Stacy D. Thompson, Ph.D.

Stacy D. Thompson, Ph.D.

Stacy D. Thompson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale specializing in Child Development. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of developmental assessment, infant and children's development, and early intervention within the context of the family. Dr. Thompson's research interests include feeding and interventions for families and caregivers, risk-taking behaviors in adolescence, fathers of infants born to adolescent mothers, and quality care for young children.

I am a member of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Division for Early Childhood, and National Council on Family Relations (NCFR).