Room 2 - Dr. Aprile D. Benner

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Abstract

My substantive research interests center on the development of low-income and race/ethnic minority youth, investigating how the everyday contexts of children and adolescents shape their developmental outcomes. As a developmental psychologist, the core of my research program is a fundamental developmental question—what are the continuities and changes in the social, emotional, and cognitive growth and maturation of young people? Reflecting my training in educational demography, I work to answer this question with an awareness of how such developmental patterns are embedded in the groups, contexts, and social structures of society. Much of my research to date has focused on discrimination and marginalization and school transitions. As a first-generation college student, I am also particularly attuned to the supportive interactions with important others in adolescents' lives that promote their academic success as they move through the educational pipeline.

Author

• Aprile D Benner, University of Texas at Austin
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