Dante Cicchetti
Dante Cicchetti | |
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| Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
| Awards | James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Developmental psychopathology, psychiatry, developmental science, molecular genetics |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota, University of Rochester |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul E. Meehl and L. Alan Sroufe |
Dante Cicchetti is an American developmental psychologist and a prominent figure in the field of developmental psychopathology. As of 2025, he holds the title of professor emeritus at the College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota. He previously held a joint appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School and served as the McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair and the William Harris Endowed Chair. In 1989, Cicchetti founded the academic journal Development and Psychopathology, where he served as editor-in-chief until 2024.