Our program is distinguished by research that integrates individual, interpersonal, and cultural processes of development. We emphasize understanding the lived experience of children, youth, and adults in their cultural communities. Our faculty study these developmental processes in diverse communities and institutions, including families, friends, peer groups, schools, and children's museums.<br><br>Graduates of our program have accepted faculty positions at such institutions as University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Toronto, Stanford University, University of Minnesota, Boston College, University of Delaware, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, University of Surrey (England), Technical University of Berlin, and several California State University campuses, applied research positions at Educational Training and Research, and Stanford Research Institute, and postdoctoral positions at Harvard, UCLA, University of California-San Diego, University of California-Irvine, and Loyola University Chicago.