Dr. Scott Seider is Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology and the Buehler Faculty Fellow at Boston College. He also co-directs Boston College's Institute for the Study of Race and Culture.

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Scott is the co-author of five books and dozens of academic papers that explore how parents and educators can support young people's positive development.

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​His newest research investigates how parents in mixed race, mixed heritage, and mixed faith families share their cultural and religious traditions with their children.  ​​​​​​

His research in schools explores how educators nurture their students' development of the civic skills, character strengths, and critical consciousness necessary to recognize, analyze, and challenge injustice. ​

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At Boston College, Scott teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on adolescent psychology, transformative teaching and learning, social oppression and transformation, and qualitative research methods.

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He also currently serves on advisory boards for a number of youth-serving organizations including the Center for Parent & Teen Communication, Journal of Adolescent Research, and EL Education.​​