ABOUT SCOTT
Dr. Scott Seider's research focuses on the role that parents and educators can play in helping young peole to thrive as individuals and contribute to building a better world.
In one stream of research, Dr. Seider 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 four books and numerous articles that report on the promising practices of parents and educators committed to supporting their students' positive development in these areas.
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At Boston College, Dr. Seider teaches undergraduate and graduate courses focused on adolescent development, social oppression and transformation, transformative teaching and learning, and qualitative research methods. He previously worked as an English teacher in the Boston Public Schools and Westwood (MA) Public Schools and as a teacher educator at Boston University.
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Dr. Seider also currently serves on advisory boards for a number of different youth-serving organizations including Expeditionary Learning (EL) Education, the Journal of Adolescent Research, and the Center for Parent & Teen Communication.
