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Through my life and research experiences, I've become fascinated with the question: how do we tap into our full potential? Specifically, I investigate "learning readiness", or the social, cognitive and neural features that predict academic motivation and learning success. I believe these clues will reveal the depths of an individual's potential to learn. And tracking the development of these features, as well as how they vary over time, across individuals from diverse backgrounds, and across

I joined the Design and Environmental Analysis faculty in 1993 as my first full time academic appointment. My first graduate degree was a masters in city and regional planning. I worked as city planner for a large city in New Jersey and as a facility planner and programmer for an architectural firm in New York City.  My PhD is in psychology, specifically environmental psychology. My research interests have always been, and continue to be, related

Ritch C. Savin-Williams is a developmental psychologist, a professor emeritus of Human Development and Psychology. He received the Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, where he studied sex differences in dominance hierarchy formation at summer camp.

Dr. Savin-Williams has written ten books on adolescent development. The last two, Bi: Bisexual, pansexual, fluid, and nonbinary youth (New York University Press, 2021) and Mostly straight: Sexual fluidity among men (Harvard University Press, 2017) follow previous books on

Abby Glick is a second-year M.S. student in Molecular Nutrition with the Aydemir Lab at Cornell University. She earned her B.S. in Dietetics from Iowa State University, where she contributed to clinical and community-based research. Drawing on this foundation in human studies, Abby’s current work explores the molecular mechanisms underlying gut disorders, such as inflammatory bowel disease, and how these findings can inform clinical interventions. She is particularly passionate about bridging molecular discoveries with patient-centered

Dr. Jaleesa Reed is an assistant professor in the Department of Human Centered Design. Broadly, her research explores the processes of self-definition and consumption in relation to place-making and dress practices for marginalized groups. Through the lens of feminist theory and Black geographies, she studies the influence of racism and representation on Black American women’s conceptions of beauty and identity in retail spaces and cities. 

I am the author of approximately 450 articles, books, commentaries, reviews, and chapters, many in the premier journals in the field. According to Google Scholar, my work has been cited about 43,000 times and my h-index is 83-84, i10=261, with ~40 publications each cited over 100 times and 10 cited over 1,000 times. I have given hundreds of invited addresses and keynote speeches around the world (Harvard, Cambridge University, Oxford, Yale, Princeton, University of Rome