Clinical & Social Sciences in Psychology

 

Developmental Faculty

 

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Loisa BennettoLoisa Bennetto

Associate Professor (and Clinical)

 

loisa.bennetto@rochester.edu

(585) 275-8712

 

Developmental Publications Page

Professor Bennetto's research interests focus on the neuropsychology of autism and other developmental disorders. Her work in this area has examined executive functioning, memory, imitation, and motor skills in children and adolescents with autism with the goal of exploring underlying factors that influence the development of social relatedness, communication skills, and academic functioning.

 

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Patrick DaviesPatrick Davies

Professor

 

patrick.davies@rochester.edu

(585) 273-4672

 

Developmental Publications Page

Professor Davies' research interests include marital conflict, family discord, parental adjustment, child emotion regulation and coping with family stress, child psychosocial maladjustment, and competence.

 

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Rafael KlormanRafael Klorman

Professor (and Clinical)

 

rafael.klorman@rochester.edu

(585) 275-2595

 

Developmental Publications Page

Professor Klorman's research interests include childhood externalizing and learning disorders, executive functions, emotion, psychophysiology, psychopharmacology, and psychopathology.

 

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David McDowellDavid J. McDowell

Assistant Professor

 

 

david.mcdowell@rochester.edu

(585) 275-8711

 

Developmental Publications Page

Professor McDowell's research focuses on the ways in which parents influence their children's peer relationships with a particular interest in fathers, including family-peer linkages, emotional competence, and the father's influence on development.

 

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Judi SmetanaJudith Smetana

Professor

 

 

judith.smetana@rochester.edu

(585) 275-4592

 

Developmental Publications Page

Professor Smetana's research interests include social-cognitive development, including moral and social reasoning and development; adolescent-parent relationships and development in cultural contexts; parenting and development of parenting beliefs.

 

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Sheree TothSheree L. Toth

Director, Mt. Hope Family Center

Associate Professor (and Clinical)

 

sheree.toth@rochester.edu

(585) 275-2991 (ext. 256)

 

Developmental Publications Page

Dr. Toth's research interests are broadly focused in the field of developmental psychopathology. She is especially interested in examining the effects of maltreatment and parental depression on child development, particularly in the domains of self development and representational capacities. Dr. Toth is also committed to the evaluation of preventive interventions for high risk populations.

 

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