Katharine H. Zeiders, Ph.D.

Professor, Human Development & Family Science
Katie Zeiders

McClelland Park
650 N Park Ave
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0078

Hometown
Willcox, Arizona
Research

Dr. Zeiders is accepting graduate students for the 2024-2025 academic year. 

My work operates from a general stress process model and draws from the risk and resilience literature to (a) identify relevant challenges related to families’ and youths’ well-being (b) explore biological processes mediating the link between challenges and well-being and (c) identify the ways in which individual and family factors moderate stress processes. My research interests are explored in individuals’ naturalistic environments using daily and weekly diary methodology alongside more long-term developmental approaches.

Teaching

FSHD 447a Sociocultural Development

FSHD 507A Research Methods I

FSHD 507B Research Methods II

FSHD 537B Intermediate Statistical Analysis 

FSHD 607 Stress (Graduate Seminar)

Area of Expertise

Adolescent development

Stressors and HPA axis

Advanced statistical analyses (latent growth modeling, latent categorical/profile analysis, multi-level modeling)