College of Educaton

Benjamin Building
301-405-2344
Email: educ-umd@umail.umd.edu
http://www.education.umd.edu/

The college of Education is a professional college committed to advancing the science and art of teaching/learning, including the practices and processes which occur from infancy through adulthood in both school and non-school settings. The College's mission is to provide preparation for current and future teachers, counselors, administrators, educational specialists, and other related educational personnel, and to create and disseminate the knowledge needed by professional and policy makers in education and related fields.

Research Opportunities

Child Development Laboratory
Nathan Fox
3304 Benjamin Building
fox@umd.edu

Research at the Child Development Laboratory focuses on multiple facets of socio-emotional development during infancy and the preschool years. Researchers study cognitive and emotional development in infants and young children and are interested in the observation and measurement of emotion expression, experience and emotion regulation. The Child Development Laboratory specializes in developmental psychophysiology including the measurement of brain electrical activity (EEG).

Social and Moral Development Laboratory
Melanie Killen
3304 Benjamin Building
(301) 405-3176 / mkillen@umd.edu

The Social and Moral Development Laboratory is housed in the Department of Human Development, University of Maryland, College Park, and its research focuses on how children, adolescents, and young adults evaluate social and moral issues in everyday life. Post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students collaborate on a range of projects. Students study developmental theory, research methodology, conduct data analysis, read the current research literature, and communicate the findings through presentations and publications. The general topics investigated in the Social and Moral Development Laboratory include developmental social cognition, moral reasoning, intergroup attitudes and relationships, explicit judgments and implicit biases, stereotyping, and the role of culture on social development.