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Adolescent Well-Being in an Era of Family Complexity

How do unstable and complex family structures affect adolescents’ well-being?

2015 – 2022
$350,000.00

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Teacher Effects on Students’ Non-Cognitive Competencies: A Study of Impacts, Instruction, and Improvement

What teaching practices support the development of students’ non-cognitive competencies? Can a coaching program help teachers to strengthen these practices?

Matthew Kraft

Brown University

2015 – 2020
$350,000.00

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Transiciones: Examining the Latino Transition to College in Support of Academic Equality

How do daily stress experiences and health behaviors contribute to successful academic achievement and integration in college for Latino students? Do cultural or institutional resources influence...

Leah Doane

Arizona State University Foundation

2015 – 2021
$350,000.00

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Deferred Action and Postsecondary Outcomes: The Role of Migrant Youth Settings in Effective and Equitable Policy

How does the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program affect migrant youth?

Eve Tuck

University of Toronto

2015 – 2022
$350,000.00

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Using Unified School Enrollment Systems to Improve Access to Effective Schools and for Research and Evaluation

How do unified enrollment school assignment systems affect school access? How can data generated by these systems be used for planning and evaluation?

Parag Pathak

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2015 – 2020
$350,000.00

Finalists for 2015 William T. Grant Scholars Awards

Ten early-career researchers have been selected from a pool of 64 applicants after a rigorous review by our staff and Selection Committee. Vivian Tseng, Vice President, Program, said of the...

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Realizing the Potential of Research Evidence in Child Welfare

Research evidence has the potential to contribute to child welfare policy and practice, but we know little about its use and impact. We need stronger theories about how decision-makers engage with...

Kim DuMont

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A New Look at Neighborhood Ethnic Concentration: Implications for Mexican-Origin Adolescents’ Cultural Adaptation and Adjustment

How do ethnically concentrated neighborhoods influence Latino adolescents’ development?

Rebecca White

Arizona State University

2014 – 2021
$350,000.00

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Critical Contexts for the Formation of Natural Mentoring Relationships among Economically Disadvantaged African American Adolescents: A Focus on Families and Neighborhoods

How can family and neighborhood settings support the development of mentoring relationships between economically disadvantaged African-American adolescents and the adults in their everyday lives?

Noelle Hurd

University of Virginia

2014 – 2021
$350,000.00

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Toward a Sociological, Contextual Perspective on Psychological Interventions

How and to what extent do the effects of social-psychological interventions vary across different settings?

David Yeager

University of Texas at Austin

2014 – 2020
$350,000.00

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Benefits and Challenges of Ethnic Diversity in Middle Schools: The Mediating Role of Peer Groups

Do ethnically diverse peer groups provide psychosocial and academic benefits to early adolescents?

Joanna Williams

University of Virginia

2014 – 2020
$350,000.00

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Children in Limbo: A Transactional Model of Foster Care Placement Instability

Why do some children in the child welfare system experience placement disruptions that increase in frequency and speed over their time in care?

Michael MacKenzie

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

2014 – 2019
$350,000.00

Learning More About How Research-Based Knowledge Gets Used: Guidance in the Development of New Empirical Research

In this paper, Davies and Nutley provide a primer for those unfamiliar with prior work and conceptual frameworks for understanding the use of research in policy and practice. They critique the...

Sandra Newman and Huw T.O. Davies

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Adolescents and the Social Contexts of American Schools

How does the social and academic climate of schools influence adolescents' development and well-being?

Aprile Benner

University of Texas at Austin

2013 – 2020
$350,000.00

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The Long-Run Influence of School Accountability: Impacts, Mechanisms and Policy Implications

Does school accountability benefit students in the long run? If so, under what conditions?

David Deming

2013 – 2018
$350,000.00

Grant

Subverting the Consequences of Stigma and Subordination: Toward Empowering Settings for Sexual Minority Youth

How do LGBT youth respond to stigma and stress in communities either hostile or supportive of LGBT rights? How do community based organizations attempt to empower youth to work for social change?

Phillip Hammack

University of California, Santa Cruz

2013 – 2018
$350,000.00

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Predictors and Outcomes of Insufficient Sleep in Disadvantaged Youth: A Study of Family Settings and Neurobiological Development

What role does the family setting play in shaping sleep and brain function in youth from diverse economic backgrounds?

Adriana Galvan

University of California, Los Angeles

2013 – 2018
$350,000.00

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Neighborhood Social Capital and Oral Health for Publicly-Insured Adolescents

To what extent does neighborhood social capital influence dental health outcomes for publicly insured adolescents?

Donald Chi

University of Washington

2013 – 2022
$350,000.00

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Settings for Success among Emancipating Foster Youth: Youth and Workers in Communication and Collaboration

How does a state-wide change to extend services for youth aging out of foster care affect youth?

Tuppett Yates

University of California at Riverside

2012 – 2017
$350,000.00

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Consequences of the Within-Race Gender Imbalance in the College Campus Setting

How does gender imbalance on college campuses affect young women and men's dating, relationships, and well-being?

Micere Keels

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

2012 – 2018
$350,000.00

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Adolescent Well-Being in an Era of Family Complexity

Teacher Effects on Students’ Non-Cognitive Competencies: A Study of Impacts, Instruction, and Improvement

Transiciones: Examining the Latino Transition to College in Support of Academic Equality

Deferred Action and Postsecondary Outcomes: The Role of Migrant Youth Settings in Effective and Equitable Policy

Using Unified School Enrollment Systems to Improve Access to Effective Schools and for Research and Evaluation

Finalists for 2015 William T. Grant Scholars Awards

Realizing the Potential of Research Evidence in Child Welfare

A New Look at Neighborhood Ethnic Concentration: Implications for Mexican-Origin Adolescents’ Cultural Adaptation and Adjustment

Critical Contexts for the Formation of Natural Mentoring Relationships among Economically Disadvantaged African American Adolescents: A Focus on Families and Neighborhoods

Toward a Sociological, Contextual Perspective on Psychological Interventions

Benefits and Challenges of Ethnic Diversity in Middle Schools: The Mediating Role of Peer Groups

Children in Limbo: A Transactional Model of Foster Care Placement Instability

Learning More About How Research-Based Knowledge Gets Used: Guidance in the Development of New Empirical Research

Adolescents and the Social Contexts of American Schools

The Long-Run Influence of School Accountability: Impacts, Mechanisms and Policy Implications

Subverting the Consequences of Stigma and Subordination: Toward Empowering Settings for Sexual Minority Youth

Predictors and Outcomes of Insufficient Sleep in Disadvantaged Youth: A Study of Family Settings and Neurobiological Development

Neighborhood Social Capital and Oral Health for Publicly-Insured Adolescents

Settings for Success among Emancipating Foster Youth: Youth and Workers in Communication and Collaboration

Consequences of the Within-Race Gender Imbalance in the College Campus Setting

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