Youth-Nex Newsletter | Resources, Research Studies & more

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Youth-Nex is dedicated to using our platform to amplify the voices and lived experiences of adolescents who have been marginalized, to providing a venue for scholars and practitioners whose work is furthering the goal of racial justice, and to support a developmental science that is not only anti-racist, but is in the service of dismantling white supremacy.

Resources & Events

Oct. Virtual Panel: Register now for this event on Wed. 10/20 at 4 PM ET co-sponsored by Youth-Nex, CASEL, AMLE, Success Bound, the University of Chicago To&Through Middle Grades Network.

Suicide is Preventable: New Youth-Nex blog highlights warning signs and what you can do to support youth in crisis from our community partner at Region Ten Community Services Board.

LGBTQIA+ Youth Well-Being: Watch the discussion from our recent virtual panel and download the slides (PDF).
Last Year’s Limited Learning Gains: Dr. Nancy Deutsch explains how we should frame and approach any learning gaps caused by the pandemic.
Black Women & Girls’ Wellness: Dr. Seanna Leath pens a post about how to advance Black maternal autonomy and reproductive justice efforts.

Research & Hiring

Hiring Post-Doc: The Youth Action Lab is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on positive youth development scholarship and initiatives.

Hope, Resilience & Action Study: Grad Student Taina Quiles is recruiting Black and Latina girls to learn about their home, school, and social media experiences.

Perceptions of School Equity: Drs. Katrina Debnam, Jessika Bottiani, Catherine Bradshaw & colleague publish new research on teacher-student incongruence and student connectedness associations.
Making Justice Study: Grad Student Edward Scott is recruiting Black youth to learn about their activist identity and political imagination.
Hiring Baltimore Research Coordinator: Part-time wage positions are available in Anne Arundel County, MD for a research project.

Founded in 2009, Youth-Nex expands and applies the science of positive youth development to address fundamental challenges facing societies around the world. Through science and community partnerships, Youth-Nex enhances the strengths of children and adolescents and prevents developmental risk. Our vision is that our nation’s youth - a rich, often untapped resource - may flourish.