Lela Rankin

Lela Rankin is a professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University. Dr. Rankin has interdisciplinary training in psychology and human development and family studies. She regards cultural and familial relationships as critical influences on development from infancy through adulthood. She has collected, analyzed and published data from several long-term longitudinal studies and community-based intervention studies in the areas of infant-temperament, mother-infant bonding,...See more

Lela Rankin is a professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University. Dr. Rankin has interdisciplinary training in psychology and human development and family studies. She regards cultural and familial relationships as critical influences on development from infancy through adulthood. She has collected, analyzed and published data from several long-term longitudinal studies and community-based intervention studies in the areas of infant-temperament, mother-infant bonding, parenting and parenting interventions, adolescent substance use and prevention, dating violence, juvenile desistance and sexual education across the lifespan. See less