AEC Fellows: Mark Greenberg

Mark Greenberg Pennsylvania State University Email: mxg47@psu.edu Office: 814-863-0112

Dr. Greenberg holds The Bennett Endowed Chair in Prevention Research in Penn State's College of Health and Human Development. He received his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Virginia and taught at the University of Washington from 1977-1997. He is currently the Director of the Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development and the Associate Director for the Penn State Consortium on Children, Youth and Families. Since 1981, Dr. Greenberg has been examining the effectiveness of school-based curricula (The PATHS Curriculum) to improve the social, emotional, and cognitive competence of elementary-aged children. Since 1990, he has served as an Investigator in Fast Track, a comprehensive program that aims to prevent violence and delinquency in families. His research has also focused on the role of community-level factors in prevention. Current studies include the evaluation of Communities That Care and The PROSPER Model (in collaboration with Richard Spoth and colleagues at Penn State and Iowa State). Dr. Greenberg is the author of more than 200 journal articles and book chapters on developmental psychopathology, well-being, and the effects of prevention efforts on children and families. He received the Research Scientist Award from the Society for Prevention Research in 2002 and the Society for Child Development Distinguished Contributions to Public Policy for Children Award in 2009.

 

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