University Distinguished Professor
College of Science Faculty Fellow
Faculty, Department of Psychology
Faculty, Developmental Science Graduate Program
Director, The CAP Lab
College of Science Faculty Fellow
Faculty, Department of Psychology
Faculty, Developmental Science Graduate Program
Director, The CAP Lab
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Office Hours
Spring 2025
Mondays 9-10
Tuesdays 12-1
Thursdays 9-10
and by appointment
office = WMS 333
zoom = https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/5402312546
Mondays 9-10
Tuesdays 12-1
Thursdays 9-10
and by appointment
office = WMS 333
zoom = https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/5402312546
Office Address
333 Williams Hall
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Not currently accepting students
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Curriculum Vitae
Short Bio
since 2021 --- University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Tech
since 2019 --- College of Science Faculty Fellow, Virginia Tech
since 2010 --- Professor of Psychology, Virginia Tech
2001-2010 --- Associate Professor of Psychology, Virginia Tech
1996-2001 --- Assistant Professor of Psychology, Virginia Tech
1993-1996 --- Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of South Carolina
1992-1993 --- Research Associate, Child Development Lab, University of Maryland
since 2019 --- College of Science Faculty Fellow, Virginia Tech
since 2010 --- Professor of Psychology, Virginia Tech
2001-2010 --- Associate Professor of Psychology, Virginia Tech
1996-2001 --- Assistant Professor of Psychology, Virginia Tech
1993-1996 --- Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of South Carolina
1992-1993 --- Research Associate, Child Development Lab, University of Maryland
Interests
Developmental changes in brain-behavior relations during infancy and childhood; developmental cognitive neuroscience and developmental psychophysiology (executive function, emotion regulation, EEG, ECG); individual differences in development; integration of cognition and emotion in early development.
Recent Courses Taught
- PSYC 6944 - Advanced Topics in Developmental Psychology
- PSYC 5544 - Cognitive Development
- PSYC 4034- Special Topics in Dev Psyc ("Child Cognitive and Social-Emotional Development")
Select Publications
- EDITED BOOK:
- Bell, M.A. (Ed.), (2024). Child development at the intersection of emotion and cognition (2nd ed). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- RECENT JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:
- 2025
- Broomell, A.P.R., Andre, N., Patton, L.A., & Bell, M.A. (accepted). Neural foundations of joint attention in infancy. Cognitive Development.
- Zhu, D., Lozada, F.T., Smith, C.L., Bell, M.A., & Dunsmore, J.C. (2025_early online). Maternal emotion coaching and child emotion regulation: Within-interaction sequences in early childhood. Affective Science.
- Carreno, C.A., Evans, M.E., Lockhart, B.K., Chinaka, O., Katz, B., Bell, M.A., & Howell, B.R. (2025). Optimizing infant neuroimaging methods to understand the neurodevelopmental impacts of early nutrition and feeding. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 71, 101481.
- 2024
- Bruce, M., Ermanni, B., & Bell, M.A. (2024). Vocabulary size predicts behavioral problems in emotionally reactive children. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 67, 265-273.
- Hong, Y., Bell, M.A., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2024). Mother-child similarity during observed interactions: Links with mother and child effortful control. Family Relations, 73, 1823-1839.
- Hong, Y., Bertrand, C.M., Deater-Deckard, K., Smith, C.L., & Bell, M.A. (2024). The role of mother’s and child’s self-regulation on bidirectional links between harsh parenting and child externalizing problems. Developmental Psychology. 60(3), 441–455.
- Phillips., J.J., Roche, M.J., & Bell, M.A. (2024). The utility of the Level of Personality Functioning Scale in maternal samples: A brief report. Journal of Personality Assessment, 106(3), 328-336.
- Phillips, J., Smith, C.L., & Bell, M.A. (2024). Associations between maternal personality dysfunction and emotion suppression and adolescent emotion suppression. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 11, 30.
- Phillips, J., Williams, C., Hunter, J., & Bell, M.A. (2024). Parasympathetic regulation and maternal parenting as longitudinal predictors of preschooler inhibitory control. Infant and Child Development, 33(6),e2553.
- Putnam, S. P., Selec, E., French, B., Gartstein, M.A., Lira Luttges, B. & 489 members of the Global Temperament Project. (2024). The Global Temperament Project: Parent-Reported temperament in infants, toddlers and children from 59 nations. Developmental Psychology, 60(5), 916-941.
- Zerrouk, M., & Bell, M.A. (2024). Examining conduct problems in a community sample during middle childhood: The role of frontal EEG asymmetry, temperament, and working memory. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 22, 1119-1133.
- Zerrouk, M., Ravigopal, T., & Bell, M.A. (2024). Assessing anxiety problems in a community sample during toddlerhood: The impact of child temperament and maternal intrusiveness. Infant Behavior and Development, 70, 101932.
- Zhu, D., Terry, J.B., Talley, K.E., Bell, M.A., & Dunsmore, J.D. (2024). Etch the emotional life: Mother-child emotion socialization from age 3 to 6 years. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 33(5), 1571-1589.
Degrees
- 1992 --- PhD, Human Development, University of Maryland
- 1983 --- MS, Child and Family Studies, University of Tennessee
- 1978 --- BS, Home Economics, Carson-Newman College