Education

1972-1973 University of Edinburgh, Junior year abroad
1970-1974    Brandeis University, BA with honors in psychology
1974-1979 City University of New York, Ph.D. in Biopsychology
1979-1980 Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, Postdoctoral Fellow

Employment

1980-1982 Vassar College, Assistant Professor
1982-1985 Illinois Institute for Developmental Disabilities, Chicago, IL., Research Scientist
1985-1987  Evanston Hospital, Dept. of Behavioral & Developmental Pediatrics, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, Director of Research
1987-2003 New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY, Research Scientist
2003 - Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, Professor

Honors

2000         Elected Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
2004 Elected Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 7
2006 Elected, President, International Society on Infant Studies

Service

1999- Web Master for the International Society on Infant Studies (www.isisweb.org)
2005- 2007 Conference Coordinator & Executive Board Member, International Society for Developmental Psychobiology
2007 Member, Journal Reorganization Committee, International Society for Developmental Psychobiology
2002-2006 Secretary & Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society on Infant Studies
2006-2008 President-Elect, International Society on Infant Studies
2008-2010 President, International Society on Infant Studies

Editorial Boards

  Advances in Cognitive Psychology (present)
Infancy (present)
Developmental Psychobiology (1996-present)
  Child Development (2001-2003)
  Developmental Psychology (1993-1998)