Colette Daiute

Colette Agnes Daiute is an American developmental and educational psychologist known for her research on human development under conditions of adversity and in rapidly changing environments. She studies how the social emotional development of children, youth and adults interacts with circumstances including social displacement, migration, discrimination, and economic inequality.^[1]

Daiute is a Professor in the Ph.D. Programs of Psychology, Educational Psychology, and Urban Education at the CUNY Graduate Center, and is the Co-Founder and Coordinator of the Qualitative Research Methods Concentration.^[2] She is the author of multiple books on narrative inquiry and human development in challenging and rapidly changing contexts.