Scholarly Interests and Specialties


• Applied Developmental Science
• Positive Youth Development
• Developmental Systems Theories
• Out-of-school Activity Involvement and the Impact on Positive and Negative Indicators of Development
• Ecological Factors as Context for Development
• Effective Means of Integrating Research and Practice
• Evaluation and Program Planning Particularly for Youth Development Programs
• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Programs
• Public Health Programs