Society for the Study of Human Development

The Society for the Study of Human Development (SSHD) is a professional society formed by a group of scholars from multiple disciplines (e.g., medicine, biology, psychology, sociology, economics, and history). The central focus of SSHD is to provide an organization that moves beyond age-segmented scholarly organizations to take an integrative, interdisciplinary approach to ages/stages across the life span, generational and ecological contexts of human development, and research and applications to human development policies and programs. It was founded in 1998 when a group of scholars met at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Its first meeting was held in November 1999.^[1][2] The current president of the society is Carolyn Aldwin (Oregon State University), and the president-elect is Lynn S. Liben (The Pennsylvania State University). The society's official journal is Research in Human Development.^[3]

Past presidents

Former presidents of the SSHD include:^[4]

• David Henry Feldman (Tufts University)
• Kristine Ajrouch (Eastern Michigan University)
• Willis Overton (Temple University)
• Cynthia García Coll (Brown University/University of Puerto Rico)
• Lawrence Schiamberg (Michigan State University)
• Toni Antonucci (University of Michigan)
• Susan Whitbourne (University of Massachusetts)
• Jacquelyn James (Boston College)
• Richard M. Lerner (Tufts University)