Faculty
Emilie Phillips Smith
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1990
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Contact Information
105 White Building
Phone:
814-865-2662
Fax:
814-865-4470
http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/hdfs/faculty/smith_emilie.htm
Research Interests
Home, school, and community partnerships in development and prevention; violence and delinquency; the roles of identity, ethnic identity, and ethnic socialization in child and adolescent development; socio-cultural factors and social capital; protective processes and resilience; experimental social innovation, applied research.
Recent Publications
Smith, E. P., Atkins, J., Connell, C., & Sizer, M. (2003). Family, school, and community influences upon ethnic attitudes and relationships to academic outcomes. American Journal of Community Psychology, 32(1,2), 159–173.
Smith, E. P., Boutte, G., Zigler, E., & Finn-Stevenson, M. (In press). Opportunities for schools to promote resilience in children and youth: A Strengths Perspective. In K. Maton, C. Schellenbach, & B. Leadbetter (Eds.), Investing in children families, schools and communities: Resilience and strengths-based research and policy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Smith, E. P., Gorman-Smith, D., Quinn, W., Rabiner, D., Tolan, P., Winn, D., & Multisite Violence Prevention Project. (In press). Community-based family groups to prevent and reduce violent and aggressive behavior: The GREAT families program. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Smith, E. P., Wolf, A., Cantillon, D., Thomas, O., & Davidson, W. S. (In press). The Adolescent Diversion Project: 25 years of research on an ecological model of intervention. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community