Cassidy, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland
and Director of the Maryland Child and Family Development Laboratory.
Her research focuses on attachment, social and emotional development in
children and adolescents, social information processing, peer relations,
and early intervention. Dr. Cassidy serves as coeditor of the journal
Attachment and Human Development. She is a Fellow of the American
Psychological Society, and received a Boyd R. McCandless Young Scientist
Award from the American Psychological Association.
the University of California, Davis. He has published several books and
over 200 journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Shaver's research
focuses on attachment, human motivation and emotion, close
relationships, personality development, and the effects of meditation on
behavior and brain. He is a fellow of both the American Psychological
Association and the Association for Psychological Science. He received a
Distinguished Career Award from the International Association for
Relationship Research and is currently President of that organization.