The Master of Science degree program in Human Development provides students with
opportunities to pursue advanced study of (1) the growth and development of
individuals at various periods in the life span (e.g., early childhood,
adolescence, adulthood), and (2) the family, in its various forms, as a system
of relationships. Current concern with issues such as child abuse, day care,
divorce, family financial resources, human sexuality, adolescent pregnancy, and
family care of the elderly underscores the importance of study in this field.
The program prepares students for careers in preventive and developmental family
services, program planning and evaluation, and supervision of agencies serving
children and families in a variety of contexts.
Although students accepted into this program have diverse backgrounds, most
often they have an undergraduate degree in one of the social sciences and an
elementary understanding of research procedures. Course requirements are
flexible; students, in consultation with their faculty advisors, develop a
program of study based upon their experience and research interests. A minimum
of 30 credits of coursework, including 6 thesis credits as well as one course in
research methods and one in statistics, is required to complete the degree.
Students are encouraged to include relevant courses from related academic areas
in their plan of study.
The Child Development Learning Center provides an environment in which to work
with young children. Numerous community agencies offer selected students
opportunities to work with adults and children in a variety of contexts.
A limited number of graduate assistantships are available on a competitive basis
each year. Students interested in an assistantship should send a letter to the
Associate Dean, College of Education and Human Development, requesting to be
considered for such a position.
Robert A. Cobb, Ed.D. (Springfield, 1969), Professor of Education and Dean of
the College of Education and Human Development. Aspirations of youth and adults,
school policy development, educational leadership, and higher education.
Elizabeth J. Allan, Ph.D. (The Ohio State University, 1999), Assistant
Professor. Educational Leadership, Higher Education. Equity policy, gender and
education.
A. James Artesani, Ed.D. (West Virginia University, 1992), Associate Professor,
Special Education, Transition Program.
Rosemary A. Bamford, Ed.D. (Georgia, 1977), Professor and Site Coordinator for
Reading Recovery. Literature for children and young adults, language arts and
writing processes.
Marc D. Baranowski, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State, 1977), Associate Professor of
Human Development. Adolescent and adult development, gerontology, family stress.
Mary Bird, M.Ed. (Harvard University, 1987), Instructor. Science Education and
Environmental Education.
Linda M. Bowe, M.Ed. (University of Maine, 1997), Assistant Professor.
Educational Leadership. Program planning and evaluation, public service.
Edward N. Brazee, Ed.D. (Northern Colorado, 1975), Professor. Middle level
education, curriculum development.
Phyllis E. Brazee, Ed.D. (Northern Colorado, 1976), Associate Professor.
Curriculum and foundations.
Dorothy Tysse Breen, Ph.D. (Wisconsin, 1987), Associate Professor. Counseling
children and adolescents, developmental guidance.
David Brown, Ed.D. (Vanderbilt University, 1980), Associate Professor.
Leadership planning, policy analysis in local district and state governance.
Stephen A. Butterfield, Ph.D. (Ohio State, 1984), Professor of Education and
Physical Education.
Sandra Caron, Ph.D. (Syracuse, 1986), Professor of Family Relations. Human
sexuality: AIDS and families, contraception, date rape, sexuality education and
curriculum development.
James Chiavacci, Ph.D. (University of Colorado-Denver, 1987), Instructional
Technologist. Instructional Technology.
Theodore Coladarci, Ph.D. (Stanford, 1980), Professor. Educational psychology
and research methodology.
Nellie Cyr, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh, 1997), Assistant Professor.
Exercise physiology and exercise epidemiology.
William E. Davis, Ph.D. (Connecticut, 1968), Professor. Issues in special
education, at-risk children and families; and school reform. Director, Institute
for the Study of At-Risk Students.
Gordon A. Donaldson, Jr., Ed.D. (Harvard, 1976), Professor. Educational
leadership, rural school administration, the principalship.
Suzanne Estler, Ph.D. (Stanford, 1978), Associate Professor of Higher Education.
Decision making, change and policy processes in educational organizations.
Pamela S. Flood, M.Ed. (University of Maine, 1996), Assistant Research
Professor. National Center for Student Aspirations.
Abigail Garthwait, Ed.D. (University of Maine, 2000), Assistant Professor.
Instructional Technology. Appropriate integration of technology in K–12
classrooms.
Walter J. Harris, Ph.D. (Syracuse, 1973), Professor. Behavior disorders in
children and adolescents, issues in special education.
Dianne L. Hoff, Ed.D. (University of Louisville, 1998), Assistant Professor.
Educational Leadership. School legal issues, special school pop-ulations, the
superintendency and the principalship.
Edward Jadallah, Ph.D. (Ohio State University, 1984) Associate Professor.
Teacher education, social studies education.
Janice V. Kristo, Ph.D. (Connecticut, 1979), Professor. Integration of the
language arts, literature, reading development, and classroom-based research.
Robert A. Lehnhard, Ph.D., (Ohio State, 1984), Associate Professor of Physical
Education. Exercise physiology.
Owen J. Logue, Ed.D. (Vanderbilt University, 1992), Assistant Dean for Academic
Services. Special Education.
John Maddaus, Ph.D. (Syracuse, 1987), Associate Professor. Social and historical
foundations of education, educational policy, school choice, parent-teacher
communications.
Mary Madden, Ph.D. (University of Maine, 2000), Assistant Research Professor.
Girls’ development and education, program evaluation, and qualitative research.
George F. Marnik, Ed.D. (University of Maine, 1997), Assistant Professor.
Educational Leadership. Change process in high schools.
Mary Ann McGarry, Ed.D. (University of Maine, 1994), Associate Professor.
Science and Environmental Education.
Robert M. Milardo, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State, 1982), Professor of Child
Development and Family Relations. Family violence, social networks, divorce.
Sidney Mitchell, Ph.D. (McGill University, 2002), Assistant Professor.
Educational Psychology.
Paula Moore, Ed.D (University of Maine, 1991), Director of Reading Recovery,
Cooperating Assistant Professor Early literacy.
Eric A. Pandiscio, Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin, 1994), Associate
Professor. Math education.
Constance M. Perry, Ed.D. (Maine, 1976), Professor. Graduate and undergraduate
teacher education.
Anne E. Pooler, Ed.D. (Maine, 1975), Associate Professor and Associate Dean for
Instruction. Curriculum development with emphasis on social studies and economic
education.
Brenda M. Power, Ph.D. (University of N.H., 1988), Professor. Literacy education
and teacher as researcher.
Russell J. Quaglia, Ed.D. (Columbia, 1987), Associate Professor. Organizational
theory, change aspirations and policy processes in educational organizations.
Glenn Reif, Ed.D. (Virginia Tech., 1990), Associate Professor. Physical
education pedagogy.
James A. Rog, Ed.D. (Massachusetts, 1979) Associate Professor. Teacher
education, staff development.
Gary L. Schilmoeller, Ph.D. (Kansas, 1977), Associate Professor of Child
Development and Family Relations.
Peggy K. Schomaker, Ph.D. (Michigan State, 1961), Associate Professor of
Consumer Economics and Management. Consumer economics, housing.
Janet E. Spector, Ph.D. (Stanford, 1983), Assistant Professor. Special
education, assessment, and early literacy.
Sydney Carroll Thomas, Ph.D. (University of Rochester, 1993), Associate
Professor. Human development in educational contexts, counseling philosophy and
theory, politics of social class in schools.
Ruth Townsend, C.A.S. (University of Maine, 1999), Educational Program
Specialist. Foundations and assessment.
Herman G. Weller, Ed.D. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
1990), Associate Professor. Science education.
Jane Wellman-Little, C.A.S. (University of Maine, 1997), Instructor. Literacy
education.
Jeff Wilhelm, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin, 1994), Associate Professor.
Developmental reading, the arts and literacy, technology and education,
middle/secondary school issues, teaching of literature and literary response.
Nancy Yoder, Ph.D. (Emory University, 1979), Associate Professor. Educational
Leadership. School/university partnerships, schooling/culture connections.
Lucille Zeph, Ed.D. (Vanderbilt, 1983), Associate Professor. Special education.
Director, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. Severe
disabilities, public school integration, and educational leadership.
Graduate School
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