Paul Hastings is a developmental psychologist and Professor of Psychology, past Chair of Psychology, and past Interim Dean of the School of Education at the University of California Davis. He completed his studies in Canada at McGill University (B.S.), the University of Toronto (M.A., Ph.D.) and the University of Waterloo Ontario (post-doc), and then worked at the National Institute of Mental Health intramural program (Bethesda, Maryland) and Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec) before moving to UC Davis. He is a member of the UC Consortium on the Developmental Science of Adolescence, the Center for Poverty Research and the Center for Mind and Brain, where he directs the Healthy Emotions, Relationships and Development Laboratory (HERD Lab). With his colleagues and students, Professor Hastings is currently conducting research in the U.S. (California, Maryland, New York, North Carolina), Canada, Chile, Jordan, Bangladesh, and Ghana. Professor Hastings is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and a member of several professional organizations, including American Psychological Association-Division 7, International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Society for Psychophysiological Research and Society for Research in Child Development.