Members
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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