Sara Rachel Jaffee is an American developmental psychologist and professor of

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

, where she is also Department Chair. She previously held a faculty position at the

Institute of Psychiatry The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) is a centre for mental health and neuroscience research, education and training in Europe. It is dedicated to understanding, preventing and treating mental illness, neurological co ...

. She specializes in the field of

developmental psychopathology Developmental psychopathology is the study of the development of psychological disorders (e.g., psychopathy, autism, schizophrenia and depression) with a life course perspective. Researchers who work from this perspective emphasize how psychopatho ...

, with a particular focus on

antisocial behavior Antisocial may refer to: Sociology, psychiatry and psychology *Anti-social behaviour *Antisocial personality disorder *Psychopathy *Conduct disorder Law *Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 * Anti-Social Behaviour Order *Crime and Disorder Act 1998 * ...

in children.

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Living people American developmental psychologists American women psychologists 21st-century American psychologists University of Pennsylvania faculty Oberlin College alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Year of birth missing (living people) American women academics 21st-century American women Behavior geneticists {{US-psychologist-stub