Scott Seider, Ed.D.
Scott Seider is a professor of applied developmental psychology at Boston College. A former secondary teacher, Dr. Seider's research focuses on how parents and educators can support young people's identity development and civic development. In one stream of research, he investigates how parents leading mixed race, mixed heritage, and mixed faith families engage their children in cultural and religious socialization. In a second stream of research, Dr. Seider explores how educators can nurture their students development of the civic skills, character strengths, and critical consciousness necessary to recognize, analyze, and challenge injustice.
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He is the author or co-author of numerous books and articles including Educating for Justice (2025), Schooling for Critical Consciousness (2020) and Character Compass 2nd edition (2026).
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Dr. Seider also recently participated in a Research-Practice-Partnership that developed a 4Cs Advisory Curriculum for middle and secondary teachers interested in using advisory to support their students' civic character and critical consciousness development.
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"This is a must-read for educators looking to support the healthy development of all of our young people as they contend with a social world fractured by structural oppression and racism."
—Prof. Ben Kirshner
School of Education,
University of Colorado Boulder
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