Research shows that youth who have positive connections with adults at school demonstrate increased motivation and positive behavior. This report focuses on the youth-led Relationship-Centered Schools campaign’s efforts to transform schools. @cal4justice learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/strivi…

I'm so grateful to think and write with brilliant colleagues like Christine Zabala-Eisshofer & Kathryn E. Wiley, PhD. Check out our paper to learn what we found in our critical analysis of research recommendations about school resource officers.

I appreciate AERA SIG 117 for recognizing my work. Thank you for giving me a space to share my research! Can’t wait for #AERA2024

Reposting for today’s Health Policy Research Scholars (HPRS) roll call!

👀👀 Oh nothing, still recruiting 🥴 One more share would mean SO MUCH! Black Girls. 14-16 years old. USA. Surely you know someone who knows someone who knows someone. 🤞🏿😭

Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse: What we know bit.ly/49gbg1M

Jesus Campos, a construction worker who knows the crew, said the men were from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico. They are in their 30s and 40s and have spouses and children. “They are hard-working, humble men,” he said. More updates to come for The Baltimore Banner.

They exceeded the fundraising goal. ♥️ They are now asking for people to donate to the fundraiser that the Baltimore City Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs set up this afternoon. bit.ly/DonateToKeyBri…

@Candice_Odgers shares an excellent review of a controversial book that gets things wrong on an important topic. If you study or care about youth and adolescent health in the digital age, please give this one a read. #digitalwellbeing #youthmentalhealth nature.com/articles/d4158…

I'm excited to share that I passed my dissertation defense on Thursday! Sending a giant thank you to everyone who has mentored, encouraged, or supported me over the past 5 years.

CU Boulder Education is excited to share infor for underrepresented students interested in a #PhD in #education. Our Doctoral Mentorship Pathways program - offers free mentoring to students accepted into the program applying to ANY university for fall 2025: colorado.edu/education/admi…

Thrilled to share that I will start a postdoctoral research associate position next month at UVA School of Education and Human Development. I’ll be working with the preventative interventions team at Youth-Nex — I’m so excited to learn from and collaborate with these brilliant folks!

EEPA Editors special issue on critical ed policy research is now Open Access! 🎉🎉 journals.sagepub.com/toc/EPA/current @bakerdphd @ Prof M Quinn Mulroy @katryaly @ariana_apa Tasmin Dhaliwal Jerome Graham Karina Salazar Gracia Phil Nichols @edixonroman EuphaJeanne Daramola Kate Somerville (she/hers) Kathryn E. Wiley, PhD

AERA has named two education research scholars as AERA Congressional Fellows for 2024–25: Jeongeun Kim and Kathryn E. Wiley, PhD. Congratulations! aera.net/Newsroom/AERA-…

Forever THAT GIRL ❤️

Youth researchers in my dissertation study said that engaging students in staffing decisions would help improve their sense of belonging and wellbeing in school. So glad to see this example!

Our Dr. Lora Henderson Smith is talking about a new #publication that helps identify the barriers for providing #care to #youth experiencing a #MentalHealthCrisis. More #MentalHealth #professionals need to be collaborating & communicating -> 29news.com/2025/04/01/sch…

Recommended: NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Elena Aydarova About Reading Instruction radicalscholarship.com/2025/05/15/rec… via Paul Thomas

How can #teachers create "pockets of humanity" at school? Post-doc Kate Somerville's new #publication shares #opportunities to promote #youth well-being by prioritizing #relationships & helping #teens be seen/heard in the #school #community. More -> youthnexdrive.virginia.edu/how-create-poc…