

The FRIENDS project investigates the child and classroom factors that influence the development of cross-race and same-race friendships at the transition to adolescence.
BRIDGE involves a randomized intervention trial in urban elementary schools that leverages school mental health resources to improve classroom interactions and academic engagement for children with and without disruptive behaviors.
The PEERS lab describes the network of peer relationships in low-income, urban, elementary school classrooms, including the role of individual students and teaching practices in the classroom social network.
Links to Learning (L2L) is a randomized trial of a mental health model focused on predictors of learning in urban schools. L2L activates existing school and community resources to provide school- and home-based services to the teachers and families of children with disruptive behavior disorders. The aim is to strengthen classroom and home learning contexts, and improve student behavioral and academic outcomes.
This project represents the first known intervention trial to target the prevention of social aggression and the promotion of prosocial leadership among fifth grade girls.
The Transitions lab uses a national dataset and rigorous methods to understand the trajectories, experiences, and outcomes for students who attend schools of varied grade spans in the middle grades (e.g., k-8 schools, middle schools, junior high schools).