Frances Stott is Barbara T. Bowman Professor of Child Development. A faculty member since 1979, she served as Erikson's dean from 1993 to 2007. A licensed clinical psychologist, she currently focuses her teaching and research on parent-child relationships and social-emotional development through the life span.
She is a member of the Scholastic National Early Childhood Advisory Board and the Educational Foundation of America Board. She is co-editor of What Children Can Tell Us (Jossey-Bass, 1989), a comprehensive guide to obtaining and assessing information from infants and young children.
Areas of Expertise
Life-span development with a focus on the social-emotional development of young children; parent-child relationships; children and families at risk; children of divorce; infant mental health.