Shagufa Kapadia

Shagufa Kapadia, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies. She is the department Chair and Coordinator of the Center of Advanced Study (CAS) in Human Development, and Hon. Director of the Women's Studies Research Center at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India. Her research interests center on culture and human development with a focus on adolescent and youth development, parenting and socialization, and gender and women's issues. She...See more

Shagufa Kapadia, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies. She is the department Chair and Coordinator of the Center of Advanced Study (CAS) in Human Development, and Hon. Director of the Women's Studies Research Center at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India. Her research interests center on culture and human development with a focus on adolescent and youth development, parenting and socialization, and gender and women's issues. She has significant international cross-cultural research and teaching experience. She is on the review and editorial boards of the journals Culture and Psychology, Emerging Adulthood , and Psychological Studies. Prof. Kapadia has received prestigious awards and fellowships, including the Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship (2003-04), and the Shastri Indo-Canadian Faculty Research Award (2006 and 2010). She is the India coordinator of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD) and a Founding Board member of the International Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA). See less