Psychologist, Writer, Lecturer
Profile of Nancy Devlin, Ph. D.
Dr. Devlin has also written a weekly column for the
Princeton Packet Network of newspapers, entitled Essays
on Education. Her columns have been
excerpted or reprinted numerous times in books, and various
regional and national publications. Dr. Devlin has become recognized as an
influential expert in the field, has made numerous radio and
television appearances and lectures regularly on topics of
education and parenting. 
Dr. Nancy Devlin is a psychologist, educator,
author and lecturer. For twelve years, her column, Today's
Parents, addressed education and family
issues and appeared weekly in New Jersey's Star Ledger.
After frequent requests from readers, Dr Devlin compiled many of her thoughts on education into a book. Arrows Swift and Far - Guiding Your Child Through School is a primer for parents on successfully negotiating today's school system and is published by Archer Press.
Dr. Nancy Devlin is a licensed psychologist, a family therapist and a nationally-certified school psychologist. Her professional history includes teaching elementary school in New York City, Long Island and in military-dependent schools in Germany, Denmark, and Japan. Dr. Devlin was a staff member at the Educational Testing Service and lecturer at Rutgers University. She was a psychologist for 22 years in the Princeton school system. At present, she has a professional practice providing counseling for parents and children with school-related problems.
Dr. Devlin graduated from Hunter College with a degree in English and went on to obtain a Masters degree from Hunter College in Guidance and School Counseling. She earned a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley.
Born in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, Dr. Devlin lives in New Jersey. She is married to a physicist, and they have three sons.