Diversity Advancement Committee Colloquium with Robert Jagers, PhD
January 26, 2017
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Civic Development among Black Youth:
Advancing an Integrity-based Research Agenda
Robert J. Jagers, PhD
Associate Professor, Combined Program for Education and Psychology, University of Michigan
Youth civic development connotes processes and competencies that position young people as contributing members of local, national and global communities. In this talk, I describe some of our efforts to understand and facilitate civic development among Black youth. This includes basic and applied research that is grounded historically and conceptually in notions such as emergent, justice-oriented citizenship. I offer examples from work with middle and high school students in schools and in out-of-school settings, highlighting adult-youth relations and the interplay of social, emotional and academic learning. Finally, I discuss school-community (dis)continuities, economics and environment as priority issues in my current and future scholarship.
January 26, 2017 -- 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Student Center East – Cardinal Room 329
750 South Halsted
Reception Immediately Following
Date posted
Aug 14, 2018
Date updated
Aug 14, 2018