Professor Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan received her B.A. in Psychology from Northwestern University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Schoppe-Sullivan is a nationally and internationally recognized expert on coparenting, father-child relationships, and the transition to parenthood, and a Fellow of the National Council on Family Relations. Her research has been funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Schoppe-Sullivan is a deputy editor of the Journal of Marriage and Family, as well as a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Family Psychology, Parenting: Science and Practice, and the Journal of Family Theory and Review. Dr. Schoppe-Sullivan has also received numerous awards recognizing the high quality of her teaching and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students.

Dr. Schoppe-Sullivan’s research focuses on the family as the primary context for young children’s social-emotional development, with three central areas of interest: (1) coparenting relationships – how effectively adults within families coordinate their roles as parents – and the implications of the quality of coparenting relationships for child and family functioning; (2) the roles of fathers in families, particularly the roles of fathers within coparenting relationships; and (3) the effects of children’s characteristics and behavior on family relationships.

Please visit Dr. Schoppe-Sullivan’s website for an updated publications list.

Awards, Honors and Recognition

2025: Excellence in Research Award, Society for Social Work and Research
2023: Distinguished Teaching Award, The Ohio State University Department of Psychology
2022: Joan N. Huber Faculty Fellow, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences
2021: Fellow, American Psychological Association (Divisions 7 & 43)
2008, 2021: Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
2020: Fellow, Association for Psychological Science
2020: Fellow, Midwestern Psychological Association
2015: Fellow, National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)
2013 – 2015, 2018: Annual Research Article Awards, Men in Families Focus Group (NCFR)
2012: Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching
2011: Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Education and Human Ecology 
2008: National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2008: Siddens Award for Distinguished Faculty Advising of Graduate Students
2006: College of Human Ecology Dean’s Award for Research
2003: Graduate College Conference Travel Grant
2002: Dissertation Completion Fellowship
2002: Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Instruction by a Graduate Student
2002: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Instruction by a Graduate Student
2002: Psychology Department Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Instruction
2001: Graduate College Dissertation Travel Grant
2001: Graduate College On-Campus Dissertation Research Grant
1996, 2001: University Fellowships
1995: Phi Beta Kappa
1992: National Merit Scholarship