MY WORK
A selection of work throughout my professional career.
MY TED TALK!
Videos
In this video produced by Highlights for Children, I speak with parents about how to promote caring, compassion, and empathy.
I spoke about ethical and moral development in children in this seminar sponsored by the Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation.
The WGBH Forum Network hosted this presentation of my research on how parents talk with children about income inequality.
Selected Writing
The youth mental health crisis is taking a hidden toll on parents (Commonwealth Beacon)
High school graduation and beyond (Oxford University Press Publication)
Embracing vulnerability in evaluation (American Evaluation Association)
The Tot Lot child care nears a 50th anniversary (Cambridge Day)
Turning the tide: Inspiring concern for others and the common good through college admissions (Making Caring Common)
Leaning out: Teen girls and leadership biases (Making Caring Common)
The School Mental Health Capacity Instrument: Development of an assessment and consultation tool (School Mental Health)
Rules of the culture and personal needs: Witnesses’ decision-making process to deal with situations of bullying in middle school (Harvard Education Review)
Belonging to and exclusion from the peer group: Influences on adolescents’ moral choices (Journal of Moral Education)
Between neurons and neighborhoods: Innovative methods to assess the development and depth of adolescent social awareness (Developmental Social Cognitive Neuroscience)
Interviews
The state of kindness according to kids (Highlights for Children)
Kindness...according to kids (Nationwide Children's Pediacast)
Teaching empathy to students in the selfie generation (BAM! Radio Network)
Raising caring kids in an age of entitlement (WHYY, Voices in the Family)