Mark T. Greenberg Explained

Mark T. Greenberg (born December 31, 1951) is the emeritus holder of The Bennett Endowed Chair in Prevention Research in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development,[1] and founding director of the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center[2] at the Pennsylvania State University. He is the chair of CREATE for Education, a non-profit organization that promotes caring and compassion in education.

Early life and education

Born and raised in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Greenberg received his B.A. at Johns Hopkins University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at the University of Virginia[3] under the mentoring of Mary D. S. Ainsworth[4] and Robert S. Marvin.[5]

Career

After serving on the faculty of the University of Washington from 1977 to 1997, he joined the department of Human Development and Family Studies at the Pennsylvania State University as the first Bennett Chair of Prevention Research and held that position from 1997 until 2019. He founded the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development in 1998 and was the director until 2015. He also held faculty positions at the University of Manchester and the University of Stavanger. He conducted research in four areas: school-based prevention research, social and emotional learning, family- and community-level interventions, and mindfulness interventions with children and educators. He provided mentoring for many early career scientists, including those who have gone on to become directors of university prevention research centers, including Nathaniel Riggs, director of the Colorado State University Prevention Research Center.[6]

Research

Greenberg was involved in the development of numerous evidence-based interventions focused on children’s well-being. In 1980, with Carol A. Kusché he co-authored the PATHS program, an evidence-based social and emotional learning curriculum now used in thousands of schools around the world.[7]  In 1990, he joined the Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group to develop and test the Fast Track Intervention – an integrated multiple-tier model for supporting all children to succeed in school and life.[8] He has been a collaborator in the development and/or evaluation of numerous interventions including PROSPER for youth development,[9] Communities That Care,[10] and the Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE)[11] and Community Approach to Learning Mindfully (CALM) mindfulness programs for educators. He was the co-director of the Family Life Project, an ongoing, long-term study of the biological, individual, family and community influences that affect the development of rural children.[12]

Publications

Dr. Greenberg has published more than 350 peer-reviewed scientific papers, chapters, and books, including:

Honors and awards

In 2003, Dr. Greenberg was appointed as a member of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.[13] He received the Research Scientist Award from the Society for Prevention Research (2002),[14] the Society for Research in Child Development Distinguished Contributions to Public Policy for Children Award (2009),[15] the Society for Prevention Research Presidential Award (2013),[16] and the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society from the American Psychological Association (2016).[17] He is one of the founders of the Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning and a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association.[18]

Philanthropy

He and his wife, Christa Turksma, endowed the annual Compassion Lecture at the Pennsylvania State University.[19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 2020-06-29. Mark Greenberg - CREATE For Education. en-US. CREATE For Education. 2021-07-08.
  2. Web site: Founding Director / Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center. 2021-07-08. www.prevention.psu.edu. en.
  3. Web site: Curriculum Vitae for Mark T. Greenberg. 2021-07-20. Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center.
  4. Web site: Mary Ainsworth, Insightful Observer and Courageous Theoretician. 2021-07-20. Stony Brook University Department of Psychology.
  5. Web site: PsychTree - Mark T. Greenberg. 2021-07-21. academictree.org.
  6. Web site: Health. College of. Collins. Human Sciences 217 L. L. Gibbons Building 850 Oval Drive 1501 Campus Delivery Fort. Bio-Page. 2021-07-20. College of Health and Human Sciences. en-US.
  7. Web site: Mark Greenberg Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education. 2021-07-20. dalailamacenter.org.
  8. Web site: The Fast Track Program for Children at Risk: Preventing Antisocial Behavior. 2021-07-09. Guilford Press. en-US.
  9. Six-Year Sustainability of Evidence-Based Intervention Implementation Quality by Community-University Partnerships: The PROSPER Study. 2011. 3727665. Spoth. R.. Guyll. M.. Redmond. C.. Greenberg. M.. Feinberg. M.. American Journal of Community Psychology. 48. 3–4. 412–425. 10.1007/s10464-011-9430-5. 21394561.
  10. Feinberg. Mark E.. Jones. Damon. Greenberg. Mark T.. Osgood. D. Wayne. Bontempo. Daniel. 2010-06-01. Effects of the Communities That Care Model in Pennsylvania on Change in Adolescent Risk and Problem Behaviors. Prevention Science. en. 11. 2. 163–171. 10.1007/s11121-009-0161-x. 1573-6695. 4454391. 20020209.
  11. Web site: CARE: Improving Classroom Learning Environments by Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education / Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center. 2021-07-20. www.prevention.psu.edu. en.
  12. Web site: Greenberg-Mark / Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center. 2021-07-20. www.prevention.psu.edu. en.
  13. Web site: Mark Greenberg Appointed to National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse. 2021-07-09. hhd.psu.edu.
  14. Web site: 2011-01-09. Biography Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education. 2021-07-20. dalailamacenter.org. en.
  15. Web site: Biennial Awards Archive Society for Research in Child Development SRCD. 2021-07-09. www.srcd.org. en.
  16. Web site: Penn State professors honored at Society for Prevention Research meeting Penn State University. 2021-07-08. news.psu.edu. en.
  17. Web site: Mark Greenberg recognized by the American Psychological Association Penn State University. 2021-07-08. news.psu.edu. en.
  18. Web site: Fellows. 2021-07-09. www.aera.net.
  19. Web site: Gifts inspired by teaching, research of caring and compassion Penn State University. 2021-07-09. news.psu.edu. en.

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