Members

  • Willem Frankenhuis

    Professor at the University of Amsterdam and Senior Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law

    Keywords: Harshness and unpredictability, hidden talents, reasonable responses, plasticity

  • Meriah DeJoseph

    Postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University

    Keywords: Child poverty, adaptive self-regulation, socioculturally-valid measuring, strength-based approach

  • Kat Adams Shannon

    Postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University

    Keywords: Attention, self-regulation, adapted learning behavior, inequality and inclusivity

  • Gabriel Reyes

    PhD Candidate at Stanford University

    Keywords: Poverty, brain development, learning, memory, neuroscience, inclusivity

  • David Silverman

    Incoming Assistant Professor at Yale University.

    Keywords: Inequity, schools, socio-economic status, strength-based approach

  • Ivan Hernandez

    Assistant Professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

    Keywords: Background-specific strengths, identity, motivation

  • Stefan Vermeent

    Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics of the University of Amsterdam

    Keywords: Cognitive adaptations to adversity, executive functioning, cognitive modeling

  • Monica Ellwood-Lowe

    Assistant Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and the director of the Minds, Experiences, and Language (MEL) Lab.​


    Keywords: Children’s language, cognitive, neural development, societal structures, inequity

  • Christina Bauer

    Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Vienna

    Keywords: Stigma, successful goal-pursuit, strength-based interventions

  • Jazlyn Nketia

    Digital Science Communication Fellow at the Museum of Science, Boston, USA and has a long-term content partnership with BOLD.

    Keywords: Children’s socioeconomic status and working memory, testing environments, support programs

  • Emma Blakey

    Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology at the University of Sheffield

    Keywords: Social inequalities, school readiness, cognitive development, parenting in low socioeconomic circumstances

  • Josiah Rosario

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan

    Keywords: Identity, ecological contexts, development, critical psychology

  • Dandara Ramos

    Associate Professor at the Institute of Collective Health at the Federal University of Bahia

    Keywords: Child and adolescent health, social policy evaluation, racial inequalities

  • Julissa Muniz

    Assistant Professor in Education at the University of California

    Keywords: Teaching, learning, and identity development among incarcerated youth

  • Giselle Laiduc

    Assistant Professor at Santa Clara University

    Keywords: Identity, diversity, and educational equity in higher education

  • Esther Weijman

    PhD Candidate at the Clinical (Child & Youth) Psychology department at the Open Universiteit and behavioral scientist in special education

    Keywords: Childhood abuse and neglect, systemic factors, vulnerability and resilience, positive development

  • Sharon Padt

    Junior Researcher at the University of Amsterdam

    Key words: Social skills in children, social connectedness, self-concept, self-awareness

  • Janaína Cula Costa

    Assistant Professor at the University of São Paulo's School of Public Health in Brazil and Public Health Researcher at the International Center for Equity in Health.

    Keywords: Global health, women’s and child health, nutrition, gender and ethnic inequalities

  • Andrêa Ferreira

    Senior Researcher at IYALETA – Research, Sciences and Humanities, Associate Researcher at the Centre for Integration and Knowledge of Data for Health – CIDACS (Fiocruz-Bahia) and Technical Advisor for the National School Feeding Program by CECANE/Bahia (FNDE).

    Keywords:
    Racism and health, racial inequalities, residential segregation, food system, nutrition, climate change, aging health, and social protection policies evaluation.

  • Gabriele Paone

    Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford

    Key words: Evolutionary anthropology, social anthropology, child development, hidden talents, harsh and unpredictable environments, and strengths-based interventions