Rudd Scholars visit the Treehouse Community during our Summer Adoption Research Institute.
The 2020-2021 Rudd Annual Report ("Pandemic Edition"), summarizing the activities of the Rudd Family Foundation Chair in Psychology at UMass Amherst during calendar years 2020-21. Read it here.
Learn more the Rudd Family Visiting Professorship and Dr. Abbie Goldberg here
Here from past participant, Anne Marie Shier, about the impact SARI has made on her research. Watch the video here.
Our virtual conference has launched! Click here for a welcome message from our Program Chair.
Click here to read our publication series on topics relevant to the future of adoption!
Adopted Student Advisory Panel presenters at Rudd conference
Our amazing mentors stay with their mentees for much of their college careers and beyond!
Quade French (back left), Hal Grotevant (back right), and the mentors of the Adoption Mentoring Partnership.

Welcome

The Rudd Adoption Research Program is located within the University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Our mission is to advance knowledge about the psychology of adoption through original research; mentor the next generation of adoption-competent researchers; engage with community partners to incubate and evaluate innovative programs that have potential for national impact; and provide research-based information to influence practice and policy at agency, state, federal, and international levels. Learn more about the program

Major initiatives of the Rudd Chair are detailed in these pages - We invite your engagement!

News

Search Underway for Rudd Family Foundation Chair in Psychology

Dr. Harold Grotevant, Inaugural holder of the Rudd Chair, has announced his retirement; a search is now underway for his successor.

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (https://www.pbs.umass.edu) is inviting applications for The Rudd Family Foundation Chair in Psychology at the Advanced Associate or Full Professor level, to lead the Rudd Adoption Research Program, starting in Fall 2023. We will begin to review applications on November 15, 2022, and will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. For more information on the position including minimum qualifications and application instructions, please visit: http://careers.massachusetts.edu/cw/en-us/job/515788?lApplicationSubSourceID=