Stephen Hupp is a Professor of Psychology in the Clinical Child and School Psychology program at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (SIUE). He is also a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the Social-Emotional Consultant for the East St Louis Head Start Program. He is the author of over fifty scholarly publications, including three other books: Great Myths of Child Development (2015), Great Myths of Adolescence (forthcoming), and Critical Thinking about Child Development (fourth edition, forthcoming). In 2015, he won the Great Teacher Award from the SIUE Alumni Association, and he is an Executive Producer for the Science Moms documentary.