Derek Montgomery
Professor
Bradley Hall 83
(309) 677-2590
montg@bradley.edu
Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Florida
Biography
Dr. Derek Montgomery received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida. His doctoral dissertation at Florida earned the APA Division 7 Dissertation Award. He has been at Bradley since 1993.
Teaching
Courses taught by Dr. Montgomery include Principles of Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Experimental Psychology, and Cognitive Development.
Scholarship
Dr. Montgomery’s research addresses the influence of language on young children’s understanding of the thoughts and feelings of themselves and others.
Student research assistants gain experience testing and assessing young children, developing testing material, coding and interpreting data, reading pertinent research literature, and presenting research at conferences. Dr. Montgomery’s students have pursued master’s and doctoral degrees across a range of disciplines and professions. These areas of school psychology, clinical psychology, cognitive science, medical school, social psychology, sport psychology, epidemiology, and legal psychology.
Recent Publications:
Montgomery, D. E. (2017). The meaning of hope: Developmental origins in early childhood, pgs. 1-23. Human Development. 60(5), 239-261. DOI: 10.1159/000480342
Tompkins, V., Farrar, M. J., & Montgomery, D. E. (in press). Speaking your mind: Language and narrative in young children’s theory of mind development. Advances in Child Development and Behavior, V. 56.
Service
Dr. Montgomery serves on several college and university committees. He also serves his discipline by reviewing manuscripts for many developmental psychology journals.