Highest Degree:
Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan in 1971

Other Credentials:
Fellow of the American Psychological Association

Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)

Teaching interests:
Lifespan development; adolescent development; identity issues; family, school, and community contexts for development.

Research interests:
Identity and Alienation; The transition to high school for low-income, urban youth; Factors associated with retention for low-income, minority college students.

Other scholarly and/or creative work:
Writing in the field of human development, especially the lifespan textbook, "Development through life: A psychosocial approach" co-authored with Barbara M. Newman, which has been translated into Chinese and Japanese and is now in its 7th edition.

Selected Publications (1995 to present):
Newman, B.M. & Newman, P.R. (1997). Childhood and Adolescence. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.

Newman, B.M. & Newman, P.R. (1999). Development through life: A psychosocial approach. (Seventh Edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Newman, P. R., & Newman, B. M. (1999). What does it take to have a positive impact on minority students= college retention? Adolescence, 34 (135), 483-492.

Newman, B. M., Lohman B. J., Myers , M. C., Newman P. R. (2000). Experiences of urban youth navigating the transition to ninth grade. Youth and Society, 31, (4), 387-416.

Newman, B. M., Myers, M.C., Newman, P. R., Lohman, B. J., and Smith, V. L. (2000) The transition to high school for academically promising, urban, low-income African American youth. Adolescence, 35, (137), 45-66.

Links:
http://www.prnewman.com