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Eric Buhs is an educational psychology professor whose research focuses on adolescent development and children’s social and emotional adjustment in schools. As a teacher, he seeks to support education students as they incorporate research-based theory and practice into their teaching philosophy and practice. His recent peer-reviewed research has examined how social relationships at school influence temperament and middle school engagement; how economic risk influences children’s temperament regulation and classroom quality in Head Start programs and how shyness affects student engagement.
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W. Alex Mason’s research focuses on the developmental etiology and prevention of adolescent substance misuse and co-occurring psychopathology. He is particularly interested in understanding the early childhood precursors of adolescent problem and positive development, and the translation of knowledge into the development and dissemination of effective preventive interventions. He also has expertise in longitudinal methods and program evaluation. Mason received his doctorate in social psychology from the University of Nevada-Reno and completed postdoctoral training in developmental psychopathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.