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Please share with your students and RAs that the Developmental area (<a style="margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://dornsife.usc.edu/psyc/developmental-psychology/" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA3f25439d-c324-eab0-b7ca-e03c54ece820" target="_blank" href="https://dornsife.usc.edu/psyc/developmental-psychology/">https://dornsife.usc.edu/psyc/developmental-psychology/</a>)
at the University of Southern California is inviting prospective students to apply to our Ph.D. program. The program provides five years of full funding (tuition covered, ~$41,200 annual stipend, health and dental insurance). Students are provided two years
of fellowship to allow them to focus full time on their studies, and three years of support as a teaching or research assistant.</div>
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The program examines diverse developmental processes that include culture and context, language, cognition, emotion, social functioning in the family and peer group, developmental psychopathology, and neurodevelopment. As an interdisciplinary program, students
are able to take courses and collaborate with faculty from the <span style="color: blue;">
<u><a style="color: blue; margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="1" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://dornsife.usc.edu/psyc/brain-and-cognitive-science/" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA4f0ac3c0-ad6d-810b-9445-feacd83e831e" target="_blank" href="https://dornsife.usc.edu/psyc/brain-and-cognitive-science/">Cognitive
and Brain Science</a></u></span>, <span style="color: blue;"><u><a style="color: blue; margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="2" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://dornsife.usc.edu/psyc/clinical-science/" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWAe91713c4-91e5-470e-eac1-f260a150aebe" target="_blank" href="https://dornsife.usc.edu/psyc/clinical-science/">Clinical
Science</a></u></span>, and <span style="color: blue;"><u><a style="color: blue; margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="3" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://dornsife.usc.edu/psyc/quantitative-methods/" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA3bf02a4c-42c9-4a72-288f-4dedd8cb55d3" target="_blank" href="https://dornsife.usc.edu/psyc/quantitative-methods/">Quantitative
Methods and Computational Psychology</a></u></span> areas as well as other colleges across USC.</div>
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Interested applicants are encouraged to visit the department admissions website: <a style="margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="4" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://dornsife.usc.edu/psyc/admissions/" class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA9da9a6f3-e22d-5a57-840e-f0a5204a34f8" target="_blank" href="https://dornsife.usc.edu/psyc/admissions/">
https://dornsife.usc.edu/psyc/admissions/</a>. The deadline for applications is December 1, 2025.</div>
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The following PIs are accepting students for Fall 2026:</div>
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Heather Kosakowski: Functional organization of the infant brain to understand how the brain supports infant perception and cognition.
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Sandy LaTourrette: Language acquisition and cognitive development in infants and young children
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Santiago Morales: Development of emotion and emotion regulation by integrating psychophysiological, neuroimaging, and behavioral measures.
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https://www.santiagomorales.net/</a></div>
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Thanks! (and apologies for cross-posting)</div>
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Sandy LaTourrette</div>
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Assistant Professor in Psychology</div>
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University of Southern California</div>
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