University of Southern California

With this award, Samari to obtain formal training in the mentorship of underrepresented junior scholars, develop practices to support skills-based mentorship in analysis and writing, cultivate practices to maintain boundaries that promote mentorship and wellbeing, and develop administrative support...

How does training in peer coaching benefit Latinx and Black middle-school youth referred for disruptive behavior?

What educational programs, practices, and policies are most influential for raising student achievement among Black and Latinx students in the United States?

What state and federal immigration policies reduce inequalities in immigrant adolescent and young adult reproductive health behaviors, service utilization, and outcomes?

What programs and policies can help low-income families with children move to higher opportunity neighborhoods, and what is the promise of place-based models that provide affordable housing in specific neighborhoods?

How do differences in the implementation of Common Core State Standards across school districts affect mathematics instruction and student achievement?

California and several counties in Ohio are currently undergoing a large, federally funded trial investigating an attempt to implement an evidence-based, statewide foster care program (Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care, or MTFC) with the help of Community Development Teams (CDT).

This award builds on an NIH-funded cluster-randomized trial to test whether providing implementation support through community development teams impacts a county’s decision to adopt the Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care, an evidence-based child welfare program. With this award, Palinkas will...