Faculty

Harriet Oster 
PHD
Clinical Professor

Department Affiliation

• The Paul McGhee Division

Courses

• Adult Development and Aging / Y26.7257
  
• Introduction to Psychology / Y20.6801
  
• Senior Project Seminar (Social Sciences) / Y26.7991
  
• Developmental Psychology / Y26.6848
  
• The Psychology of Emotion / PSYC1-DC6851
  
• Developmental Psychology / PSYC1-DC6848
  
• Introduction to Psychology / PSYC1-DC6801
  
• Fieldwork in Psychology / PSYC1-DC6891
  

Educational Record

• University of California Berkeley, PHD, 1975, Psychology

Teaching Record

• New York University, Applied Psychology
  Associate Research Scientist 1991 - 1994
• Columbia University College of Physicians and Surg, Psychiatry
  Associate Research Scientist 1995 - 1996
• New York University, SCPS, McGhee Div., Liberal Arts
  Master Teacher of Psychology 1998 - 2008
• New York University School of Medicine, Plastic Surgery
  Research Associate Professor 2002 - Present
• New York University, SCPS, McGhee Div., Liberal Arts
  Clinical Professor of Psychology 2009 - Present

Professional Record

• Peer Reviewer , US and international psychology journals, 1990 - 2008
• Associate Research Scientist, NYU School of Education, Applied Psychology, 1991 - 1994
• Associate Research Scientist, Columbia Univ College of Physicians & Surgeons, 1995 - 1996
• Research Associate Professor, NYU School of Medicine, 1996 - Present
• Ad Hoc Reviewer, Grant Applications, National Institute of Mental Health, 2000 - 2008
• Panelist, Pediatric Formulations Working Group, National Inst of Child Health & Human Development, 2005 - 2005

Honors & Awards

• NRSA Post-doctoral Traineeship
  National Institute of Mental Health, 1975
• Biomedical Research Support Grant
  NIH, Univ of Pennsylvania, 1981
• Research Grant, Co-Principal Investigator
  National Institute of Mental Health, 1991
• Research Grant, Principal Investigator
  National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction, 1993
• Research Grant, Principal Investigator
  American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 1994
• Research Grant, Principal Investigator
  March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 1994
• Research Grant, Co-Principal Investigator
  National Insti. of Child Health/Human Development, 2008
• Research Grant, Co-Principal Investigator
  SCPS, 75th Anniversary Research Fund, 2009

Professional Societies

• International Society for Research on Emotions, NA, 1985 - 2006
• Society for Research in Child Development, NA, 1985 - 2006
• American Psychological Association, NA, 1990 - 2006
• American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, NA, 1993 - 2006
• American Psychological Society, NA, 1998 - 2006
• International Society for Infant Studies, NA, 1998 - 2006

Publications

• Baby FACS: Facial Action Coding System for Infants and Young Children, Unpublished Coding Manual, 2008
• complete publication list available on request, Book chapters and peer-reviwed journal articles, 2008
• The repertoire of infant facial expressions: An Ontogenetic Perspective, Nadel & Muir (Eds.), Emotional Development, Oxford, 2005
• Emotion in the infant¿s face: Insights from the study of infants with facial anomalies, Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences vol 1000, 2003