Youth-Nex People
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Youth-Nex Faculty
Derrick P. Alridge
- Philip J. Gibson Professor of Education
- Director, Center for Race and Public Education in the South
Bethany A. Bell
- Associate Professor
Jessika H. Bottiani
- Research Associate Professor
Catherine P. Bradshaw
- Senior Associate Dean for Research
- Professor
Chris Chang-Bacon
- Assistant Professor
Katrina Debnam
- Associate Professor
Nancy L. Deutsch
- Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
- Linda K. Bunker Professor of Education
- Director, Youth-Nex
Shereen El Mallah
- Research Assistant Professor
Alexis R. Harris
- Research Assistant Professor
Natoya Hill Haskins
- Associate Professor
- Counselor Education Program Co-Director
Patricia A. Jennings
- Professor
Wintre Foxworth Johnson
- Assistant Professor
Melissa Levy
- Associate Professor
- Youth & Social Innovation Program Director
Michael Lyons
- Associate Professor
- Clinical & School Psychology Program Director
Heather McDaniel
- Research Assistant Professor
Amanda Nguyen
- Research Associate Professor
Sara Rimm-Kaufman
- Chair, Department of Education Leadership, Foundations and Policy
- Commonwealth Professor of Education
Stephanie Rowley
- Dean
- William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Education
Ashlee Lester Sjogren
- Research Assistant Professor
Lora Henderson Smith
- Assistant Professor
Naila A. Smith
- Assistant Professor
Julia Taylor
- Associate Professor
Patrick H. Tolan
- Charles S. Robb Professor Emeritus of Education
Rachel L. Wahl
- Associate Professor
Arthur L. Weltman
- Professor of Kinesiology
- Professor of Medicine
Jonee Wilson
- Assistant Professor
Youth-Nex Professional Research Staff
Lex Budavari
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Jessica Forrester
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Chelsea Ann Kaihoi
- Research Scientist
Pamela Nicholas-Hoff
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Toshna Pandey
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Meredith Powers Franco
- Research Associate
Faith A. Zabek
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Youth-Nex Staff
Jennifer Beasley
- Education and Outreach Specialist/Implementation Coach
Katelyn Birchfield
- Program Coordinator and Implementation Support & Coaching Specialist
Leslie M. Booren
- Associate Director for Communications & Operations, Youth-Nex
Sherry Bryant
- Program & Outreach Associate
Michelle Francis
- Senior Data Manager
Abby Gillespie
- Director of Strategy and Engagement, Youth-Nex
Crystal Haislip
- Associate Director for Administration, Youth-Nex
Grace Kegley
- Research Specialist
Hannah Frances Melton
- Research Specialist
Martha Pullen
- Finance Associate, Youth-Nex
Nicole E. Wolf
- CSP Research Coordinator
Katy Zeanah
- School Mental Health Outreach Manager
- Clinical & School Psychologist
- Clinical Supervisor
Youth-Nex Ph.D. Students
Noor Alwani
- Ph.D. Student
Maria Guzman Antelo
- Ph.D. Student
Simon Daniel
- Ph.D. Student
Christine Onyinyechi-Uju Emuka
- Ph.D. Student
Mandy Flores-Curley
- Ph.D. Student
Christopher Hu
- Ph.D. Student
Dana Sox
- Ph.D. Student
Affiliated Faculty
UVA Faculty Affiliates
As an interdisciplinary and cross-University center, Youth-Nex has numerous faculty affiliates across UVA.
- Joseph P. Allen, Hugh P. Kelly Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, Psychology
- Lanice Avery, Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and Psychology
- Amy Boitnott, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CPNP-PC, Assistant Professor of Nursing
- Susan Bruce, Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
- Roger C. Burket, MD, Psychiatry: Child and Family
- Daniel J. Cox, PhD, AHHP, Professor of Psychiatric Medicine and Professor of Internal Medicine
- Mark D. DeBoer, MD, Endocrinology/Diabetes: Pediatric
- Kyle Dobson, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Batten
- John Holbein, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Politics, and Education
- Noelle Hurd, Scully Family Discovery Associate Professor | DDI
- Andrew D. Kaufman, Associate Professor and Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence
- Channing Mathews, Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Irene Mathieu, MD, Assistant Professor, UVA Pediatrics
- Andrew Mondschein, Associate Professor, Urban + Environmental Planning, Associate Dean of Research
- Charlotte Patterson, Professor of Psychology
- Jessie Stern, Postdoctoral Fellow, Grossmann, Vaish and Allen labs, UVA Department of Psychology
- Julia F. Taylor, MD, General Pediatrics
- Sophie Trawler, Batten Family Bicentennial Teacher-Scholar Leadership Associate Professor of Public Policy and Associate Professor of Psychology
- Matthew J. Trowbridge, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health
- Amrisha Vaish, Pamela Feinour Edmonds and Franklin S. Edmonds, Jr. Discovery Associate Professor in Psychology
- Barbara Brown Wilson, Associate Professor, Urban + Environmental Planning & Faculty Director, UVA Equity Center
External Partners and Faculty Affiliates
Youth-Nex also has numerous partners and faculty affiliates from other universities and organizations across the nation.
- Chidi Jenkins, Senior Office for Leadership and Public Policy, Ascent at the Aspen Institute
- Priscilla Little, Senior Consultant, Big Picture Approach Training & Consultant, The Forum for Youth Investment
- Valerie N. Adams-Bass, Assistant Professor of Childhood Studies, Rutgers
- Mimi Arbeit, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Suffolk University in Boston
- Seanna Leath, Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
- Lauren Mims, Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology, NYU Steinhardt School
- Erik Ruzek, Senior Research Scientist, NWEA
- Joanna Williams, Associate Professor, School Psychology, Rutgers
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Youth-Nex is a trans-disciplinary center with a translational approach to scholarship and innovation that is central to its work.