Institute of Child Development
College of Education and Human Development
Twin Cities
Award Year
2018
University Award
Distinguished McKnight University Professors
Section A
, Location 14
The Enduring Legacy of Early Interpersonal Experiences
Professor Roisman has spent his distinguished career extending into adulthood landmark longitudinal studies of human development that span the life-course. Leveraging these unique datasets and innovative statistical methods, Roisman’s contributions reveal: (a) in which domains, (b) through what mechanisms, and (c) for whom early relationship experiences endure in their impacts. His current work is illuminating how childhood experiences support or undermine adults’ physical health via studies that disambiguate the effects of social experiences from genetics.