Faculty and student members of CSBYD
The Center for School-Based Youth Development (CSBYD) at UC Santa Barbara has released its 2015 annual report, highlighting 23 active funded research projects dedicated to work with at-risk students developed by 9 faculty and researchers from UCSB and affiliated institutions, by 15 student researchers and by 13 research partners worldwide. CSBYD is a community of researchers devoted to developing a better understanding of the role of school engagement as a protective force in children’s lives and that promotes academic, social, emotional, and physical well-being. According to the report, from 2014-15, CSBYD faculty published 50 publications and 13 technical reports and gave 17 conference presentations. The Journal of School Violence continued to be edited by the CSBYD and researchers provided reviews for 25 other research journals with researchers involved as members in 12 journal editorial boards. CSBYD’s activities were graciously funded by 24 contracts and grants.
The research projects explored a wide-range of issues, including bullying, youth violence, and substance abuse. For instance, one contract evaluates reduction parolee recidivism while another examines children’s chronic stress levels during the transition to kindergarten.
The annual report is online.
The Center for School-Based Youth Development is a community of researchers – Dr. Matt Quirk (Director), Dr. Erin Dowdy, Dr. Erika Felix, Dr. Karen Nylund-Gibson, Dr. Michael Furlong, Dr. Jill Sharkey, Dr. Lauren Reed, Antonyia Terzieva, and Dr. Sukkyong You. The Center was formed in 2002 through the Gevirtz Funds for Excellence thanks to the generosity of Ambassador Don Gevirtz and his wife Marilyn Gevirtz. The core of the CSBYD is in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at UCSB’s Gevirtz School.