Development through Life A Psychosocial Approach

Barbara M. Newman (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Rhode Island. She has also been on the faculty at Russell Sage College and The Ohio State University, where she served as department chair in Human Development and Family Science and as associate provost for Faculty Recruitment and Development. She has just returned from a year long sabbatical with the Department of Psychology and the Center for Culture, Brain and Development at UCLA. She teaches courses in life-span development, adolescence, family theories, and the research process. Also an active researcher, Dr. Newman?s interests focus on parent-child relationships in early adolescence, factors that promote success in the transition to high school, and the use of the cohort sequential design as an approach to the study of development. Her current research, funded by the University of Rhode Island?s Research Foundation, is an analysis of the role of family, peer, and school support in the transition to high school. For fun, Newman enjoys reading, making up projects with her grandchildren, taking walks along Narragansett Bay and Block Island Sound, and spending time with her family.Newman, Barbara M. is the author of 'Development through Life A Psychosocial Approach', published 2005 under ISBN 9780495030720 and ISBN 0495030724.