Dr. David A Schultz

Associate Professor · Tenured

Department of Psychology

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

About

Dr. Schultz is a clinical psychologist who is interested in the prevention of behavior problems in children. He has worked extensively in the world of early childhood in both community and educational settings. His research has focused on children's social and emotional intelligence, family settings that promote this intelligence, and how this intelligence helps a child navigate their social world. He also co-developed a preschool curriculum to teach young children social and emotional skills. His current work focuses on training home visitors, who visit with pregnant mothers and mothers of newborns. He is Director of the UMBC Home Visiting Training Center. The goal is to educate mothers and family members to create as supportive an environment as possible for early child development.

Research interests

Dr. Schultz' current research focuses on the evaluation of the home visiting training programs.

Teaching interests

Child development.
The development of aggressive and disruptive behaviors.

Education

  • Other, Mental HealthJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (2003)
  • Ph D, Child ClinicalUniversity of Delaware (2000)
  • MA, General Experimental PsychologyThe College of William & Mary (1995)
  • OtherYale University (1993)
  • BA, HistoryUniversity of Maryland (1990)