The Developmental Psychology Program at NYU demonstrates extraordinary success in placing students in postdoctoral fellowships, academic positions, and research and policy organizations immediately upon graduation, with placements occurring in their final year of study. More specifically, over 90% of our graduates continue to engage in cutting-edge research in developmental science through traditional academic and research tracks. The remaining minority of students pursue work in related fields, including NGO’s (such as Promundo) and non-profit foundations and community agencies (including leading Head Start and Early Head Start programs).
Outcomes
The data below depicts job placement information for students who graduated in the NYU Developmental Psychology Ph.D. Program within the past several years.
(N = 26 Graduates)
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Recent Graduates
After completing their doctorates, students leave our program for prestigious faculty and research positions across the nation:
Academic Faculty
Dr. Yana Kuchirko (2018)
Faculty Mentor: Catherine Tamis-LeMonda
Job Title and Employer: Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College
Dr. Allison Friedman-Krauss (2015)
Faculty Mentor: Cybele Raver
Job Title and Employer: Assistant Research Professor, National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University.
Dr. Rufan Luo (2015)
Faculty Mentor: Catherine Tamis-LeMonda
Job Title and Employer: Postdoctoral Fellow, Temple University
Dr. Alexandra Ursache (2014)
Faculty Mentor: Clancy B Blair
Job Title and Employer: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuro-Epidemiology Training Program at Columbia University
Dr. Adina Schick (2012)
Faculty Mentor: Gigliana Melzi
Job Title and Employer: Clinical Assistant Professor, New York University
Dr. Erika Niwa
Faculty Mentor: Niobe Way
Job Title and Employer: Assistant Professor, CUNY - Brooklyn College
Dr. Carlos Santos
Faculty Mentor: Niobe Way
Job Title and Employer: Assistant Professor, University of California: Los Angeles
Dr. Onnie Rogers
Faculty Mentor: Niobe Way
Job Title and Employer: Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
Dr. Lana Karasik
Faculty Mentor: Catherine Tamis-LeMonda
Job Title and Employer: Assistant Professor, CUNY - Staten Island
Dr. Karen McFadden
Faculty Mentor: Catherine Tamis-LeMonda
Job Title and Employer: Assistant Professor, CUNY - Brooklyn College
Dr. Jacqueline Shannon
Faculty Mentor: Catherine Tamis-LeMonda
Job Title and Employer: Assistant Professor, CUNY - Brooklyn College
Researcher at an Academic or Research Institution
Dr. Eric Finegood (2018)
Faculty Mentor: Clancy Blair
Job Title and Employer: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University
Dr. Alyssa Pintar (2018)
Faculty Mentor: Clancy Blair and Catherine Tamis-LeMonda
Job Title and Employer: Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota
Dr. Joy Lorenzo Kennedy (2015)
Faculty Mentor: Gigliana Melzi
Job Title and Employer: Research Scientist for Databrary Project, New York University
Dr. Singh Sukhmani (2015)
Faculty Mentor: Selcuk Sirin
Job Title and Employer: Project Director, New York University
Dr. Juliette Berg
Faculty Mentor: J. Lawrence Aber
Job Title and Employer: Senior Researcher, American Institutes for Research
Dr. Margaret Caspe
Faculty Mentor: Gigliana Melzi
Job Title and Employer: Director of Research and Professional Learning, Global Family Research Project at Harvard University
Dr. John Protzko
Faculty Mentor: Joshua Aronson
Job Title and Employer: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California-Santa Barbara
Dr. Elizabeth Spier
Faculty Mentor: Catherine Tamis-LeMonda
Job Title and Employer: Senior Researcher, American Institutes for Research
Dr. Catalina Torrente (2013)
Job Title and Employer: Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research
Researcher at a Social Service Organization
Dr. Taveeshi Gupta (2015)
Faculty Mentor: Niobe Way
Job Title and Employer: Research Scientist, Promundoe
Dr. Tonia Cristafaro
Faculty Mentor: Catherine Tamis-LeMonda
Job Title and Employer: Director of Early Childhood, Early Headstart NYC - University Settlement
Researcher at a Policy Institute
Dr. Paula Daneri (2018)
Faculty Mentor: Clancy B Blair
Job Title and Employer: Congressional Fellowship, Society for Research in Child Development
Dr. Rachel McKinnon (2017)
Faculty Mentor:
Job Title and Employer: Congressional Fellow, Office of Senator Robert P. Casey Jr.