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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

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

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