S. Shirley Feldman, Ph.D., a developmental psychologist with an international reputation, is a Senior Research Scientist in Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences and Associate Director in the Program in Human Biology. She was co-editor of the Carnegie- sponsored volume, At the Threshold: The Developing Adolescent. Her broad interests in adolescent development are manifest in two longitudinal studies (from childhood to mid adolescence, and from mid adolescence to young adulthood), and in her numerous publications on family influences, adolescent sexual behavior, and cross-cultural work on attitudes, values and behaviors in Chinese adolescents in different countries. She has a special interest in the process of acculturation during the teenage years. She formerly served as Director of the Stanford Center for the Study of Families, Children, and Youth. Her experience in that role has made her an outstanding contributor to numerous interdisciplinary endeavors related to adolescence. In particular, she has been a central participant in the attempt to create a curriculum in Human Biology that is appropriate for middle school students.
Dr. S. S. Feldman, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Program in Human Biology
Bldg 20, Inner Quad
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2080
Senior Research Scientist, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences
Associate Director, Program in Human Biology
