Deborah L. Best

Deborah L. Best is the William L. Poteat Professor of Psychology at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Best is an expert in human development and early childhood. Her interests include: development of gender concepts and stereotypes in the United States and cross-nationally, memory development (mnemonic strategies and metamemory) in young children and older adults, health psychology with adolescents and older adults, and attitudes toward gender, age, race, color, and disability.