Kirby Deater-Deckard
Kirby Deater-Deckard | |
|---|---|
| Education | Pennsylvania State University University of Virginia |
| Awards | Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (2008) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Developmental psychology |
| Institutions | University of Oregon Virginia Tech University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Thesis | Differential Discipline and Parent Perceptions of Siblings' Characteristics: Comparing Between- and Within-Family Analyses (1994) |
| Doctoral advisors | Sandra Scarr Richard Q. Bell Charlotte Patterson Emily Hauenstein |
Kirby D. Deater-Deckard is an American developmental psychologist who is Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as well as director of the Healthy Development Initiative at the UMass Center in Springfield.[1] He has been a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science since 2008.[2] Dr. Deater-Deckard is also the co-author (along with Dr. John W. Santrock) of a number of textbooks like "Children, 15th Edition"[3] and "Child Development: An Introduction"[4] (now in the 16th edition). [5]
References
- ^ "Kirby Deater-Deckard". Center for Research on Families. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ "Kirby Deater-Deckard Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-06-23.
- ^ "Children 15E".
- ^ "Child Development 16E".
- ^ "Kirby Deater-Deckard (Textbooks For Life)". Retrieved 2025-11-11.
External links
- Faculty page
- Kirby Deater-Deckard publications indexed by Google Scholar