Plenary Session:
Invited Address by Dante Cicchetti, PhD—

Developmental Psychopathology in Action: Nature, Nuture, and Change Across the Life Span (3283)

Saturday, Aug. 8, 2:00–2:50 p.m., Room 714B

Dante Cicchetti, PhD, is McKnight Presidential Chair and professor of child psychology and psychiatry at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. He is widely regarded as one of the leading researchers and scholars in the field of developmental psychopathology. After receiving his PhD in clinical psychology and child development from the University of Minnesota, Dr. Cicchetti joined the faculty of Harvard University as an assistant professor, later becoming the Norman Tishman Associate Professor of Psychology and Social Relations. Dr. Cicchetti established the Mt. Hope Family Center in Rochester, NY, in 1985 and served as its director until 2005. From 2000 to 2005, he was the Shirley Cox Kearns Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics at the University of Rochester. Dr. Cicchetti has received numerous awards, including the three highest honors of APA’s Division 7: the G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contribution to Developmental Psychology (2005), the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society (2006), and the Mentor Award in Developmental Psychology (2008). Additionally, in 2004 he received the APA Senior Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest. In 1999, he received the APA Division 12 Distinguished Contributions to Research in Clinical Child Psychology Award and the Division 37 Nicholas Hobbs Award for Significant Contributions to Child Advocacy and Social Policy. He has published over 400 articles, books, and journal special issues that have had far-reaching impact on developmental theory as well as on science, policy, and practice related to child maltreatment, depression, mental retardation, and numerous other domains of development. Dr. Cicchetti is the founding and current editor of Development and Psychopathology.

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