Jacqueline Lerner

Professor, Applied Developmental & Educational Psychology

Lynch School of Education

Profile

Dr. Jacqueline LernerĀ studies the positive development of children and adolescents in the contexts of family, school and community, and the embedded relationships in these contexts that contribute to overall development.Ā Her research includes the first national longitudinal study of youth development, ā€œDoing the Right Thing: Character Development in Adolescence.ā€ She has published widely in the leading journals in the field such asĀ Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Journal of Research on Adolescence.

Dr. Lerner is currently collaborating on a multi-year, international research study on the positive development of the world's poorest youth.