Department of Human Development and Family Science (Graduate)

Website URL:

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

Department/School Head:

Valerie Knopik

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 Science, PHD
Human Development Family Science/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
Friedman, Elliot
Knopik, Valerie
MacDermid Wadsworth, Shelley
McBride, Catherine (Cammie)
Posada, German
Purpura, David

Associate Professor

Christ, Sharon 
Franks, Melissa
Marceau, Kristine
Nichols, Deborah
Schwichtenberg, A. J.
Taylor, Zoe

Assistant Professor

Atkin, Annabelle
Duncan, Robert
Eason, Sarah
Elenbaas, Laura
Finders, Jennifer  
McCormick, Carolyn
Moding, Kameron 
Robbins, Paul
Shrout, Rosie

Clinical Professor

Dobbs-Oates, Jennifer

Clinical Associate Professor

Purcell, Megan
Watkins, Natasha

Clinical Assistant Professor

Elias, Cezanne
Quichocho, Davina
 

Programs

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

Courses

• HDFS 59000 - Special Problems
• HDFS 60000 - Families And Health Across The Life Course
• HDFS 60100 - Advanced Child Development
• HDFS 60200 - Advanced Family Studies
• HDFS 60400 - Developmental And Family Approaches To Diversity And Oppression
• HDFS 60600 - Advanced Human Development
• HDFS 61300 - Quantitative Methods I: Inferential Statistics And ANOVA
• HDFS 61500 - Research Methods In Child And Family Study
• HDFS 61700 - Quantitative Methods II: Regression
• HDFS 61900 - Adolescent Development In Context
• HDFS 62000 - Current Issues In Early Childhood Education
• HDFS 62200 - Children’s Development In The Context Of Family Relationships
• HDFS 62500 - Child And Family Social Policy
• HDFS 62700 - Multilevel Modeling In Developmental And Family Research
• HDFS 62800 - Structural Equation Modeling
• HDFS 62900 - Interventions Across Developmental And Family Contexts
• HDFS 64400 - Biosocial Processes In Developmental And Family Research
• HDFS 64900 - Multidisciplinary Gerontology
• HDFS 65800 - Attachment Relationships
• 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 - Graduate Student Colloquium
• HDFS 69800 - Research MS Thesis
• HDFS 69900 - Research PhD Thesis