area in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University is recruiting 3-4 graduate students for 2022-2023. Faculty considering new students are: Thao Ha, Frank Infurna, Kelsey Lucca, Leah Doane. Recruiting faculty interests include: development of romantic relationships and adjustment; healthy aging and resilience; the developmental and evolutionary foundations of human cognition, curiosity, and communication; culturally- and genetically-informed studies of associations among proximal sociocultural processes, socio-emotional and stressful experiences, physiological stress processes, and sleep in the prediction of subsequent health and adjustment. We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging and highly encourage individuals from marginalized backgrounds to apply. Learn more by viewing our webinar that was held on zoom on Friday September 30 - please email us to receive a link to the recording. You can also learn more at our website, this video, and applications start here and here . Our deadline is 12/5/2022. Questions? Please email our graduate coordinator Wendi Simonson (ude.usa|nosnomiS.idneW#ude.usa|nosnomiS.idneW) or developmental area head Leah Doane (ude.usa|enaoD.haeL#ude.usa|enaoD.haeL).
Boston College (Joshua Hartshorne; new PhD positions researching development of intuitive physics — how children come to understand and reason about the physical world; [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Miz0SXYC3CteE0zbniIK6VBlTniY6Q2twZ0Ozi3KrcM/edit?usp=sharing]; deadline 12/15/22).
East Tennessee State University (Alyson Chroust; researching infant cognitive development; infant development following prenatal substance exposure; apply through PSYCAS; [https://psycas.liaisoncas.com/applicant-ux/#/login]; deadline 12/1/22).
Florida International University, Miami, FL (Developmental; A number of faculty are accepting students (https://case.fiu.edu/psychology/phd-in-developmental-science/team/index.html). Information to apply: https://case.fiu.edu/psychology/phd-in-developmental-science/admissions/index.html. GRE waived. Deadline 12/1/22)
Loyola University Chicago (Dr. Perla B. Gámez is recruiting one PhD student to join the Bilingual Language Development Lab, which investigates the language and literacy development of young children (toddlers, early childhood) negotiating two languages, in Fall 2023. Spanish-English bilinguals are especially encouraged to apply. To learn more and apply, please visit the Department of Psychology website; deadline 12/1/22).
North Carolina State University Lifespan Development Program ([https://psychology.chass.ncsu.edu/Lifespan/], Program Website).
Faculty taking students and their research areas: Allaire (Everyday cognitive functioning of older adults), Grühn (Emotional and cognitive development in adulthood and old age), Mulvey (social development, intergroup contact, broadening participation in STEM), and Neupert (Daily stressors and their associations with affect, physical health, and memory across the lifespan). Webinar: Oct. 18th 12pm EST [https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/97024974419]. Deadline 12/1/22.
Purdue University (Arielle Borovsky, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences). Language Learning and Meaning Acquisition Laboratory (LLAMA lab). Research areas: Word learning, semantic development, linguistic prediction, individual differences and early identification of language disorders. Apply here. Deadline: 1/1/23
Saint Louis University The Developmental Psychology concentration at SLU is recruiting for Ph.D. students in the following labs: Kim Powlishta's Gender Cognitions and Development Lab which conducts research on the development of bias, stereotypes, and social identity in children; Janet Kuebli's Child and Family Research Lab which conducts research on parenting and family processes.; Bryan Sokol's Child and Adolescent Social Development Lab which conducts research on impact assessment and evaluation and community based research; Apply; deadline 12/31/22; no GREs required)
The University of Alabama Join the Developmental Psychology program at the University of Alabama! Numerous professors from this university are reviewing applications for this cycle. Including:
Andrea Glenn: Antisocial/aggressive behavior in youth and adults
Kelsey West (Bama Baby Lab): Infant language learning and motor development; autism and neurotypical development
Summer Braun (WITY Lab): Teachers' well-being, students' social and emotional learning, mindfulness-based interventions, implementation science
Information on applications can be found here: https://psychology.ua.edu/graduate-studies/admissions/
Deadline: 11/15/22
Tulane University Join the Brain, Cognition, & Developmental Science program in the Psychology Department at Tulane University! Several faculty within the Developmental specialization are recruiting graduate students for Fall 2023, including:
Michael Cunningham: African American adolescent development, resilience & vulnerability, academic achievement
Jeffrey Lockman: Perception-action development, early cognitive development, spatial cognition, tool use
Julie Markant: Attention, learning, and memory in infancy and early childhood; brain development
For more info and to apply, visit our website. Deadline 12/1/22.
University of Georgia Join the Behavioral and Brain Sciences program at the University of Georgia, with a specialization in Developmental Psychology. The following faculty are recruiting graduate students for 2022-2023:
Drew Abney: brain-body-behavior interactions and emotion regulation; sensorimotor development and sleep; dynamics of human interaction
Janet Frick: development of visual attention; dynamics of play
Apply to the Psychology Ph.D. Program by 12/1/2022.
University of Hawaii at Manoa (Kristin Pauker; prejudice, stereotyping, intergroup relations) is recruiting a graduate student to join the Intergroup Social Perception Lab for Fall 2023 to work on a NSF-funded project on children’s media and interracial friendships. Deadline to apply to the program is 12/1/2022. GRE not required.
University of Louisville (Andrew Lynn, Laboratory for Brain and Attention Development; fMRI, environment & experience, visual attention, working memory, executive function, math cognition; apply for Experimental Psychology PhD here; deadline 12/01/22)
University of Maryland Join the Human Development program at the University of Maryland! The following faculty are recruiting graduate students for 2023-2024:
Luke Butler (social cognition; cognitive development; development of empirical thinking; categorization and inductive inference; mis/disinformation; source evaluation; selective trust)
Melanie Killen (moral reasoning and origins of prejudice; social cognitive development; social exclusion and inclusion in peer relationships; conceptions of social inequalities)
Doug Lombardi (scientific reasoning and thinking; critical thinking; conceptual development and change; science learning and teaching; science denial and disinformation)
DJ Bolger (developmental cognitive neuroscience; reading; bilingualism/biliteracy; executive functioning; learning and learning disabilities)
Rachel Romeo (developmental cognitive neuroscience; language development; effects of early experience)
Due date to apply to the Human Development Program by 12/1/23
University of Massachusetts Boston Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy is recruiting one PhD student to work on questions related to visual attention and memory in infants, toddlers, and children using eye-tracking and pupillometry. The student will join the UMass Boston Baby Lab, a collaborative group of four faculty members within the Developmental and Brain Sciences Program. The program offers full funding for 4-5 years to all qualified students (including those who are not US citizens or who have DACA status). GRE is not required and we have a limited number of application fee waivers. UMass Boston has a vibrant urban campus with beautiful views of the ocean and our program is housed in a brand new building. Please check out our website and email Dr. Kaldy if you are interested in joining her team! Due date: 12/15/2022
University of Nebraska at Omaha (Jonathan B. Santo, Juan F. Casas & Brigette Ryalls; MA and PhD in Developmental Psychology; The Developmental Psychology program at UNO offers both M.A. (thesis and non-thesis) and Ph.D. degrees. The focus is broad based, emphasizing theoretical, methodological, and statistical approaches to studying human development. Students have the opportunity to integrate theoretical and methodological training in the study of human development with direct experience in basic research, as well as applied developmental psychology, within the context of a mentoring relationship. The program emphasis is on the periods of infancy through adolescence, although opportunities for study of the later periods of the life span are available through course offerings from other departments; deadline: January 10th, 2023)
University of Southern California Join the Developmental area at USC! PIs accepting students:
Toben Mintz: Language acquisition in infants and toddlers, computational modeling
Henrike Moll: Development of social cognition in infancy and early childhood
Santiago Morales: Development of emotion and emotion regulation by integrating psychophysiological, neuroimaging, and behavioral measures
David Schwartz: Peer relationship problems in childhood and adolescence, including bullying, social rejection, friendlessness, and popularity/unpopularity. Associations between social media use and school adjustment.
Apply to the Psychology Ph.D. program by 12/1/2022.
University of Texas at Dallas (PhD programs in Psychology or Cognition and Neuroscience. Faculty accepting students: Alva Tang: Social-emotional development in children and adolescents. Apply to the Psychology PhD program or Cognitive Neuroscience PhD program. Deadline: 12/01/22)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Stephen Ferrigno, Cognitive Origins Lab; Human developmental cognition and/or comparative animal cognition (primates) including number, logic, and sequencing. https://www.cognitiveoriginslab.psych.wisc.edu/ More info on the PhD program and application here; Deadline: 12/1/22)
Virginia Tech Dr. Jungmeen Kim-Spoon is recruiting graduate students to join the JK Lifespan Development Lab for Fall 2023. The lab examines risk and resilience factors in developmental psychopathology, including neurobiological, psychological, and socio-environmental processes that predict decision making, health risk behaviors, and psychopathology in adolescence and young adulthood. We use multiple methods including questionnaires, behavioral tasks, and fMRI. Deadline to apply to the Psychology Phd program is 12/1/2022.
Virginia Tech Dr. Zehra Gulseven is recruiting graduate students to join her lab for Fall 2023. Dr. Gulseven’s research focuses on understanding positive social development during childhood and adolescence. She is particularly interested in prosocial behavior and moral development with individual, parental, cultural, and contextual correlates in culturally diverse children and adolescents. Deadline to apply to the Psychology Phd program is 12/1/2022.
Virginia Tech andlab Dr. Tae-Ho Lee is recruiting graduate students to join his lab for Fall 2023. Dr. Lee's research focuses on emotional system in the brain and across-lifespan changes from childhood to old age. Deadline to apply to the Psychology Phd program is 12/1/2022.
West Virginia University (PI: Ryan Best); Funded graduate assistantship (stipend, tuition waiver, health insurance) in the Life-Span Developmental Psychology program. Dr. Best’s research examines cognitive aging and motivational development across adulthood with a focus on age differences in risky decision-making, numeracy, and the perception of gains and losses. Apply to Life-Span Developmental PhD; preferred deadline 12/1/2022
West Virginia University (PI: Amy Gentzler); Funded graduate assistantship (stipend, tuition waiver, health insurance) in the Life-Span Developmental Psychology program. Dr. Gentzler’s research examines the development of negative and positive emotion regulation, including the pursuit of happiness and wellbeing, and associations with mental health. Apply to Life-Span Developmental PhD; preferred deadline 12/1/2022
West Virginia University (PI: Julie Hicks Patrick); Funded graduate assistantship (stipend, tuition waiver, health insurance) in the Life-Span Developmental Psychology program. Dr. Patrick’s research examines healthy aging among middle-aged and older adults with focus on cognitive, psychological, and physical wellbeing. A focus on DEI and place-based health disparities characterize the current work in the lab. Apply to Life-Span Developmental PhD; preferred deadline 12/1/2022
West Virginia University (PI: JoNell Strough); Funded graduate assistantship (stipend, tuition waiver, health insurance) in the Life-Span Developmental Psychology program. Dr. Strough's main interests include: (a) gender development across the life span; (b) decision making and positive development from emerging to older adulthood with an emphasis on mindfulness, time perspective, and emotion regulation as mechanisms. Apply to Life-Span Developmental PhD; preferred deadline 12/1/2022
West Virginia University (PI: Nicholas Turiano); Funded graduate assistantship (stipend, tuition waiver, health insurance) in the Life-Span Developmental Psychology program. Dr. Turiano examines the mechanisms connecting personality traits and adverse childhood experiences to behaviors/outcomes such as academic performance, substance abuse, physiological functioning, and longevity from emerging to older adulthood. Apply to Life-Span Developmental PhD; preferred deadline 12/1/2022
Current graduate students will be holding an informal discussion during a webinar on 10/07/2022 at 5 PM CST. Topics covered: (1) applying to PhD programs and (2) information about the clinical and psychological science concentrations (developmental, social, and cognitive) at UA. Register to attend here: https://ua-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUud-ChpzspH9wVfqKVvdXCRIGQZjhGtQFF