Emilie P. Smith

Biography

Dr. Emilie Smith is a Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, the Inaugural College of Social Science Distinguished Senior Scholar, and Lead of MSU Youth Equity Project, the Interdisciplinary Thematic Area on Reducing Disparities and Increasing Opportunities for Marginalized Youth at Michigan State University. Her community-engaged research seeks to understand the ways in which families, ... schools, and communities interact to affect positive youth development, and particularly, racial-ethnic identity and socialization among those of diverse socio-economic and geographic backgrounds. Her work involves rigorous, randomized trials and multilevel methods to examine family and community approaches that reduce disparities and increase equity drawing upon interdisciplinary partnerships.

Smith is a Fellow of Division 27 (Community) of the American Psychological Association as well as a Fellow of the Society of Prevention Research. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Community Psychology, and has served on the editorial board of numerous other journals.

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