Youth Purpose Project
Academic Advisory Panel

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The Center on Adolescence has invited a group of scholars to serve on the Youth Purpose Project's Academic Advisory Panel. The panel is composed of recognized researchers with unique perspectives on youth purpose. In addition to advising, panel members play a key role in selecting the recipients of the Youth Purpose Research Awards.

Alexander Astin   
University of California Los Angeles
Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

Jacques Benninga   
California State University Fresno
Kremen School of Education & Human Development

Kendall Bronk   
Ball State University
Department of Educational Psychology

Pamela Ebstyne King
Fuller Theological Seminary
School of Psychology

Robert A. Emmons   
University of California Davis
Department of Psychology

Jonathan Haidt   
University of Virginia
Department of Psychology

Richard M. Lerner   
Tufts University
Applied Developmental Science Institute

Dan McFarland   
Stanford University
School of Education

Darcia Narvaez   
University of Notre Dame
Department of Psychology

Valerie Reyna   
Cornell University
Department of Human Development

Margaret Beale Spencer   
University of Chicago
Department of Comparative Human Development

Linda Wagener   
Fuller Theological Seminary
Department of Clinical Psychology