Sara Goldstein received her PhD in Developmental Psychology from Bowling Green State University in 2003. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the University of Michigan's Gender and Achievement Research Program. Goldstein was an Assistant Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology at the University of New Orleans before joining the faculty of Family and Child Studies at Montclair State University. Her research focuses on the development of peer relationships and relational aggression during childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood.

Focuses on the development of peer relationships and relational aggression during childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood.

Social and cognitive development, focusing on the development of peer relationships and peer behavior during childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. Specifically, how peer relationships and cognitions about peer relationships influence the development of aggression and other forms of problem behavior.

Expert on bullying, and developmental psychology.