Philip Cowan

Philip Cowan is professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California. Family systems and children’s development are at the heart of his research and over three decades he and his wife, Carolyn Pape Cowan. have conducted several large-scale longitudinal studies of families and interventions to support them. For instance, the Becoming a Family Project followed a group of first-time parents, from late pregnancy until their child completed their first year of school.