Department of Human Development and Family Studies (Graduate)

Website URL:

https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/hdfs/students/graduate

Department/School Head:

Doran C. French

Academic Programs:

Ph.D. Program

Students are admitted to the doctoral degree program. Students may, but are not required to, receive a master’s degree in the process of completing doctoral requirements.

Human Development & Family Studies, PHD

Human Development Family Studies/Gerontology, PHD 

 

The HDFS graduate program prepares scholars to define problems and conduct innovative and rigorous research that informs policies and practices aimed at promoting the health and well-being of individuals and families. A central focus of the program is to develop skills to study the complex interplay of biological, developmental, interpersonal, and contextual determinants that protect and/or undermine the health and well-being of individuals and families across their life course. The doctoral program emphasizes integration and critical evaluation of research as well as the use of sophisticated methodologies that advance discovery and implementation of novel approaches to better the lives of individuals and families across multiple social contexts.

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor

French, Doran
Knopik, Valerie
MacDermid Wadsworth, Shelley
Posada, German
Shields, Cleveland

Associate Professor

Christ, Sharon 
Franks, Melissa
Friedman, Elliot
Nichols, Deborah
Purpura, David
Schmitt, Sara
Schwichtenberg, A.J.
Taylor, Zoe

Assistant Professor

Duncan, Robert
Eason, Sarah 
Lougheed, Jessica
Marceau, Kristine
McCormick, Carolyn
Moding, Kameron 
 

Clinical Associate Professor

Dobbs-Oates, Jennifer
Watkins, Natasha

Clinical Assistant Professor

Elias, Cezanne
Purcell, Megan
 

Programs

• Human Development & Family Studies, PHD
• Human Development Family Studies/Gerontology, PHD

Courses

• HDFS 59000 - Special Problems
• HDFS 60000 - Family Processes
• HDFS 60100 - Advanced Child Development
• HDFS 60200 - Advanced Family Studies
• HDFS 60500 - Seminar In Family And The Life Course
• HDFS 61200 - Families In Social Context
• HDFS 61300 - Statistical Approaches For Developmental And Family Researchers
• HDFS 61500 - Research Methods In Child And Family Study
• HDFS 61600 - Theory In Child And Family Study
• HDFS 61700 - Advanced Research Methods In Child And Family Study
• HDFS 61900 - Adolescent Development In Context
• HDFS 62000 - Current Issues In Early Childhood Education
• HDFS 62100 - Children’s Development In Child Care And School Settings
• HDFS 62200 - Children’s Development In The Context Of Family Relationships
• HDFS 62300 - The Infant In The Family
• HDFS 62400 - Children’s Social Relationships
• HDFS 62500 - Child And Family Social Policy
• HDFS 62600 - Research On Parenting Interventions
• HDFS 62700 - Multilevel Modeling In Developmental And Family Research
• HDFS 62800 - Structural Equation Modeling
• HDFS 62900 - Family And Couple Interventions In Health Problems
• HDFS 63000 - Intervention Research In Early Childhood Education
• HDFS 63300 - Adult Development And Relationships
• HDFS 64200 - Family Enrichment Programs
• HDFS 64400 - Biosocial Processes In Developmental And Family Research
• HDFS 64900 - Multidisciplinary Gerontology
• HDFS 65000 - Seminar In Family Gerontology
• HDFS 65800 - Attachment Relationships
• HDFS 67000 - Human Sexuality
• HDFS 67900 - Qualitative Research On Families
• HDFS 68000 - Professional Issues For Child And Family Specialists
• HDFS 68500 - Current Research Topics In Child Development And Family Studies
• HDFS 68501 - Developmental Seminar
• HDFS 69000 - Directed Research In HDFS
• HDFS 69700 - Colloquium
• HDFS 69800 - Research MS Thesis
• HDFS 69900 - Research PhD Thesis