Vonnie McLoyd

Developmental psychologist Vonnie C. McLoyd is the Ewart A. C. Thomas Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Professor, College of Literature, Science and the Arts at the University of Michigan. She studies the interactive influences of race, ethnicity, family and economic hardship on human development. McLloyd had been a pioneer in examining and describing the psychological processes through which economic deprivation influences African-American families and children. Her work helps to provide the basic information needed for the development of effective prevention and intervention programs for African-American communities.

McLoyd has served on the editorial boards of Child Development, Developmental Psychology, the Journal of Black Psychology, and the Journal of Research on Adolescence, and is an Associate Editor of American Psychologist. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.