William T. Grant Scholars

In what ways can youth programs include the cultures of immigrant youth?

Does the influence of classroom stressors and supports on mental health differ depending on biological sensitivity? Does the impact of a school intervention on mental health differ depending on youth’s biological sensitivity to their environments?

Does an intervention that targets student leaders reduce harassment in high school?

How do parents, peers, and neurobiological sensitivity influence adolescents’ substance use problems?

How can mobile phones be used to develop new measurement and intervention tolls to support families and improve youth well-being?

How do incidents of extreme violence or other stressors in adolescents’ neighborhoods affect their cognitive functioning and school performance?

How does financial aid affect the lives of low-income college students?

How do local economic and social changes affect school disengagement and dropout?

How do intensive policing practices affect adolescent boys’ anti-social behaviors? Do these policies differ across racial lines?

What features of adolescents’ neighborhoods, families, and peer groups trigger early substance use? How can contextual triggers of early substance use be targeted to promote healthy development during the transition to middle school?