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
73 Tremont Street, 7th Floor
Room 718
Phone:
(617) 573-8483
Email: rdibiase@suffolk.edu

 

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