| Kirby Deater-Deckard | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Developmental psychology |
| Workplaces: | University of Oregon Virginia Tech University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Education: | Pennsylvania State University University of Virginia |
| Thesis Title: | Differential Discipline and Parent Perceptions of Siblings' Characteristics: Comparing Between- and Within-Family Analyses |
| Thesis Url: | https://libraetd.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/d504rk61b |
| Thesis Year: | 1994 |
| Doctoral Advisors: | Sandra Scarr Richard Q. Bell Charlotte Patterson Emily Hauenstein |
| Awards: | Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (2008) |
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Kirby D. Deater-Deckard is an American developmental psychologist who is Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as well as director of the Healthy Development Initiative at the UMass Center in Springfield.[1] He has been a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science since 2008.[2]