Grazyna Kochanska is a Polish-American developmental psychologistknown for her research on parent-child relationships, developmental psychopathology, child temperament and its role in social development. She is the Stuit Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Iowa. Kochanska was the 2017 recipient of the G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology, given by the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 7.