Research Area of Specialization: Individual Development — Adulthood and Aging

David Almeida
Daily stress processes; adult development; family factors in mental health; work and family linkages; fatherhood; statistical techniques for measuring change.
Melissa Hardy
Work and Retirement; Public Policy; Political Attitudes; Women’s Issues and Aging; Cognitive Components of Saving and Investment Behavior; Older Workers.
Warner Schaie
Cognitive and personality development from young adulthood to old age; influences of health on behavior; studies of multi-generational adult families; research methods in the developmental sciences.
Sherry Willis
Basic and applied cognitive development in midlife and old age. Everyday problem solving in normal and demented elderly; cognitive training in adulthood and old age; collaborative learning in adulthood.
Steven Zarit
Mental health and aging, especially the stress of caregivers; functioning of the oldest old; innovative models of service delivery.