The Bullying Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Lab conducts research on topics including bullying and bullying prevention, school-based mental health services and prevention of mental health problems, mental health literacy, help-seeking among culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students, parenting practices and family involvement. Some of our recent projects include: Influences of...

We collaborate with educators and communities to improve socioemotional learning, literacy, and achievement for all students. We are interested in constructs like stress, mental health, resilience, persistence, emotional regulation, and motivation. Our work engages a diverse group of students from local schools as we examine socioemotional supports that make students successful in literacy and achievement.

Welcome to the READ (Reading, Engagement and Diversity) lab! We study literacy development in linguistically diverse students from a cognitive and motivational perspective.

The Social Justice, Intersectionality, and Heteronormativity Lab within the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education at the University of Maryland, College Park investigates the ways in which privileged social status in terms of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and (dis)ability result in discriminatory attitudes and behaviors among mental health professionals. Key...