The following is a listing of core faculty members in the Human Development program. For a complete list of all faculty and their supervisory areas please consult the ECP faculty listing.
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Armando BertoneAssociate Professor & 514-398-3448 armando.bertone [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Profile |
Autism spectrum conditions, development, cognitive assessment, cognitive training, perceptual learning, development of visual and auditory processes, multisensory integration, social perception, technology transfer. Research website: Perceptual Neuroscience Laboratory (PNLab) for Autism and Development |
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Jacob BurackProfessor 514-398-3433 jacob.burack [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Profile |
The development of attention and cognition among typically developing children, persons with autism, and persons with specific syndromes associated with intellectual disabilities. Research website: McGill Youth Study Team
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Tara FlanaganAssociate Professor 514-398-3441 tara.flanagan [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Profile |
Inclusive education, social inclusion, social policy, transition, self-determination, quality of life, people with disabilities and other equity-seeking groups.
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Nancy HeathJames McGill Professor 514-398-3439 nancy.heath [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Profile |
Mental health in schools, enhancing mental health resilience, non-suicidal self-injury. Research website: Heath Research Team Note: Not accepting any students for Fall 2024 admission. |
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Chiaki KonishiAssociate Professor 514-398-4247 chiaki.konishi [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Profile |
Social-emotional development, connectedness (including: attachment, peer relationships, student-teacher relationships, non-parental adult relationships), bullying and discrimination, school climate, social and ecological perspectives, health and development in marginalized populations (eg., sexual and racial/ethnic minorities), methodological and statistical issues. |
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Gigi LukProgram Director, Associate Professor gigi.luk [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Profile
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Cognitive development, bilingualism, language development, literacy acquisition, reading, lifespan development, magnetic resonance imaging, functional and structural neural networks. Note: Accepting MA students only in 2024. |
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Jessica RuglisAssistant Professor 514-398-2418 jessica.ruglis [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Profile |
School dropout, early school leaving and dis/engagement; educational trajectories; educational inequities; child and adolescent health and development; relationships between education and health; social determinants of health; social and education policy; social theory; critical race and social issues in education.
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Victoria TalwarAssociate Professor, 514-398-3438 victoria.talwar [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Profile |
Development of lying in children, theory of mind, and child witness testimony. Research website: Talwar Child Development Research Lab Note: Not accepting any students for Fall 2024 admission. |
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