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Curriculum Vitae Camden STARR Program Center for Children and Childhood Studies Rutgers University Camden, NJ 08102 FAX: (856) 225-6742 PHONE: (856) 225-2775 email:daniel.hart at rutgers.edu Office Hours, Fall, 2008, Mondays, Thursdays, 4:30-6:00 p.m., and by appointment	Dr. Daniel Hart Daniel Hart is Professor of Childhood Studies and Psychology, and Director of the Center for Children and Childhood Studies, at Rutgers University, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1984. Research Dr. Hart's research focuses on the intersection of personality with adaptation and development. He tries to understand what the components of personality are, the ways in which personality influences successful adjustment to different social contexts, and how the components of personality are acquired over the course of development.   He has written or edited six books, including Hart, Atkins, & Fegley, Personality and development in childhood: A person-centered approach, Colby & Hart, Character and Competence: Developmental Pathways and Killen & Hart, Morality in everyday life: Developmental Perspectives. Service and Outreach Research-Based Program Development STARR (Sports Teaching Adolescents Responsibility and Resiliency) Program. With Robert Atkins, Dan Hart founded the STARR Program, now in its tenth year, which combines year-round sports, community service, camping, and homework support in order to foster development among youth in one of the poorest cities in America. The Camden STARR Program is working with approx. 80-100 African American, Latino, and Southeastern Asian adolescents, to foster the development of responsibility and resiliency in young teenagers through sports, community service, fundraising activities, and education and computer training. Teaching Dr. Hart teaches introductory psychology, adolescent development, child development, and senior seminar in childhood studies.  Information for students in ongoing courses can be found on the Rutgers University Sakai site (http://sakai.rutgers.edu).