Faculty Research
The Center for Children and Families strives to be a nationally-recognized research center for child development known for its high quality scholarship, training, and science-based service delivery. The Center’s faculty research crosses the fields of human development ranging from parent-child relationships to social-emotional health, language development, and critical thinking in children. CCF faculty affiliates publish regularly in prestigious professional journals and many currently hold research grants from distinguished funders such as the National Science Foundation and branches of the National Institutes of Health. Find more information about their research on their lab websites:
Children and Families Lab – directed by Dr. Margaret Owen
The CHildren and Infant Listening Laboratory (CHILL) – directed by Dr. Andrea Warner-Czyz
Close Relationships and Health Lab – directed by Dr. Heidi Kane
The Developmental Neurolinguistics Lab – directed by Dr. Mandy Maguire
The Family Research Lab – directed by Dr. Jackie Nelson
The Healthy Development Project – directed by Dr. Shayla Holub
The Infant Learning Project – directed by Dr. Melanie Spence
Laboratory for Healthy Social-Emotional Development – directed by Dr. Alva Tang
Language Interaction & Language Acquisition in Children (LILAC) Lab – directed by Dr. Pumpki Lei Su
Social Communication Lab – directed by Dr. Pamela Rollins
The Think Lab – directed by Dr. Candice Mills