Psychology professor Daniel Lapsley, a first-generation student, shares his experience, and some advice
Daniel Lapsley grew up near Pittsburgh, where his father was a steel worker and his mother was a homemaker. Today, he researches adolescent invulnerability and risk behavior, narcissism, separation-individuation, self, ego and identity development, and college adjustment. He also works with the Building Bridges Mentoring Program, which connects students of color with faculty in departments they wish to explore academically.