Building Resilience, Fostering Identity

Research That Matters -

2015 Edition

College of Education Associate Professor, Dr. Janine Jones, is one of the top translational researchers in the nation on building resilience in children of color. She’s also a leader in developing culturally relevant approaches to help school psychologists work effectively with all children.

Her latest study, a pilot which aims to help African American middle school girls in foster care improve their social and emotional health, is representative of her work during the past decade...read complete article