An innovative, yearlong internship program at The University of Texas at Dallas that will increase diversity among both developmental psychology researchers and the children they study is aimed at addressing that deficiency. “We need diverse voices in developmental science; our research benefits from it. When those scientists can bring their voices to research on their own communities, that research becomes so much better. “As we diversify the scientists, we’re also diversifying the science — that is, who is being studied in developmental research,” she said. “When those scientists can bring their voices to research on their own communities, that research becomes so much better.