Hiram E. Fitzgerald

Hiram E. Fitzgerald is an American developmental psychologist and currently is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology as well as an Associate Provost Emeritus at Michigan State University.

Biography Hiram Fitzgerald was born November 12, 1940, in Columbia, Pennsylvania. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Lebanon Valley College and later received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Denver in 1967, specializing in Experimental Child Psychology. He was inducted into the Lebanon Valley College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1981 and in 1996 received its Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Upon completing his doctoral degree at the University of Denver, Fitzgerald took a role as assistant professor of psychology with Michigan State University, where he would spend all of his 53-year academic and administrative career. He also held appointments as an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan, and at two Australian Universities (Curtin University and Edith Cowan University). From 1982 to 1992 he served as executive director of the International Association for Infant Mental Health, and from 1992 to 2008 as executive director of the World Association for Infant Mental Health. Fitzgerald is a Fellow of 5 divisions of the American Psychological Association, and a Charter Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science. infant mental health, and the study of adverse experiences on children and families. His work had a particular focus on the impact of fathers on early childhood development, the etiology of alcoholism, American Indian/Alaska Native early childhood, and family development in community contexts. He also contributed research into implementing community models of organizational process and change as well as research of issues related to the scholarship of community engagement.

Selected Awards and Honors Fitzgerald has received awards, including: The Hiram E. Fitzgerald Engaged Scholar Award (Engagement Scholarship Consortium)