Human Development & Family Studies Faculty

- Keith Barton
- Professor Emeritus
- http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/barton/
- Interests: Interaction of cognitive and personality variables, Developmental disabilities, Research methods of child development, Child rearing practices measures, Ability pattern correlates, Personality states and trials, Child abuse
- E-mail: kbarton@ucdavis.edu
- Brenda Bryant
- Professor
- http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/bryant/
- Interests: Social-Emotional, Family, School, Culture/Neighborhood/Society, Health & Mental Health
- Life Phases: Middle Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood
- E-mail: bkbryant@ucdavis.edu

- Zhe Chen
- Chair and Professor
- http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/chen/
- Interests: Cognitive, Family, School
- Life Phases: Infancy, Early Childhood, Middle Childhood
- E-mail: zhechen@ucdavis.edu

- Katherine Jewsbury Conger
- Associate Professor
- http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/kconger/
- Interests: Social-Emotional, Family, Health & Mental Health, Government/Social Policy
- Life Phases: Infancy, Adolescence, Emerging Adulthood, Adulthood
- E-mail: kjconger@ucdavis.edu

- Rand Conger
- Distinguished Professor
- http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/rconger/
- Interests: Social-Emotional, Family, School, Health & Mental Health, Culture/Neighborhood/Society
- Life Phases: Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, Adolescence, Emerging Adulthood, Adulthood
- E-mail: rdconger@ucdavis.edu

- Amanda Guyer
- Assistant Professor
- http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/guyer
- Interests: Biological, Cognitive, Social-Emotional, Health & Mental Health
- Life Phases: Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, Adolescence, Emerging Adulthood
- E-mail: aeguyer@ucdavis.edu

- Lawrence Harper
- Professor
- http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/harper/
- Interests: Biological, Cognitive, Social-Emotional, Family
- Life Phases: Infancy, Early Childhood
- E-mail: lharper@ucdavis.edu

- Rosemarie Kraft
- Lecturer SOE
- http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/kraft/
- Interests: Biological, Cognitive, Family, School
- Life Phases: Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, Adulthood
- E-mail: rhkraft@ucdavis.edu
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- Ann Mastergeorge
- Assistant Adjunct Professor and Assistant Researcher
- http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/mastergeorge/
- Interests: Biological, Cognitive, Social-Emotional, Family, School, Health & Mental Health, Prevention Research
- Life Phases: Infancy, Early Childhood, Middle Childhood
- E-mail: ammastergeorge@ucdavis.edu
- Katherine Masyn
- Assistant Professor
- http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/masyn/
- Interests: Social-Emotional, Family, School, Health & Mental Health, Prevention Research, Research Methodology
- Life Phases: Middle Childhood, Adolescence, Emerging Adulthood
- E-mail: kmasyn@ucdavis.edu

- Lisa M. Soederberg Miller
- Associate Professor
Director, Adult Development Lab - http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/miller/
- Interests: Cognition, Social Cognition, Health
- Life Phases: Adulthood, Aging
- E-mail: lmsmiller@ucdavis.edu
- Adrienne Nishina
- Assistant Professor
- http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/nishina/
- Interests: Social-Emotional, School, Culture/Neighborhood/Society, Health & Mental Health, Prevention Research, Research Methodology
- Life Phases: Adolescence, Emerging Adulthood
- E-mail: anishina@ucdavis.edu

- Beth A. Ober
- Professor
- http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/ober/
- Interests: Biological, Cognitive, Health & Mental Health
- Life Phases: Adulthood, Aging
- E-mail: baober@ucdavis.edu
- Lenna Ontai
- Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension
- http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/ontai/
- Interests: Social-Emotional, Family, Culture/Neighborhood/Society, Health & Mental Health, Prevention Research
- Life Phases: Infancy, Early Childhood
- E-mail: lontai@ucdavis.edu

- Richard Ponzio
- Emeritus Specialist in Cooperative Extension
- http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/ponzio/
- Interests: development and evaluation of inquiry-based science curriculum, longitudinal programs of study for teachers and non-school educators, experiential education context and delivery strategies development, development of regional science education dissemination centers, development of models for science education materials.
- E-mail: rcponzio@ucdavis.edu

- Emmy Werner
- Professor Emeritus
- http://hcd.ucdavis.edu/faculty/webpages/werner/
- Interests: Risk and resilience across the lifespan, childhood in historical context
- E-mail: eewerner@ucdavis.edu