University of Pittsburgh

McCall, Robert B

McCall, Robert B

Professor, Department of Psychology; Co-Director, University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development
PhD, University of Illinois
Clinical Program, Developmental Program, Clinical/Developmental Program

Contact

400 N. Lexington
412-244-5421
Fax: 412-244-5440
mccall2@pitt.edu
www.education.pitt.edu/OCD

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Research Interests: Applied child development, interventions in orphanages, follow-up of adoptees, program evaluation, cognitive development of infants, development of intellectual performance, longitudinal research methods, underachievers.

Accepting Graduate Students: Yes

Selected Publications

  • McCall, R. B. (2009). Evidence-based programming in the context of practice and policy. SRCD Social Policy Report, 23(3), 3 – 18.
  • The St. Petersburg – USA Orphanage Research Team (2008). The effects of early social-emotional and relationship experience on the development of young orphanage chidren. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, Serial No. 291, 73(3).
  • Groark, C. J., & McCall, R.B. (2008). Community-based interventions and services. Rutter’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 5th Edition (pp. 971 – 988). London, UK: Blackwell.
  • Groark, C.J., & McCall, R.B. (2005). Integrating developmental scholarship into practice and policy. In M.H. Bornstein and M.E. Lamb (Eds.), Developmental psychology: An advanced textbook, 5th Edition (pp. 570-601). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Axxociates.
  • The St. Petersburg – USA Orphanage Research Team (2005). Characteristics of children, caregivers, and orphanages for young children in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology: Special Issue on Child Abandonment. 26, 477 – 506.

Honors and Awards

  • Society for Research in Child Development Distinguished Contribution to Public Policy for Children Award (2003)
  • Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in both Research and Community Service (1998)
  • American Psychological Association Distinguished Contribution to Public Service (1994)

Graduate Student Advisees

  • Hawk, Brandi
  • Julian, Megan
  • Merz, Emily
  • Rosas, Johana
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