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CP 801 Clinical Practice with Adolescents in Social Context
Publications
Publications
Spencer, R., Drew., A., Herrera, C., McBeath, B., & Keller, T. E. (Accepted for publication). Ready? Set? Go?: A qualitative examination of readiness for change among youth mentoring programs and state-level supporting organizations engaging in a quality improvement intervention. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research.
Spencer, R., *McCormack, M., Drew, A. L., Gowdy, G., & Keller, T. E. (2022). (Not) minding the gap: A qualitative interview study of how social class bias can influence youth mentoring relationships. Journal of Community Psychology, 50, 1579-1596. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22737
van Dam, L., Rhodes, J., & Spencer R. (2021). Youth-initiated mentoring—A scalable approach to addressing mental health problems during the Covid-19 crisis. JAMA Psychiatry, 78(8), 817-818. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.0490
Gowdy, G., & Spencer, R. (2021). It’s who you know that matters: Identifying which type of informal mentor is most likely to promote economic mobility for vulnerable youth. Journal of Primary Prevention, 42, 217-238. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-021-00630-7
Cavell, T. A., Spencer, R., & McQuillin, S. D. (2021). Back to the future: Mentoring as a means and end in promoting child mental health. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 50(2), 281-299. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2021.1875327
Spencer, R., Drew, A. L., & Horn, J. P. (2021). Program staff perspectives on implementing youth-initiated mentoring with systems-involved youth. Journal of Community Psychology, 49(7), 2781-2794. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22514
Spencer, R., Keller, T. E., *Perry, M., Drew, A. L., *Clark-Shim, H., *Horn, J. P., *Miranda-Diaz, M., *McCormack, M., (2021). How youth mentoring relationships end and why it matters: A mixed-methods, multi-informant study. Annals of the New York Academies of Science, 1483 (2021), 67-79. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14290
Gowdy, G., Miller, D. P., & Spencer, R. (2021). Helping those who need it the least: A counterfactual and comparative analysis of whether informal mentoring promotes economic upward mobility for low-and middle-income youth. Youth & Society, 53(7), 1152-1180.
Spencer, R., *Gowdy, G., Herrera, C., Heubach, J., & Slep, A., & Cavell, T. (2020). Web-based training for school-based mentors of military-connected youth: A multi-phase development study. Journal of Primary Prevention, 41, 567-583. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-020-00616-x
Drew, A. L., Keller, T. E., Spencer, R., Herrera, C. (2020). Investigating mentor commitment in youth mentoring relationships: The role of perceived program practices. Journal of Community Psychology, 48, 2264-2276. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22409
Spencer, R., Pryce, J., *Barry, J., Basualdo-Delmonico, A. & Walsh, J. (2020). Deconstructing empathy: A qualitative examination of mentor perspective- taking and adaptability in youth mentoring relationships. Children and Youth Services Review, 114, 105043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105043
Weiler, L. M., *Scafe, M. Spencer R., & Cavell, T. A. (2020). Caregiver-initiated mentoring: Developing a working model to mitigate social isolation. Clinical Social Work Journal, 48, 6-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-019-00723-1
Keller, T. E., *Perry, M., Spencer, R. (2020). Reducing social isolation through formal youth mentoring: Opportunities and potential pitfalls. Clinical Social Work Journal, 48, 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-019-00727-x
Gowdy, G., Miller, D. P., & Spencer, R. (2020). Expanding and deepening our understanding of which young people are most likely to have an informal mentor. Children and Youth Services Review, 108, 104490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104490
Spencer, R., *Gowdy, G., *Drew, A. L., *McCormack, M., & Keller, T. E. (2020). It takes a village to break up a match: A systemic view of early endings in formal youth mentoring relationships. Child and Youth Care Forum, 49, 97-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-019-09520-w
Spencer, R., *Gowdy, G., *Drew, A. L., & Rhodes, J. E. (2019). “Who knows me the best and can encourage me the most?”: Matching and early relationship development in youth-initiated mentoring relationships with system-involved youth. Journal of Adolescent Research, 34(1), 3-29. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558418755686
Spencer, R., *Drew, A. L., *Gowdy, G., *Horn, J. P. (2018). “A positive guiding hand”: A qualitative examination of youth-initiated mentoring and the promotion of interdependence among foster care youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 93, 41-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.06.038
Spencer, R., *Drew, A. L., Walsh, J., & Kanchewa, S. A. (2018). Girls (and boys) just want to have fun: A mixed methods study of gender differences in youth mentoring relationship duration. Journal of Primary Prevention, 39(1), 17-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-017-0494-3.
Spencer, R., *Basualdo-Delmonico, A., *Walsh, J., & *Drew, A. (2017). Breaking up is hard to do: A qualitative interview study of how and why youth mentoring relationships end. Youth & Society, 49(4), 438-460. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X14535416
Zilberstein, K. & Spencer, R. (2017). Breaking bad: An attachment perspective on youth mentoring relationship closures. Child & Family Social Work, 22, 67-76. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12197
Spencer, R., *McCormack, M., Drew, A. L., Gowdy, G., & Keller, T. E. (2022). (Not) minding the gap: A qualitative interview study of how social class bias can influence youth mentoring relationships. Journal of Community Psychology, 50, 1579-1596. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22737
van Dam, L., Rhodes, J., & Spencer R. (2021). Youth-initiated mentoring—A scalable approach to addressing mental health problems during the Covid-19 crisis. JAMA Psychiatry, 78(8), 817-818. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.0490
Gowdy, G., & Spencer, R. (2021). It’s who you know that matters: Identifying which type of informal mentor is most likely to promote economic mobility for vulnerable youth. Journal of Primary Prevention, 42, 217-238. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-021-00630-7
Cavell, T. A., Spencer, R., & McQuillin, S. D. (2021). Back to the future: Mentoring as a means and end in promoting child mental health. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 50(2), 281-299. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2021.1875327
Spencer, R., Drew, A. L., & Horn, J. P. (2021). Program staff perspectives on implementing youth-initiated mentoring with systems-involved youth. Journal of Community Psychology, 49(7), 2781-2794. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22514
Spencer, R., Keller, T. E., *Perry, M., Drew, A. L., *Clark-Shim, H., *Horn, J. P., *Miranda-Diaz, M., *McCormack, M., (2021). How youth mentoring relationships end and why it matters: A mixed-methods, multi-informant study. Annals of the New York Academies of Science, 1483 (2021), 67-79. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14290
Gowdy, G., Miller, D. P., & Spencer, R. (2021). Helping those who need it the least: A counterfactual and comparative analysis of whether informal mentoring promotes economic upward mobility for low-and middle-income youth. Youth & Society, 53(7), 1152-1180.
Spencer, R., *Gowdy, G., Herrera, C., Heubach, J., & Slep, A., & Cavell, T. (2020). Web-based training for school-based mentors of military-connected youth: A multi-phase development study. Journal of Primary Prevention, 41, 567-583. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-020-00616-x
Drew, A. L., Keller, T. E., Spencer, R., Herrera, C. (2020). Investigating mentor commitment in youth mentoring relationships: The role of perceived program practices. Journal of Community Psychology, 48, 2264-2276. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22409
Spencer, R., Pryce, J., *Barry, J., Basualdo-Delmonico, A. & Walsh, J. (2020). Deconstructing empathy: A qualitative examination of mentor perspective- taking and adaptability in youth mentoring relationships. Children and Youth Services Review, 114, 105043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105043
Weiler, L. M., *Scafe, M. Spencer R., & Cavell, T. A. (2020). Caregiver-initiated mentoring: Developing a working model to mitigate social isolation. Clinical Social Work Journal, 48, 6-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-019-00723-1
Keller, T. E., *Perry, M., Spencer, R. (2020). Reducing social isolation through formal youth mentoring: Opportunities and potential pitfalls. Clinical Social Work Journal, 48, 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-019-00727-x
Gowdy, G., Miller, D. P., & Spencer, R. (2020). Expanding and deepening our understanding of which young people are most likely to have an informal mentor. Children and Youth Services Review, 108, 104490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104490
Spencer, R., *Gowdy, G., *Drew, A. L., *McCormack, M., & Keller, T. E. (2020). It takes a village to break up a match: A systemic view of early endings in formal youth mentoring relationships. Child and Youth Care Forum, 49, 97-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-019-09520-w
Spencer, R., *Gowdy, G., *Drew, A. L., & Rhodes, J. E. (2019). “Who knows me the best and can encourage me the most?”: Matching and early relationship development in youth-initiated mentoring relationships with system-involved youth. Journal of Adolescent Research, 34(1), 3-29. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558418755686
Spencer, R., *Drew, A. L., *Gowdy, G., *Horn, J. P. (2018). “A positive guiding hand”: A qualitative examination of youth-initiated mentoring and the promotion of interdependence among foster care youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 93, 41-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.06.038
Spencer, R., *Drew, A. L., Walsh, J., & Kanchewa, S. A. (2018). Girls (and boys) just want to have fun: A mixed methods study of gender differences in youth mentoring relationship duration. Journal of Primary Prevention, 39(1), 17-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-017-0494-3.
Spencer, R., *Basualdo-Delmonico, A., *Walsh, J., & *Drew, A. (2017). Breaking up is hard to do: A qualitative interview study of how and why youth mentoring relationships end. Youth & Society, 49(4), 438-460. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X14535416
Zilberstein, K. & Spencer, R. (2017). Breaking bad: An attachment perspective on youth mentoring relationship closures. Child & Family Social Work, 22, 67-76. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12197
Presentations
Presentations
Spencer, R. (2022, June). Keynote speaker. Putting the relationship back in youth mentoring relationships. Navigating the future: A compass for youth policy and practice. UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, 10th Biennial International Conference, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Spencer, R. (2022, April). Plenary Panel Speaker. Youth Mentoring and the Need for Innovative Disruptions. With T. Cavell, S, McQuillin, N. Hurd, & B. Sanchez. Youth Mentoring Research Symposium, Online due to COVID.
Spencer, R. (2021, October). Discussant. Voice-centered relational methods: Using the Listening Guide for Social Justice Research. Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology Virtual Salon.
Keller, T. E., & Spencer, R. (2020, October). Understanding and addressing match closures in formal youth mentoring. European Mentoring Summit. Barcelona, Spain. (Changed to online due to COVID) .
Roberts, H., Spencer, R., & North, D. (2021, April). Webinar presenter. Family engagement: A key to quality mentoring and social justice. Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series. MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership.
Spencer, R., Pryce, J., & Erdem, G. (2021, March). Workshop presenter. Mentoring and system-involved youth: Opportunities and approaches for qualitative research Workshop presented at the Youth Mentoring Research Symposium. Online
Keller, T. E., & Spencer, R. (2020, January). Matching strangers: How personal characteristics of mentors and mentees predict match length. Workshop presented at MENTOR National Mentoring Summit, Washington, D.C.
Keller, T. E., & Spencer, R. (2020, January). Workshop presenter. Understanding causes and consequences of mentoring relationship closures: Implications for mentoring research. Workshop presented at the Youth Mentoring Research Symposium, Washington, DC.
Gowdy, G. Spencer, R., & Miller, D. (2020, January). The accessibility and effectiveness of capital mentorship for young people vulnerable to economic immobility. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.
*Barry, J., Spencer, R., & Pryce, J. (2020, January). Deconstructing empathy: A qualitative examination of a critical ingredient in successful adult-youth mentoring relationships. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.
Spencer, R. (2019, October). Keynote speaker. Mentoring in the real world: How social ecologies influence mentor-youth relationships. European Center for Evidenced Based Mentoring Short Course, Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Spencer, R., Keller, T. E., *McCormack, M., *Gowdy, G., *Drew, A., *Miranda-Diaz, M., *Clark-Shim, H. (2019, January). (Not) Minding the Gap: How mentors’ perceptions of social class differences can affect mentoring relationship quality and duration. Workshop presented at MENTOR National Mentoring Summit, Washington, D.C.
Keller, T. E., Drew, A. L., *Clark-Shim, H., Spencer, R., Herrera, C., & McBeath, B. (2019, January). Improving youth mentoring programs: Findings from a randomized trial of an agency-level quality improvement intervention. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.
Gowdy, G., Spencer, R., Cavell, T., Slep, A., Herrera, C., & Heubach, J. (2018, November). "He felt a little special:" Military families' experiences with school-based mentoring program. Poster presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Spencer, R., Cavell, T., Slep, A., Herrera, C., *Gowdy, G., *Mutignani, L., & Heubach, J. (2018, May). It takes a village: Developing a model for delivering school-based mentoring to military-connected students. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C.
Cavell, T., Weiler, L., *Sourk, M., *Keyzers, A., & Spencer, R. (2018, May). Promoting parents’ active involvement in finding mentors for their children. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C.
Spencer, R. (2017, May). Presenter (Seelye Fellow). This changes (almost) everything: Youth initiated mentoring. Ministry of Youth, Wellington, New Zealand.
Spencer, R. (2016, November). Workshop Presenter. “Because she understands what I have been through”: A qualitative examination of youth-initiated mentoring.” National Mentoring Symposium, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Spencer, R. (2022, April). Plenary Panel Speaker. Youth Mentoring and the Need for Innovative Disruptions. With T. Cavell, S, McQuillin, N. Hurd, & B. Sanchez. Youth Mentoring Research Symposium, Online due to COVID.
Spencer, R. (2021, October). Discussant. Voice-centered relational methods: Using the Listening Guide for Social Justice Research. Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology Virtual Salon.
Keller, T. E., & Spencer, R. (2020, October). Understanding and addressing match closures in formal youth mentoring. European Mentoring Summit. Barcelona, Spain. (Changed to online due to COVID) .
Roberts, H., Spencer, R., & North, D. (2021, April). Webinar presenter. Family engagement: A key to quality mentoring and social justice. Collaborative Mentoring Webinar Series. MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership.
Spencer, R., Pryce, J., & Erdem, G. (2021, March). Workshop presenter. Mentoring and system-involved youth: Opportunities and approaches for qualitative research Workshop presented at the Youth Mentoring Research Symposium. Online
Keller, T. E., & Spencer, R. (2020, January). Matching strangers: How personal characteristics of mentors and mentees predict match length. Workshop presented at MENTOR National Mentoring Summit, Washington, D.C.
Keller, T. E., & Spencer, R. (2020, January). Workshop presenter. Understanding causes and consequences of mentoring relationship closures: Implications for mentoring research. Workshop presented at the Youth Mentoring Research Symposium, Washington, DC.
Gowdy, G. Spencer, R., & Miller, D. (2020, January). The accessibility and effectiveness of capital mentorship for young people vulnerable to economic immobility. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.
*Barry, J., Spencer, R., & Pryce, J. (2020, January). Deconstructing empathy: A qualitative examination of a critical ingredient in successful adult-youth mentoring relationships. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.
Spencer, R. (2019, October). Keynote speaker. Mentoring in the real world: How social ecologies influence mentor-youth relationships. European Center for Evidenced Based Mentoring Short Course, Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Spencer, R., Keller, T. E., *McCormack, M., *Gowdy, G., *Drew, A., *Miranda-Diaz, M., *Clark-Shim, H. (2019, January). (Not) Minding the Gap: How mentors’ perceptions of social class differences can affect mentoring relationship quality and duration. Workshop presented at MENTOR National Mentoring Summit, Washington, D.C.
Keller, T. E., Drew, A. L., *Clark-Shim, H., Spencer, R., Herrera, C., & McBeath, B. (2019, January). Improving youth mentoring programs: Findings from a randomized trial of an agency-level quality improvement intervention. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco, CA.
Gowdy, G., Spencer, R., Cavell, T., Slep, A., Herrera, C., & Heubach, J. (2018, November). "He felt a little special:" Military families' experiences with school-based mentoring program. Poster presented at the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Spencer, R., Cavell, T., Slep, A., Herrera, C., *Gowdy, G., *Mutignani, L., & Heubach, J. (2018, May). It takes a village: Developing a model for delivering school-based mentoring to military-connected students. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C.
Cavell, T., Weiler, L., *Sourk, M., *Keyzers, A., & Spencer, R. (2018, May). Promoting parents’ active involvement in finding mentors for their children. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C.
Spencer, R. (2017, May). Presenter (Seelye Fellow). This changes (almost) everything: Youth initiated mentoring. Ministry of Youth, Wellington, New Zealand.
Spencer, R. (2016, November). Workshop Presenter. “Because she understands what I have been through”: A qualitative examination of youth-initiated mentoring.” National Mentoring Symposium, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Grants
Grants
2022-2025 Co-PI, Character First: Harnessing the Power of Love in Promoting Character Development in YouthBuild Programs (PI: Delmonico, A. B.), Templeton Foundation.
2022-2025 Co-PI, About M-C & Me: A Digital Tool to Support Military-Connected (M-C) Students Moving to a New School District (PI: Cavell, T.), U. S. Department of Defense.
2018-2022 PI, School Support, School Connectedness, and the Educational Outcomes of Military-Connected Students: An Exploratory Study of Student Mobility, U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences.
2018-2020 Co-I and PI on BU Subcontract, Connected Scholars: A mixed methods investigation of a social capital intervention for first-generation college students (PI: Schwartz, S.), William T. Grant Foundation.
2014-2018 Co-PI and PI on BU Subcontract, Developing a Model for Delivering School-Based Mentoring to Students in Military Families (PI: Cavell, T.), U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences.
2014-2018 Co-I (Qualitative Methodologist), Strong Families Strong Forces Prevention Project (PI: Devoe, E.), U.S. Department of Defense.
2013-2016 Co-PI and PI on BU Subcontract, Changing Youth Programs and Settings: An Experimental Evaluation of the Quality Mentoring Systems Initiative. (PI: Keller, T.), William T. Grant Foundation.
2013-2016 Co-PI and PI on BU Subcontract, Youth Initiated Mentoring: Investigating an Innovative Approach to Mentoring At-Risk Youth. (PI: Rhodes, J. E.), U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
2012-2015 Co-PI and PI on BU Subcontract, Prediction and Prevention of Premature Closures of Mentoring Relationships: A Prospective Study of Participants, Processes, and Program Practices. (PI: Keller, T.), U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
2010-2013 Co-PI and PI on BU Subcontract, Performing Well, Feeling Bad: A Mixed-Method Study of Adolescent Girls, Stress and Psychological Well-Being. (PI: Liang, B.), Laurel School, Shaker Heights, OH.
2010-2011 PI, Parents’ Perspectives on Family Strengthening Efforts of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Programs. Annie E. Casey Foundation, subcontract from Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
2007-2009 PI, Supplement to Understanding the Mentoring Process: A Longitudinal Study of Mentoring Relationships Between Adolescents and Adults to mentor a junior researcher of color. William T. Grant Foundation Scholar Award Program, $60,000.
2005-2010 PI, Understanding the Mentoring Process: A Longitudinal Study of Mentoring Relationships Between Adolescents and Adults. William T. Grant Foundation Scholar Award Program, $355,000.
2022-2025 Co-PI, About M-C & Me: A Digital Tool to Support Military-Connected (M-C) Students Moving to a New School District (PI: Cavell, T.), U. S. Department of Defense.
2018-2022 PI, School Support, School Connectedness, and the Educational Outcomes of Military-Connected Students: An Exploratory Study of Student Mobility, U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences.
2018-2020 Co-I and PI on BU Subcontract, Connected Scholars: A mixed methods investigation of a social capital intervention for first-generation college students (PI: Schwartz, S.), William T. Grant Foundation.
2014-2018 Co-PI and PI on BU Subcontract, Developing a Model for Delivering School-Based Mentoring to Students in Military Families (PI: Cavell, T.), U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences.
2014-2018 Co-I (Qualitative Methodologist), Strong Families Strong Forces Prevention Project (PI: Devoe, E.), U.S. Department of Defense.
2013-2016 Co-PI and PI on BU Subcontract, Changing Youth Programs and Settings: An Experimental Evaluation of the Quality Mentoring Systems Initiative. (PI: Keller, T.), William T. Grant Foundation.
2013-2016 Co-PI and PI on BU Subcontract, Youth Initiated Mentoring: Investigating an Innovative Approach to Mentoring At-Risk Youth. (PI: Rhodes, J. E.), U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
2012-2015 Co-PI and PI on BU Subcontract, Prediction and Prevention of Premature Closures of Mentoring Relationships: A Prospective Study of Participants, Processes, and Program Practices. (PI: Keller, T.), U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
2010-2013 Co-PI and PI on BU Subcontract, Performing Well, Feeling Bad: A Mixed-Method Study of Adolescent Girls, Stress and Psychological Well-Being. (PI: Liang, B.), Laurel School, Shaker Heights, OH.
2010-2011 PI, Parents’ Perspectives on Family Strengthening Efforts of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Programs. Annie E. Casey Foundation, subcontract from Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.
2007-2009 PI, Supplement to Understanding the Mentoring Process: A Longitudinal Study of Mentoring Relationships Between Adolescents and Adults to mentor a junior researcher of color. William T. Grant Foundation Scholar Award Program, $60,000.
2005-2010 PI, Understanding the Mentoring Process: A Longitudinal Study of Mentoring Relationships Between Adolescents and Adults. William T. Grant Foundation Scholar Award Program, $355,000.
Professional Activities and Certifications
Professional Activities and Certifications
2019: Canadian Mentoring Partnership Research Advisory Committee
2019: National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC) Research Board
2014-2015: MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership, Elements of Effective Practice, 4th Edition
2014-2015: MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership, Elements of Effective Practice, 4th Edition.
2013-Present: Friends of the Children Research Evaluation and Fidelity Committee.
2013-2015: Research Consultant, Big Brothers Big Sisters Canada, In-School Mentoring Standards Revision and Test Labs.
2009-Present: Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Research Advisory Council.
2006-2014: MENTOR / National Mentoring Partnership Research and Policy Council.
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
2019: National Mentoring Resource Center (NMRC) Research Board
2014-2015: MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership, Elements of Effective Practice, 4th Edition
2014-2015: MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership, Elements of Effective Practice, 4th Edition.
2013-Present: Friends of the Children Research Evaluation and Fidelity Committee.
2013-2015: Research Consultant, Big Brothers Big Sisters Canada, In-School Mentoring Standards Revision and Test Labs.
2009-Present: Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Research Advisory Council.
2006-2014: MENTOR / National Mentoring Partnership Research and Policy Council.
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
2022: Fellow, American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
2022: Legend of Mentoring Award, MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
2021: Big Sister Boston 70th Anniversary Honoree
2020: Fellow, Society for Social Work and Research
2017: Ralph & Eve Seelye Charitable Trust Fellowship Award, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
2005-2010: William T. Grant Foundation Scholar Award.
2004: Irene Stiver Dissertation Award, Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, Wellesley College.
2001: Adolescent and Youth Dissertation Award, Henry A. Murray Research Center of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.
2022: Legend of Mentoring Award, MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
2021: Big Sister Boston 70th Anniversary Honoree
2020: Fellow, Society for Social Work and Research
2017: Ralph & Eve Seelye Charitable Trust Fellowship Award, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
2005-2010: William T. Grant Foundation Scholar Award.
2004: Irene Stiver Dissertation Award, Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, Wellesley College.
2001: Adolescent and Youth Dissertation Award, Henry A. Murray Research Center of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.