Research in our Developmental, Social, and Health (DSH) program includes a range of topics and methodologies. Students will focus on one or multiple tracks of either (a) Developmental, (b) Social, or (c) Health Psychology. Students’ specific track (or tracks) will be determined in consultation with their research advisor. 

Within the DSH program:

Research addresses cognitive developmental psychology, such as cognitive development and education (see the work of Dr. Sidney, Developmental Psychology); executive functions, motivation, and schooling (Dr. Kim, Developmental Psychology); and narrative comprehension, social problem solving, and ADHD (Dr. Lorch, Developmental Psychology).  

Research addresses children within families, such as LGBTQ parent and adoptive families, child development, and parent socialization (Dr. Farr, Developmental Psychology) and the role of addiction in families, child socioemotional development, and sleep health (Dr. Keller, Developmental Psychology).

Research addresses developmental psychopathology, such as pathways to disruptive behavior disorders and ADHD (Dr. Martel, Clinical Psychology). 

Within DSH, research also addresses topics related to prejudice and bias. Research focuses on children, such as the development of stereotypes and children's experiences with gender and ethnic discrimination (Dr. Brown, Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology); and adults, such as racism, prejudice, and coping with racism (Dr. Marshburn, Social Psychology). 

Research addresses psychology and the law, such as factors related to jury decision-making (Dr. Golding, Social Psychology).

Finally, research addresses health psychology topics, such as stress, emotion, and health processes (Dr. Leger, Health Psychology); personality, self-regulation, and health (Dr. Segerstrom, Clinical Psychology); cancer survivorship and smoking cessation (Dr. Burris, Clinical Psychology).

Please also see the Psychology Department website for several additional faculty affiliated with our Developmental, Social, and Health program who hold joint appointments (e.g., Dr. Jenn Hunt, Dr. Ellen Usher) in our department. There are also several faculty in our program listed in our department faculty directory who are on phased retirement (Dr. Bhatt, Dr. Smith, Dr. Carlson).

Note: Several of the above faculty are also affiliated with the Clinical Psychology program of the Psychology Department. To be clear, the Developmental, Social, and Health program PhD students are not pursuing training and requirements to become clinical psychologists. If you are interested in receiving clinical training, you would need to apply specifically to the Clinical Psychology program. 

Picture	Name/Info	Contact
	Christia Spears Brown Professor and Associate Chair, Developmental, Social, and Health Psychology Gender stereotypes, Children and adolescents' perceptions of gender and ethnic discrimination, Gender and ethnic identity development, Social inequality	christia.brown@uky.edu Kastle 207E 859-257-5794
	Jessica Burris Assistant Professor, Clinical cancer survivorship, smoking, health behavior change, psychosocial adjustment	burris.jessica@gmail.com 207K Kastle Hall (859) 257-9612
	Charles Carlson Professor, Clinical; Developmental, Social, and Health Self-regulation skills for pain management, Trigeminally-mediated pain, Religious and spiritual issues in risk behaviors	ccarl@email.uky.edu 209 A Kastle Hall 859.257.4394
	C. Nathan DeWall Professor, Psychology Social exclusion and acceptance, Aggression, Social neuroscience, Self-regulation	nathan.dewall@uky.edu 123 Kastle Hall 859.257.8105
	Rachel H. Farr Associate Professor, Developmental Psychology child development, family functioning, LGBTQ+ parent families, adoption and birth family experiences, mixed methods, intersectionality	rachel.farr@uky.edu Kastle 012-B, Bowman 103 (Lab) (859) 257-4393
	Jonathan Golding Professor, Developmental, Social, and Health Psychology and law	golding@email.uky.edu 118 Kastle Hall 859.257.4395
	Peggy Keller Associate Professor, Developmental, Social, and Health Developmental psychopathology, Family stress	pske222@uky.edu 202A Kastle Hall 859-257-9806, pske222
	Matthew Kim Assistant Professor Executive Functions, Motivation​​​, Academic Achievement, School Transitions, EEG/ERP, Causal Inference	matthew.kim@uky.edu 012-C Kastle Hall
	Kate Leger Assistant Professor Emotional responses to daily stressors, Pathways linking daily stressors and long-term health, Individual differences in emotional responses to stress	kate.leger@uky.edu 012-I Kastle Hall 859-257-6154
	Elizabeth Lorch Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Professor, Department of Psychology, CLP, Developmental Development of attention and comprehension processes, ADHD	elorch@email.uky.edu 218A Kastle Hall
	Robert Lorch Professor, CLP, Developmental Text processing, Elementary science instruction	rlorch@email.uky.edu 116A Kastle Hall 859.257.6826
	Christopher Marshburn Assistant Professor Racism, social support and responsiveness, Discrimination, Prejudice and Stereotypes	cmarshburn@uky.edu Kastle 207H (859) 257-4396
	Suzanne Segerstrom Professor, Clinical, Developmental, Social, and Health Personality, Self-regulation, Health	scsege0@email.uky.edu 012-J Kastle Hall 859.257.4549
	Pooja Sidney Assistant Professor Math Learning, Learning by Analogy, Concept Learning, Math Attitudes	pooja.sidney@uky.edu 012E Kastle Hall (859)-323-8241