College
College of Human Environmental Sciences
Department
Human Development and Family Studies
Email
rlaird@ches.ua.edu
Phone
205-348-9277
Dr. Robert Laird is professor and chair of the Department of Human Development and Families Studies. His specific research interests focus on family and peer relationship contributions to children’s development of social and behavioral competencies and he has co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed papers appearing in such journals as Child Development, Developmental Psychology, and the Journal of Adolescence. The National Science Foundation and the W. T. Grant Foundation have funded his recent research projects.
