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Dr. Francine Favretto - professor and director, Center for Young Children, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland
Expertise -Dr. Favretto serves as the Director for Young Children, a laboratory preschool, in the College of Education. The Center has a triple mission of education of children, training pre-service teachers, and conducting research on how children learn and develop. Dr. Favretto is in charge of policy, procedures, and the overall operation of the Center. Her research interest is in conflict resolution and the development of appropriate curriculum for young children.

Credentials - Dr. Francine Favretto has her PhD in Human Development, and her Master's in Early Childhood Education from the University of Maryland. Her undergraduate degree is in Psychology from Hunter College. She is a member of the Department of Human Development at Maryland. Dr. Favretto has held the position as Director of Early Childhood Undergraduate Teacher Education at the University of Maryland. She has published articles, written chapters in edited books, and has presented at local and national professional conferences. Dr. Favretto has taught on the undergraduate and graduate level and mentored University students.
Contact - 301-405-3168 (office); ffavrett@umd.edu
Web Site - http://www.education.umd.edu/EDHD/CYC/index.htm

Melanie Killen - professor, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland
Expertise - Moral reasoning about intergroup relationships; developmental social cognition; children's and adolescents' evaluations of group inclusion and exclusion; racial bias; explicit and implicit judgments; cultural influences on development.

Credentials - Internationally known expert on children's and adolescents' social development. Editor of the Handbook of Moral Development, consultant for Sesame Street Workshop, consultant for the U.S. Government's Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services, children and video games including development of the Coolschool anti-violence computer game, Youth Initiative program on conflict resolution, and other agencies; author of numerous articles and chapters on a wide range of issues including childhood morality, exclusion in childhood, prejudice, conflict resolution, and peer relationships.
Contact - 301-405-3176 (office); mkillen@umd.edu
Web Site - http://www.education.umd.edu/EDHD/faculty_killen.m.php

Ken Rubin - professor, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland
Expertise - Social, emotional, and personality development; peer relationships; parent-child relationships; the origins and consequences of childhood anxious-withdrawal, aggression, and social competence; cross-cultural social development; children and bullying.

Credentials - director of the Center for Children, Relationships and Culture; Professor Rubin has written extensively about bullying and its effects on children. He is also director of the Laboratory for the Study of Child and Family Relationships. His book, The Friendship Factor won the 2002 National Parenting Publication "Gold Award." Dr. Rubin is a past-president of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD).
Contact - 301-405-0458 (office); krubin@umd.edu
Web Site - http://www.education.umd.edu/EDHD/faculty_rubin.k.php

Kathryn Wentzel - professor, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland
Expertise - making the transition from elementary school to middle school; how children's social relationships with peers and teachers contributes to their academic motivation and their achievement in middle school; links between families and schools.

Credentials - author of numerous book chapters and articles about social motivation and achievement with an emphasis on the middle school experience. One of her latest articles is Friendships, Peer Acceptance, and Group Membership: Relations to Academic Achievement in Middle School. (Child Development)
Contact - 301-405-2810 (office); wentzel@umd.edu
Web Site - http://www.education.umd.edu/EDHD/faculty_wentzel.k.php

Allen Wigfield - professor and chair, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland
Expertise - Dr. Wigfield's research has focused on the development and socialization of children's achievement motivation in different areas. In several large-scale, longitudinal studies he and his colleagues have examined how children's motivation develops across the elementary school years, into and through middle school, and into high school. He has also looked at the development and socialization of motivation and self-concept; gender differences; achievement motivation; self-regulation and learning; and the motivation for literacy.

Credentials - a Fellow in the American Psychological Association, Dr. Wigfield is associate editor of the Journal of Educational Psychology, and serves on the editorial board of several major journals in the fields of educational and developmental psychology. He has authored over 65 articles and chapters, and edited two books.
Contact - 301-405-2809 (office); awigfiel@umd.edu
Web Site - http://www.education.umd.edu/EDHD/faculty_wigfield.a.php
Maryland Literacy Research Center Web Site: http://www.education.umd.edu/literacy/Home/Faculty/wigfield.htm

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