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Cecily Hardaway Ph.D.

Cecily Hardaway, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

African American and Africana Studies
1133 Taliaferro
College Park , Maryland 20742
Office Phone: 301-405-1158

Education:

  1. Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2009
  2. B.S., Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 2002

Biography:

Dr. Hardaway’s program of research centers on understanding how socioeconomic status influences child development and family processes. Her work examines links between poverty-related risks (e.g., exposure to community violence and material hardship) and adolescents’ socioemotional adjustment and academic achievement. Dr. Hardaway’s research also focuses on understanding SES as a source of within-group variability among African Americans. She uses intersectionality as a conceptual tool to help illuminate how racism and economic disadvantage affect African Americans across classes. Her work has been published in psychology, family studies, and child/adolescent development journals, including the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, the American Journal of Community Psychology, and the Psychology of Violence.