Department of Psychology

Research and Service Interests

• Approaches to early infant feeding
• Development of food preferences, picky eating, normal and disordered eating in children and adults
• Parent and child food interactions
• Community food system research

Our research team in Eating and Feeding Lab examines the developmental and contextual aspects of eating behavior using a life-span approach. My colleagues and I have studied eating behavior in non-human and human primates at various stages of life including the prenatal period, infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, and across adulthood. The contextual influences we are interested in include parental feeding practices, socioeconomic position, and culture. I am interested in the development of children’s eating development as one component of a thriving and self-sufficient local food system.

Education

• NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2000-2003, Penn State, Developmental Psychology
• Ph.D., 1998, University of Georgia, Biopsychology
• Certificate, 1996, University of Georgia, Conservation Ecology & Sustainable Development
• M.S., 1994, Bucknell University, Animal Behavior
• B.A., 1991, Furman University, Psychology

Representative Publications

• Pecora, G. et al. (accepted) Self-feeding and intentional communication during the meal in 12-month-old infants. Child Development.
• Di Prete, A., Galloway, A. T., Farrow, C., Bellagamba, F., Addessi, E. (2025). A systematic review of the relations between complementary feeding and children’s development. Current Nutrition Reports, 14 (1), 104.
• Di Prete, A., Caruso, G. M., Del Grosso, D., Giacomini, E., Picuno, S., Trappetti, G., Focaroli, V., Paoletti, M., Pecora, G., Caravale, B., Gasparini, C., Gastaldi, S., Chiarotti, F., Farrow, C., Galloway, A. T., Hodges, E. A., Bellagamba, F., & Addessi, E. (2025). Maternal responsiveness to child receptiveness and fullness cues from 8 to 24 months of age and their relation with complementary feeding approach and language proficiency. Appetite, 214, 108224. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2025.108224
• Farrow, C. V., Blissett, J., Islam, S., Batchelor, R., Norman, R., Webber, C., Addessi, E., Bellagamba, F., Galloway, A. T., Shapiro, L. (2024) Approach to complementary feeding and infant language use: An observational study. Maternal & Child Nutrition, e13762. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13762.
• Di Prete, A., Del Grosso, D., Focaroli, V., Paoletti, M., Pecora, G., Hodges, E. A., Galloway, A. T., Farrow, C., Chiarotti, F., Caravale, B., Gasparini, C., Gastaldi, S., Bellagamba, F., & Addessi, E. (2023). Complementary feeding approach and maternal responsiveness in 8- and 12-month-old Italian infants: A longitudinal study. Appetite, 190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.107028
• Webber, C., Blissett, J., Addessi, E., Galloway, A. T., Shapiro, L. (2021). An infant-led approach to complementary feeding is positively associated with language development. Maternal & Child Nutrition. E13206. doi: 10.111/mcn.13206
• Addessi, E., Galloway, A. T., Wingrove, T., **Brochu, H., Pierantozzi, A., Bellagamba, F., Farrow, C. (2021). Baby-led weaning in Italy and potential implications for infant development. Appetite, 1:164. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105286
• Galloway, A. T., Watson, P., Pitama, S., & Farrow, C. (2018). Socioeconomic position and picky eating behavior predict disparate weight trajectories in infancy. Frontiers in Endocrinology. https://doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00528
• *Ellis, J. M., *Schenk, R. R., Galloway, A. T., Zickgraf, H. F., Webb, R. M., & Martz, D. M. (2018). A multidimensional approach to understanding the potential risk factors and covariates of adult picky eating. Appetite, 125:1-9. doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2018.01.016.
• *Ellis, J. M., Galloway, A. T., Webb, R. M., & Denise, D. M. (2016). Measuring adult picky eating: The development of a multidimensional self-report instrument. Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0000387

* denotes student co-author