Becky Packard's research focuses on the mentoring of women pursuing science and technology careers, the aspirations and mentoring of urban ethnic minority low-income adolescents, and understanding the complex pathways toward higher education.

Patricia Ramsey is an expert in early childhood development, including social development, early attitude development, and multicultural education for young children.

Robert Shilkret's research deals with college students' development, including how they accomplish goals and overcome unconscious obstructions, and the relations between earlier parenting experiences and college adjustment.

Sandy Lawrence examines the role of whiteness and inequality in schools and society.

Fran Deutsch is currently pursuing two lines of research: how men and women around the world divide domestic labor and the educational paths of preschool teachers.

Fish, lizards and insects -- they all learn to recognize cues in their environments that warn them of predators or announce that food is nearby. Karen Hollis studies how they do it.

How do we know what the objects around us are and how to interact with them? Joe Cohen and his students use psychophysical methods to explore
the phenomenology of perception.