Jennifer Greif Green is a faculty member in the counseling psychology program at BU Wheelock

Jennifer Greif Green

Professor, Counseling Psychology

Dr. Jennifer Greif Green is a professor in counseling psychology and a clinical psychologist at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research focuses on improving child and adolescent mental health by strengthening schools’ capacity to support students, reducing disparities and barriers to mental health care, preparing educators and school staff to support student mental health, and providing support to youth and families following disasters. Her work also examines school bullying and safety, with a particular focus on measuring bullying and using data to inform prevention and school safety planning.

Dr. Green has collaborated with schools and school districts and her research has been funded by federal agencies and foundations, including the National Institutes of Health, US Department of Education, and National Institute of Justice. She completed her doctorate at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to joining Boston University, she trained at Yale School of Medicine and in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Green co-directs the Social Adjustment & Bullying Prevention Laboratory and School Mental Health Laboratory.

Education

PhD, Counseling/Clinical/School Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara
MA, Counseling Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara
BA, Psychology, Brandeis University

Courses

WED HD 265 – Social Science Research for Community Impact
WED SE 502 – Behavioral and Emotional Problems: Challenges and Methods
WED SE 533 – Families of Children with Special Needs
WED SE 805 – Research Work in Special Education

Selected Publications

Green, J. G., & Johnson, R. M. (2026). The value of and need for school mental health services. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 65(7), 875-877. https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(25)02040-4/abstract

Green, J. G., Huang, Y., Oblath, R., Allen‐Barrett, A., Carroll, M., Holt, M. K., ... & Albright, G. (2026). Future teachers' confidence and preparedness to support student mental health: The effectiveness of a virtual role‐play simulation training. Psychology in the Schools, 63(4), 809-823. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pits.70127?msockid=0899269cc0d36b42237431c5c18b6ac7

Parodi, K. B., Holt, M. K., Aradhya, P., Green, J. G., & Merrin, G. J. (2026). A longitudinal analysis of risk and protective factors of bias-based bullying victimization among adolescents. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 41(3-4), 685-709. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/08862605251318276

Felix, E., & Green, J. G. (2025). Changes in child and youth mental health following the return to in-person learning post-COVID-19 pandemic. Current Psychiatry Reports, 27(12), 704-710. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11920-025-01642-4

Fusco, N. V., Holt, M. K., Merrin, G. J., & Green, J. G. (2025). Social–emotional functioning among bias-based bullies, victims, and bully-victims. School Psychology, 40(3), 397–403. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-52614-001

Green, J. G., Ramirez, M., Merrin, G. J., & Holt, M. K. (2024). Bias-based harassment among US adolescents. School Mental Health, 16, 343–353. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12310-024-09648-8

Holt, M. K., Ranker, L. R., Kraus, A. D., Xuan, Z., Green, J. G., Katz-Wise, S. L., & Morales, K. (2024). Recruitment of a US nation-wide sample of transgender and gender diverse youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 75, 969-973. https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(24)00381-1/abstract

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