Sarah L. Friedman
Sarah L. Friedman
Research Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences
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Dr. Sarah L. Friedman is a developmental psychologist with MA degree from Cornell University, Ph.D. from the George Washington University and post-doctoral training at the National Institute of Mental Health. Her past scientific papers and edited books address a wide range of topics in the area of child development. These include (a) the effects of preterm birth on cognitive, educational and social development of children; (b) the interface of brain, cognition and education; (c) the development of planning skills; (d) longitudinal follow-up research strategies; (e) environmental influences on psychological development; and (f) child care and children’s psychological and health development; (g) children of deployed parents and (h) antisemitism and child development.
More details are available in her curriculum vitae.
Fellow – Association of Psychological Science (1991 to present)
NIH Merit Award "for exceptional leadership in managing the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care" (1993)
Fellow - The American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology (1995 to present)
Fellow - American Psychological Association (1996)
NIH Merit Award “for your outstanding leadership in the development of the program of research being conducted in Phase II of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care” (1996)
Fellow—Division 7—Developmental Psychology—of the American Psychological Association
Advisory Board of Child Research Net(work), c/o Benese Corporation, Tokyo, Japan (2001 to present)
Fellow-Division 1--Society for General Psychology (2003)
American Psychological Association (APA) Meritorious Research Service Commendations (2003)
Scientific and Policy Advisory Group, Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (2006)
Scientific Advisory Board, Military Child Education Coalition. (2010 to present)
Fellow- Division 33---Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities---of the American Psychological Association (2011-to present)
American Psychological Association (APA) Division 7 (Developmental). Executive Committee (2016-2017; 2019-2021)
American Psychological Association (APA) Member of Council (2016-2017; 2019-2021; 2024-2026)
American Psychological Association Division 1 (Society for General Psychology) President Elect (August 2019-August 2020); President (August 2020-August 2021); Past President (August 2021-August 2022)
Association of Jewish Psychologists, Board Member (December 2023-present)
Association of Jewish Psychologists, Chair, Research Committee (December 2023-present)
- Developmental psychology
- Family context of child development
- Childcare and children’s development
- Longitudinal research about children’s development
- Cognitive development of children
- Social development of children
- Parent-child communication in military families
- Antisemitism and child development
Dr. Friedman’s research publications and edited books address a wide range of topics in the area of child development.
A list of her publications can be found on the National Library of Medicine's website.
Dr. Friedman's current focus of research pertains to antisemitism and child development. Specifically, she is interested in the following questions:
a. How do individuals develop antisemitic ideas?
b. How does antisemitism affect Jewish individuals?
c. What are the characteristics of age-appropriate interventions against antisemitism?
d. How are the answers to these questions similar and distinct from answers about the development and effects of other forms of bias and hate?
Ph.D. 1975, The George Washington University; 1971 M.A., Cornell University; 1969 B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem