Developmental Faculty
Amy Bohnert, Ph.D. | abohner@luc.edu
Research Interests: Contextual influences on development, especially organized extracurricular activities; social emotional adjustment; developmental psychopathology; obesity. Please contact Dr. Bohnert for more information about her current research.
Denise Davidson, Ph.D., Developmental GPD | ddavids@luc.edu
Research Interests: language development, second language development and reading; impact of emotion on cognitive processes; social cognition and stereotype formation. View Dr. Davidson's research webpage here.
Perla Gamez, Ph.D. | pgamez@luc.edu
Research Interests: Bilingual and second language learning; Connection between language and literacy; Parent/teacher talk and oral language and reading development.
James Garbarino, Ph.D., Maude C. Clarke Chair | jgarbar@luc.edu
Research Interests: violence, poverty and trauma in the lives of children and youth; issues of meaning and spirituality in the lives of youth. Find out more about Dr. Garbarino's work and the Center for the Human Rights of Children here.
Catherine Haden, Ph.D. | chaden@luc.edu
Research Interests: memory and narrative development; parent-child conversational interactions; learning in informal educational environments. View Dr. Haden's research webpage here.
Kathleen Kannass, Ph.D. | kkannas@luc.edu
Research Interests: the development of attention and learning in infancy and early childhood; the influence of nutrition on cognitive development. View Dr. Kannass' research webpage here.
Christine Li-Grining, Ph.D. | cligrining@luc.edu
Research Interests: self-regulation, school readiness, and academic achievement in early and middle childhood; child care,education, intervention, and policy; risk and resilience; ethnic minority, immigrant children. View Dr. Li-Grining's full faculty profile here.