Susan D. Calkins, Ph.D.

Susan D. Calkins is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. She received his Ph.D. from University of Maryland in 1990. Dr. Calkins is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at UNCG and a Mentor Faculty at The Center for Developmental Science at Chapel Hill.

Susan D. Calkins' research interests include social and emotional development in infancy and early childhood. She has different collaborative research projects named The RIGHT Track Research Project, The S.T.A.R. Project, and Durham Child Health and Development Study. These projects examine the development and developmental trajectories of early disruptive behavior, emotional and cognitive predictors of early school success, and understand child social, emotional, and cognitive development from infancy though age three, respectively.

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Recent publications:

Calkins, S.D. (in press). Regulatory competence and early disruptive behavior problems: The role of physiological regulation. Chapter to appear in S. Olson & A. Sameroff, Regulatory Processes in the Development of Behavior Problems: Biological, Behavioral, and Social-Ecological Interactions. Cambridge University Press.

Calkins, S.D., Graziano, P. & Keane, S.P. (in press). Cardiac vagal regulation to emotional challenge differentiates among child behavior problem subtypes. Biological Psychology.

Calkins, S.D., & Degnan, K. A. (2005). Temperament in early development: Implications for childhood psychopathology. In R. Ammerman (Ed.). The Comprehensive Handbook of Childhood Psychopathology. NY; Guilford Press.

Calkins, S.D. & Keane, S.P. (2004). Cardiac vagal regulation across the preschool period: Stability, continuity, and implications for childhood adjustment. Developmental Psychobiology, 45, 101-112