Jeffrey Arnett

Jeffrey Arnett is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Clark University in Massachusetts. His main research interest is in "emerging adulthood," which means from the ages of 18 to 25.

He did a B.S. in Psychology, at Michigan State University in 1980. Five years later, he finished an M.A. in Developmental Psychology at University of Virginia. He finished his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia, in the same field as his M.A., in 1986. From 1986-89, he was an Assistant Professor of Psychology, at Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia. From 1989-92, he was a Research Associate at the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago. From 1989-92, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Northwestern University Department of Psychiatry and the Committee on Human Development at the University of Chicago. From 1992-1998 he was an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri. From 1998 to 2005, he was a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, Department of Human Development and Department of Psychology. He was awarded tenure in 1996.

He authored a book on heavy metal subculture and teens, entitled Metalheads: Heavy Metal Music and Adolescent Alienation (1996, Westview Press). He also authored a textbook entitled Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: A Cultural Approach (Prentice Hall). In May 2013, he published a book (with Elizabeth Fishel), entitled Getting to 30: A Parent's Guide to the 20-Something Years'.

Emerging adulthood is a phase of the life span between adolescence and full-fledged adulthood, proposed by Arnett in a 2000 article in the American Psychologist. Emerging adulthood also encompasses late adolescence and early adulthood. It primarily applies to young adults in developed countries who do not have children, do not live in their own home, or do not have sufficient income to become fully independent in their early to late 20s.

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