The Youth Protective Factors Study: Effective Supervision and Services Based on Risks, Strengths, and Development We are excited to share groundbreaking research through The Youth Protective Factors Study, a multistate and multiyear examination of youth’s risk and protective factors. This…
un-TILTED! Wins Gold at the 2024 Serious Play Awards We are thrilled to announce that un-TILTED!, a video game intervention developed by our lab, has won Gold at the 2024 Serious Play Awards! The game, designed to help young adolescents…
Hiring Opportunity – Full-Time Research Assistant We’re seeking a dedicated Research Assistant to assist with impactful projects at UC Berkeley! Projects range from implementing and evaluating a videogame-supported afterschool program for very young, at-risk adolescents—to testing a hospital staff training…
🌟Hiring Opportunity – Youth Development Specialist🎮 We’re seeking a positive, dedicated Youth Development Specialist for our innovative videogame-supported, school-based therapeutic program! Help prevent aggression and promote positive development among early adolescents in the Bay Area. Lead intervention sessions, teach self-control…
🌟Hiring Opportunity – Behavior Coach 🎮 Join our dynamic team at UC Berkeley working on a transformative school-based group intervention! If you’re passionate about reducing aggression and promoting prosocial development in youth, this 3-year, part-time opportunity is for you. Responsibilities:…
Promoting Prosocial Identity: A New Pathway for Positive Youth Development We’re thrilled to share our latest paper titled “Getting Traction on Positive Youth Justice: Prosocial Identity as a Promising Target for Intervention,” authored by our team members Luyi Jian and…
Celebrating Luyi: Berkeley’s Latest Computational Research for Equity in the Legal System (CRELS) Fellow! We are beyond thrilled to share that one of our outstanding lab members, Luyi, has been accepted into the esteemed UC Berkeley Computational Research for Equity…
A Fresh Perspective on Juvenile Justice: Luyi Jian’s Brief on Prosocial Identity and Youth Reoffending Fresh off the press! Our team member Luyi Jian has just published a start-of-project brief that offers a deep-dive into prosocial identities and their role…
Dr. Skeem & Dr. Montoya reveal criminal history, not bias, drives racial disparities in pretrial detention, calling for policy reform. Dr. Jennifer Skeem & Dr. Lina Montoya’s latest study, ‘Understanding racial disparities in pretrial detention recommendations to shape policy reform’,…
