Who We Are
Contact Us:
Email:
cel@purdue.edu
Address:
Hanley Hall, Suite 310
Mitch Daniels Blvd.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2055
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Director
David Purpura, PhD
Director, Professor, Human Development & Family Science
Executive Leadership Team
Sarah Eason, PhD
Chair of Family & Community Engagement, Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Science
Jennifer Finders, PhD
Chair of Policy, Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Science
Chanele Robinson-Rucker, PhD
Chair of Professional Development, Human Development and Family Science
Terry Bean
Research Operations Administrator, Human Development and Family Science
Faculty Leadership Council
Rob Duncan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Science
Sarah Karalulnas, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychological Sciences
Catherine (Cammie) McBride, PhD
Professor, Human Development and Family Science
Megan Purcell, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science
Elizabeth Schlesinger-Devlin, EdD
Director, Miller Child Development Lab School Human Development and Family Science
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Affiliates
Laura Bofferding, PhD
Associate Professor, Mathematics Education
Arielle Borovsky, PhD
Associate Professor, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences
Sean P. Brophy, PhD
Associate Professor, Engineering Education
Françoise Brosseau-Lapré, PhD
Associate Professor, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Brenda Capobianco, PhD
Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
Heather Ciesielski, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychological Sciences
Laura Elenbaas, PhD
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Science
Michelle Garrison, PhD
Professor and Department Head, Public Health
Tamar Greenwell, ASHA CCC-SLP; IPLA
Clinical Assistant Professor, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Anne Gritt, MS CCC-SLP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Shawna Harbin, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychological Sciences
Nastasha Johnson, PhD
Associate Professor, Libraries and School of Information Studies
Natalya Kaganovich, PhD
Associate Professor, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Bridgette Kelleher, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychological Sciences
Valerie Knopik, PhD
Ben and Maxine Miller Professor, Department, Human Development and Family Science
Laurence Leonard, PhD
Rachel E. Stark Distinguished Professor, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Chenell Loudermill, PhD
Clinical Professor, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
Kelsie Muller, MS
Extension Specialist, Human Development and Family Science
Linda Renzulli, PhD
Professor and Head, Sociology
Brenda Sarmiento-Quezada, PhD
Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
Miguel Sarzosa, PhD
Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
Jane Yatcilla, PhD
Assistant Professor, Libraries and School of Information Studies
Postdoctoral Research Associates
Susana Beltrán-Grimm, PhD
Shawn Carlson, PhD
Avery Closser, PhD
Jasmine Ernst, PhD
Chi San (Jana) Ho, PhD
Angelina Joy, PhD
Sona Kumer, PhD
Tamika McElveen, PhD
Salvador Vazquez, PhD
Research Associates
Michael Eiland, PhD, Senior Research Associate
Amanda Mayes, PhD, Senior Research Associate
Allie Foster, Research Operations Associate