Rate My Professor Kristine Marceau

Kristine Marceau is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Purdue University’s College of Health and Human Sciences, with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Psychological Sciences. She earned a PhD in developmental psychology from The Pennsylvania State University in 2013, an MS from the same institution in 2011, and a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2006. Following postdoctoral positions at Brown University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies and Rhode Island Hospital, she joined Purdue University, where she directs the Biobehavioral Development Lab and co-directs the Methodology Center at Purdue.

Marceau’s research explores how biological and environmental processes interact to shape the development of behavior problems and substance use across the lifespan, with emphasis on gene-environment interplay, prenatal risk factors, neuroendocrine development, pubertal timing and tempo, parenting, and parent-child relationships. She utilizes advanced methodologies such as multilevel modeling, longitudinal data analysis, structural equation modeling, polygenic scores, and quantitative genetic analyses through twin, sibling-discordant, family, and adoption designs. Her highly cited publications include “Disorders of childhood and adolescence: Gender and psychopathology” (Zahn-Waxler, Shirtcliff, & Marceau, 2008), “Individual differences in boys’ and girls’ timing and tempo of puberty: modeling development with nonlinear growth models” (Marceau et al., 2011), “Correspondence between hair cortisol concentrations and 30-day integrated daily salivary and weekly urinary cortisol measures” (Short et al., 2016), and “Development and lability in the parent–child relationship during adolescence: Associations with pubertal timing and tempo” (Marceau, Ram, & Susman, 2015). Marceau has received prestigious awards including University Faculty Scholar (2024-2029), the Behavior Genetics Association’s Fuller and Scott Early Career Award (2021), the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences Early Career Impact Award (2021), and the Association for Psychological Science Rising Star designation (2016). As principal investigator, she has secured over $2.5 million in funding from the NIH and USDA, including an R25 grant for interdisciplinary training in analyzing complex longitudinal data. She serves as Associate Editor for Developmental Psychology and Child Development and is a member of the Society for Research in Child Development’s Publications Committee.