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.