Publications

ARTICLES & CHAPTERS

Student experiences with sense of belonging in upper elementary school

Gutierrez, A.S., Magariño, L., Fournier, R., & Frazier, S.L. (2024). FACTS About Belonging: Students’ experiences with belongingness as Feelings, Agency, Connection, Trust, & Support. [under review].

Early Life ACEs and School Readiness

Gutierrez, A. S., Zambrana, K., Poznanski, B., Valdes, J., & Hart, K. C. (2024). Early Life Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences and School Readiness Among Preschoolers with Disruptive Behaviors. Journal of Child and Family Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02895-y

Summer Treatment Program Model to Promote School Readiness in Young Children Living in Urban Poverty

Hart, K.C., Poznanski, B., Cheatham-Johnson, R., Gregg, D., Zambrana, K., Gutierrez, A.S., Flores, H., Sotolongo, L., Chou, T., Moses, J., Obee, A., Lane, T., Guaragna, I., Cadet, G., Leyva, E., Quintanilla, V., Villodas, F., & Villodas, M. (2024). Utilizing the Summer Treatment Program Model to Promote School Readiness in Young Children Living in Urban Poverty: An Examination of Child Outcomes. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. [Revise & Resubmit].

Transforming education with mindfulness and an anti-oppression framework

Cosantino, J., Gutierrez, A.S., & Krachman. (2020). Transforming education with mindfulness and an anti-oppression framework. In T. Heilers, T. Iverson, & B. Larrivee (Eds.) Educating mindfully: Stories of school transformation through mindfulness (pp. 74-79). St. Charles, Illinois: Coalition of Schools Educating Mindfully.

Theories of
adolescent development

Lerner, R. M., Harris, E., M. Yalin, C., Rubin, R. O., Gutierrez, A. S., & Greenman, K. N. (2016). Adolescent development, theories of. In Harold L. Miller (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Psychology (pp. 10-14). SAGE: Thousand Oaks, California.

Building hope for positive youth development

Callina, K.S., Mueller, M.K., Buckingham, M.H., & Gutierrez, A.S. (2015). Buildinghopefor positive youthdevelopment: Research, practice, and policy. In E. P. Bowers, G. J. Geldhof, S. K. Johnson, R. M. Hershberg, L. J.Hilliard, J. V. Lerner, & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Promoting positive youth development: Bridging the gaps between research, practice, and policy (pp. 71-94). New York: Springer

Using relational developmental
systems theory to
link program goals, activities, and outcomes

Lerner, R. M., Wang, J., Chase, P. A., Gutierrez, A. S., Harris, E. M., Rubin, R. O., & Yalin, C. (2014). Using relational developmental systems theory to link program goals, activities, and outcomes: The sample case of the 4‐H Study of Positive Youth Development. New directions for youth development, 2014 (144), 17-30

Exploring characteristics of young adult men: Initial findings from a mixed methods evaluation of an all-male, character-focused trade school

Johnson, S. K., Hershberg, R. M., Arbeit, M. R., DeSouza, L. M., Callina, K. S., Gutierrez, A. S., ... & Lerner, R. M. (2014). Exploring characteristics of young adult men: Initial findings from a mixed methods evaluation of an all-male, character-focused trade school. Journal of Character Education, 10(2), 129.

ACADEMIC POSTERS

Early life exposure to adverse childhood experiences and school readiness among preschoolers with disruptive behaviors.

Gutierrez, A.S., Zambrana, K., Poznanski, B., Valdes, J., & Hart, K.C. (2023, November 2.) Early Life Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences and School Readiness Among Preschoolers with Disruptive Behaviors. [Poster presentation]. 2023 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), Los Angeles, CA.

Making a match: Exploring the association between ethnic match & program utilization in a home visiting program.

Gutierrez, A.S. & Jacobs, F. (2020, February). Making a Match: Exploring the Association Between Ethnic Match and Program Utilization in a Home Visiting Program. [Poster Presentation]. 2020 Miami International Child & Adolescent Mental Health (MICAMH) Conference, Miami, FL.

A developmental framework for measuring student agency.

Buckley, K., Gutierrez, A.S., & Subedi, S. (2018, October). A developmental framework for measuring student agency. [Poster Presentation] 2018 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Special Topic Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Partners in learning: How researchers can support the needs of teacher "participant-partners."

Gutierrez, A.S., Hilliard, L.J., & Batanova, M. (2017, April). Partners in learning: How researchers can support the needs of teacher “Participant-Partners.” [Poster Presentation]. 2017 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.

“Science allows me to maintain my childhood curiousity!”
– Avi Loeb

AKIRA GUTIERREZ RENZULLI, Ph.D., M.S., M.A.