Andrew Fuligni

Professor, Department of Psychology and Professor-in-Residence, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and Coexecutive Director, UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent,

University of California, Los Angeles

Andrew Fuligni is professor in the Department of Psychology and professor-in-residence with the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is coexecutive director of the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent and director of the UCLA Adolescent Development Lab, as well as codirector of the National Institute of Mental Health Family Research Consortium IV. He is also senior scientist at the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA). Fuligni was awarded the APA Boyd McCandless Award for early career contributions to developmental psychology along with the William T. Grant Faculty Scholars Award and a FIRST award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. He has served on the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology, Journal of Research on Adolescence, and Child Development, where he is currently associate editor. Fuligni received his PhD in developmental psychology from the University of Michigan.

updated 2024

Contributing topics

Supporting students’ social-emotional, mental & physical health

Understanding, measuring & improving student outcomes

Contributing initiatives

COVID-19 Recovery

Commentary by Andrew Fuligni