Renee provides support to the academic advisor and is also responsible for coordinating graduate admissions, processing enrollment forms, final exams, SEEQ's, course substitutions, room reservations, and securing textbook information.
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Professor-in-Charge, Undergraduate Programs
Summary Statement
Bo Cleveland studies individual differences in substance use and misuse as well as how individuals’ characteristics modify the impact of experiences on substance use and addictive behaviors. His work focuses on person-context and person-experience interactions.
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Professor-in-Charge, Graduate Programs
Edna Bennett Pierce Professor of Compassion and Caring
Assistant teaching professor
Internship director
Faculty liaison, HDFS APG
Summary Statement
Marc McCann's priority is to prepare undergraduate students for internships and careers in human services via coursework (455, 490, 495A, 495B) and connections with alumni and other professionals in the field.
Assistant Teaching Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Child Maltreatment and Advocacy Studies
Summary Statement
Taylor Porter focuses on teaching in the Child Maltreatment and Advocacy Studies Minor, inspiring advocates for children and families and serving as an advisor to the CMAS minor.
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
The Pennsylvania State University
119 Health and Human Development Building
University Park, PA 16802
