Rosemarie DiBiase, Associate Professor

Dr. Rosemarie DiBiase

Associate Professor of Education and Human Services

Mailing Address: 
Department of Education and Human Services
Suffolk University
8 Ashburton Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02108

Office:
STL 718

Phone:
(617) 573-8483

Email:
rdibiase@suffolk.edu

Short Biography

Degrees:
• B.A.  Psychology Major, Biology Minor, University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H.
• M.A. and Ph.D. Developmental Psychology , Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
                      

Recent Presentations and Publications:

• DiBiase, R., Casey, C., Miller, P. M. & Waddell, S.   Contextual Variables Related to Problem Behaviors in at Risk Preschoolers.  Presented at the Conference on Human Development.  April 2004, Washington, D.C.
• Miller, P., DiBiase, R., Wadell, S., The Influence of Culture versus Socioeconomic Background on Mothers’ Characteristics in Head Start Families.  Presented at the Conference on Adult Development. April 2006, San Francisco, CA
• DiBiase, R., Miller, P. & Waddell, S.   Competence in Head Start Preschoolers: Teachers’ and Children’s Preceptions.  Presented  at Head Start’s 8th National Research Conference, “Serving Children Through Partnership and Collaboration,” June 2006, Washington D.C.
• DiBiase, R., & Gunnoe, J. (2004). Cultural and gender differences in touching behavior among Italians, Czechoslovakians and Americans.   The Journal of Social Psychology, 144 (1), 49-62. 

Research Interests:
• Social and emotional development in early childhood
• Contextual variables contributing to psychological disorders in childhood
• Biological-psychological- environmental interactions in the developmental process

Subjects Taught:

Abnormal Development in Infancy
Advanced Theories of Personality
Advanced Developmental Psychology
Child and Adolescent Development (Grad)
Development in Infancy
Developmental Psychology
Developmental Psychopathology (Grad)
General Psychology
Integrated Studies
Life-span Development (Grad)
Practicum in Psychology
Psychological Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence (Grad)
Research Methods in Psychology and Education (Ugrad and Grad)
Science and Technology Today
Women’s Studies