Nathan A. Fox, Ph.D.

• Distinguished University Professor

• Director, Child Development Laboratory, University of Maryland College Park

Nathan A. Fox, Ph.D., is Professor of Human Development at the University of Maryland College Park. He received his undergraduate degree from Williams College and his doctorate from Harvard University. His area of research interest is in social and emotional development of infants and young children.

Professor Fox has completed research on the biological bases of social and emotional behavior developing methods for assessing brain activity in infants and young children during tasks designed to elicit a range of emotions. He has published over 100 empirical papers plus chapters. His work is funded by the National Institutes of Health that recently awarded him a MERIT award for excellence of his research program examining social and emotional development of young children.

Professor Fox has served as Associate Editor of the journals Developmental Psychology and Psychophysiology and as Editor of the journal Infant Behavior and Development. He is past President of the International Society of Infant Studies and Past President of Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. He serves on the advisory boards of the Merrill-Palmer Institute and the Center for Developmental Science at the University of North Carolina and was a member of the research network on Early Experience and Brain Development funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He currently serves on the Bio-behavioral Sciences standing review panel for NICHD.

Dr. Fox was awarded the Distinguished Scholar Teacher award from the University of Maryland in 2005.