Biography

Pamela A. Morris is a Professor of Applied Psychology in the Steinhardt School and Director of the Institute of Human Development and Social Change (IHDSC), New York University and a Senior Fellow at MDRC. At the intersection of social policy and developmental psychology, Morris’ research ranges from antipoverty initiatives to early childhood interventions. Examples of her current work include large-scale randomized experiments of enhancements to preschool, work with NYCs Department of Education to strengthen the research architecture in the context of their historic Pre-k expansion, and the study of an integrated primary/secondary parenting intervention within the population-scalable pediatric care platform. A former William T. Grant scholar, Morris serves on the National Academy of Science’s Board on Children, Youth, and Families. As Director of IHDSC, Morris manages a portfolio of $40 million and brings together more than 100 faculty and students from three schools at NYU in research, training, practice, and policy.

2-003 - The Contributions of Bronfenbrenner’s Bio-Ecological Model: Looking Back and Looking Forward

Session Type: Invited Symposium

Integrative Statement

Urie Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological model (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 1998; 2006) has had a profound influence on the study of human development in context across the life course. In this symposium, former students and colleagues of Bronfenbrenner will present theory and findings from their own research programs over the last decade that have been informed by this influential model, and which, in the tradition espoused by Bronfenbrenner’s call to “science in the discovery mode”, continue to support the evolving nature of the model. Gary Evans, Lawrence Steinberg, Ann Crouter, and Pamela Morris, will each present their research efforts that have examined key aspects of Bronfenbrenner’s final 2006 conceptualization of the bioecological model. They will discuss evidence for the original tenets of the bioecological model as well as ways in which theory and findings from their own and other’s work that has emerged over the last 10 years adapt, deepen, and extend the model in key ways. In so doing, the panel will provide reflections on the development of a revised “bioecological model” that can guide the study of human development in context for the next decade and beyond.

Sub Unit

• SRCD Biennial Meeting

Chair

• Pamela Morris, New York University

Individual Presentations

• Multiple Legacies of Urie - Presenting Author: Gary W Evans, Cornell Univ

• Beyond the Microsystem: How Urie Bronfenbrenner Helped Launch the Scientific Study of Adolescence - Presenting Author: Laurence Steinberg, Temple University

• Revisiting Work and Family Through Time and Space - Presenting Author: Ann C Crouter, Pennsylvania State University

• From the Lab to the Contexts in which Children Live and Grow: Historical Perspectives on the Field - Presenting Author: Pamela Morris, New York University