John Hagen

Additional Research Interests: History of Psychology, Diversity and Inclusion

John W. Hagen, Ph.D. Stanford University, came to the psychology department at the University of Michigan in 1965 as one of three faculty recruited for the newly established developmental program. He served as a professor in psychology and a research professor at the Center for Human Growth and Development until his retirement in 2011.  He now serves at professor emeritus.   During this tenure he served a director the CHGD and as director of the Reading and Learning Center as well as two terms as chair of the developmental program.   When SRCD established its executive office in Ann Arbor, he began an 18 year term as its executive director.    His research has focused on cognitive development and individual differences with several populations of children and adolescents, including chronic illnesses, learning disabilities and those in foster care.   Current activities include serving on the Committee on Disabilities in Psychology of the American Psychological Association and continuing a study on trends in publications on child development.    He also conducts research on history in child development.

Representative Publications

• Hagen,J.W., Pashak, T.J. (2008).  Recognizing Emerging Adulthood as a Distrinct Period of Life. Children, Youth, and Families News, 6, 4-6.
• Hagen, J.W., Lamb-Parker, F. (in press). "Head Start."In Haith, M. and Benson, J. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development (30 ms. pp). San Diego: Elsevier.
• Hagen, J.W. (2007). “The Label Mental Retardation (MR) Involves More Than an IQ Score. A commentary on Kanaya and Ceci (2007). Child Development Perspectives, 1(1), 60-61.
• Lamb-Parker, F., Hagen, J.W., Jaspen, D., Lebrun, L.A. (Eds) (2007) Promoting Positive Development in Young Children. New York: Columbia University.
• Cameron, C. & Hagen, J.W. (2005). "Women in Child Development: Themes from the SRCD Oral History Project." History of Psychology, 8(3), 289-314.