# Human Developmental Sciences Program

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*All courses, faculty listings, and curricular and degree requirements described herein are subject to change or deletion without notice.*

#### Professors

Farrell Ackerman, PhD, *Director, Linguistics*

Natacha Akshoomoff, PhD, *Psychiatry*

Ursula Bellugi, PhD, *Adjunct/Psychology (Salk Institute for Biological Studies)*

Benjamin Bergen, PhD, *Cognitive Science*

Mark Bondi, PhD, *Psychiatry*

Leslie J. Carver, PhD, *Psychology*

Aaron V. Cicourel, PhD, *Emeritus, Cognitive Science/Sociology*

Michael Cole, PhD, *Emeritus, Communication*

Sarah Creel, PhD, *Cognitive Science*

Gedeon Deak, PhD, *Cognitive Science*

Grant Goodall, PhD*, Linguistics*

John Haviland, PhD, *Anthropology*

Gail Heyman, PhD, *Psychology*

Tom Humphries, PhD, *Education Studies/Communication*

Terry Jernigan, PhD, *Cognitive Science/Psychiatry/Radiology*

William Kremen, PhD, *Psychiatry*

Jean M. Mandler, PhD, *Emerita, Cognitive Science*

Rachel Mayberry, PhD*, Linguistics*

James Nieh, PhD, *Biological Sciences*

Carol Padden, PhD, *Communication*

Steven Parish, PhD, *Anthropology*

Jaime Pineda, PhD, *Cognitive Science*

Mica Pollock, PhD, *Education Studies*

Margaret Schoeninger, PhD, *Anthropology*

Katerina Semendeferi, PhD, *Anthropology*

Nicholas Spitzer, PhD, *Biology*

Joan Stiles, PhD, *Emerita, Cognitive Science*

Stefan Tanaka, PhD, *Communication*

#### Associate Professors

David Barner, PhD*, Linguistics/Psychology*

Angela Booker, PhD, *Communication*

Lera Boroditsky, PhD, *Cognitive Science*

Pascal Gagneaux, PhD, *Cellular and Molecular Medicine*

James Moore, PhD, *Emeritus, Anthropology*

Olga A. Vasquez, PhD, *Emeritus,* *Communication*

Alison Wishard Guerra, PhD, *Education Studies*

#### Assistant Professors

Shana Cohen, PhD, *Education Studies*

Frank Haist, PhD, *Adjunct/Psychiatry*

Christo Sims, PhD, *Communication*

Jessica Suhrheinrich, PhD, *Psychiatry*

Caren Walker, PhD, *Psychology*

#### Teaching Professor

Paula Levin, PhD, *Education Studies*

#### Lecturers

Stephen Potts, PhD, *Literature*

Clarissa J. Reese, PhD, *Human Developmental Sciences Program*