The Oxford Handbook of Identity Development

Kate McLean is an Associate Professor at Western Washington University. Her research centers on the development of narrative identity in adolescence and emerging adulthood, particularly as it develops in social contexts, and as it relates to individual differences in personality and adjustment.

Moin Syed is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. His research focuses broadly on identity development among ethnically-diverse youth and the implications of identity development for educational experiences.

Jeff Arnett
Clark University
Department of Psychology
Worcester, MA, USA

Margarita Azmitia
University of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Psychology
Santa Cruz, CA, USA

Joan Chiao
Northwestern University
Department of Psychology
Evanston, IL, USA

Jeffrey Cookston
San Francisco State University
Department of Psychology
San Francisco, CA, USA

Catherine Cooper
University of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Psychology
Santa Cruz, CA, USA

James Cote
The University of Western Ontario
Department of Sociology
London, Ontario, Canada

Elisabetta Crocetti
Utrecht University
Research Centre Adolescent Development
Utrecht, the Netherlands

Elizabeth A. Daniels
Oregon State University-Cascades
Department of Psychology
Bend, OR, USA

Kyle Eichas
Tarleton State University
Department of Psychology and Counseling
Waco, TX, USA

Robyn Fivush
Emory University
Department of Psychology
Atlanta, GA, USA

Hanoch Flum
Ben-Gurion University
Department of Education
Israel

Mark Freeman
College of the Holy Cross
Department of Psychology
Worcester, MA, USA

Meghan M. Gillen
Pennsylvania State University
Division of Social Sciences
Abington, PA, USA

Elizabeth Gonzalez
University of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Psychology
Santa Cruz, CA, USA

Tilmann Habermas
Goethe University
Department of Psychology
Frankfurt, Germany

Phil L. Hammack
University of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Psychology
Santa Cruz, CA, USA

Tokiko Harada
National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Aichi, Japan

Ruthellen Josselon
The Fiedling Institute
School of Psychology
Baltimore, MD, USA

Adam M. Kasmark
Connecticut College
Department of Psychology
New London, CT, USA

Christin Köber
Goethe University
Department of Psychology
Frankfurt, Germany

Neill Korobov
University of West Georgia
Department of Psychology
Carrollton, GA, USA

Jane Kroger
University of Tromsø
Department of Psychology
Tromsø, Norway
Western Washington University
Department of Psychology
Bellingham, WA, USA

Saskia Kunnen
University of Groningen
Department of Developmental Psychology
Groningen, Netherlands

William Kurtines
Florida International University
Department of Psychology
Miami, FL, USA

Jack Lam
University of Minnesota
Department of Sociology
Minneapolis, MN, USA

Shi-Rong Lee
University of Minnesota
Department of Sociology
Minneapolis, MN, USA

Leslie D. Leve
University of Oregon
Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services
Eugene, OR, USA

Jennifer Pals Lilgendahl
Haverford College
Department of Psychology
Haverford, PA, USA

Koen Luyckx
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
School Psychology and Adolescent Development
Faculty of Psychology
Leuven, The Netherlands

Adriana M. Manago
Western Washington University
Department of Psychology
Bellingham, WA, USA

Dan McAdams
Northwestern University
Department of Psychology
Evanston, IL, USA

Kate C. McLean
Western Washington University
Department of Psychology
Bellingham, WA, USA

Alan Meca
Florida International University
Department of Psychology
Miami, FL, USA

Wim Meeus
Utrecht University
Research Centre Adolescent Development
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Department of Developmental Psychology
Tilburg University
Tilburg, the Netherlands

Marijke Metz
University of Groningen
Department of Developmental Psychology
Groningen, Netherlands

Marilyn J. Montgomery
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN, USA

Jeylan Mortimer
University of Minnesota
Department of Sociology
Minneapolis, MN, USA

Frosso Motti-Stefanidi
University of Athens
Department of Psychology
Athens, Greece

Alissa J. Mrazek
Northwestern University
Department of Psychology
Evanston, IL, USA

Misaki N. Natsuaki
University of California Riverside
Department of Psychology
Riverside, CA, USA

Monisha Pasupathi
University of Utah
Department Of Psychology
Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Holly Recchia
Concordia University
Department of Education
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Luke Remy
San Francisco State University
Department of Psychology
San Francisco, CA, USA

Onnie Rogers
University of Washington Seattle
Department of Psychology
Seattle, WA, USA

Wendy Rote
University of Rochester
Department of Clinical & Social Psychology
Rochester, NY, USA

Danielle V. Samuels
University of California Riverside
Department of Psychology
Riverside, CA, USA

Elli P. Schachter
Bar-Ilan University
School of Education
Ramat Gan, Israel

Seth Schwartz
University of Miami
Department of Public Health Sciences
Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL, USA

Jefferson Singer
Connecticut College
Department of Psychology
New London, CT, USA

Judi Smetana
University of Rochester
Department of Clinical & Social Psychology
Rochester, NY, USA

Moin Syed
University of Minnesota
Department of Psychology
Minneapolis, MN, USA

Cecilia Wainryb
University of Utah
Department Of Psychology
Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Alan S. Waterman
The College of New Jersey
Department of Psychology
Ewing, NJ, USA

Niobe Way
New York University
Department of Applied Psychology
New York, NY, USA

Antoinette R. Wilson
University of California, Santa Cruz,
Department of Psychology
Santa Cruz, CA, USA

Frank C. Worrell
University of California, Berkeley
Graduate School of Education
Berkely, CA, USA

Widaad Zaman
University of Central Florida
Department of Psychology
Valencia-Osceola, FL, USA

Claudia Zapata-Gietl
Northwestern University
Program in Human Development and Social Policy
Evanston, IL, USA

"Conceived and executed creatively to engage reader interest by providing contrasting viewpoints, this volume furnishes researchers, teachers, and clinicians with a useful overview of current issues in identity. The wealth of information presented here is a tribute to authors' boldness in advancing in new directions, as well as to Erikson, whose ideas continue to stimulate thinking and research. This book provides an indispensable foundation for anyone interested in identity development." --James E. Marcia, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia

"As a handbook should, this volume provides a comprehensive and holistic description of identity development across the lifespan. But its gift to the multiple fields of identity research is the way it is designed to make the chapters 'talk' to one another and to the history of identity development theorizing and research. The contradictions and gaps in theory and research are made transparent, creating a handful of debates between and within multiple perspectives rather than a descriptive handbook. Thanks to the editors and authors for this valuable resource." --Sheila Marshall, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Social Work/Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, University of British Columbia

"How fitting that the Oxford Handbook of Identity Development came about to bring more coherence to a field which itself studies coherence. Editors McLean and Syed and their talented authors accomplished their goal of shaking up the field by focusing on controversies and challenges rather than by rehashing what is already known. Each section of the Handbook is like a banquet for identity scholars; each course of the meal involves contrasting and complementary flavors. By the end of the banquet we are satisfied, yet stimulated to ponder the next set of debates, looking forward rather than back." --Harold D. Grotevant, PhD, Rudd Family Foundation Chair in Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst

"Instead of a review of past research, McLean and Syed present a future-oriented overview of the field with their Oxford Handbook of Identity Development. They fulfill my longstanding wish that all the researchers within the Eriksonian tradition start listening to each other in a joint attempt to integrate their different perspectives into a complex but more integrated identity of identity research. When you share this wish, the book offers an exciting starting point, excellent food for thought when you want to go beyond the confines of your own research." --Harke A. Bosma, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

"Written by an international collection of contributors, this book explores the Eriksonian concept of identity and provides new directions. This is a valuable book for both researchers and clinicians." --Gary B Kaniuk, Doody's Health Science Book Review