Contact Information

Dickinson College
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Bio

His teaching is in the area of child development and encompasses courses in both typical child development and developmental psychopathology. Prof. Smith’s research has looked at infant, early childhood, and late adolescent development, focusing both on mechanisms that affect social interaction between peers and on the impact that parenting styles and parental availability have on development. His most current research has focused on transitions in late adolescence, including the transition to college, attempting to identify factors that affect adjustment to novel environments.

Education

• B.A., Plymouth State College, 1977
• M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1980
• Ph.D., 1981