We are pleased to announce the formal appointment of Dr. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl as Director, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), effective September 1, 2015 to June 30, 2020.
Kim Schonert-Reichl
A world-renowned expert in the area of social and emotional learning (SEL), her research has focused on identifying the processes and mechanisms that foster children’s positive human qualities, including empathy, altruism, and resiliency. She has designed psychometrically rigorous SEL assessments, including the Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) – a population-level tool for assessing children’s social and emotional health and well-being.
Dr. Schonert-Reichl’s work builds upon the legacy of HELP’s founding Director, the late Clyde Hertzman (1953-2013), and she was recently awarded the 2015 Joseph E. Zins Distinguished Scholar Award for Outstanding Contributions to Research in Social and Emotional Learning, given by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL).
An Applied Developmental Psychologist and a Professor in the Human Development, Learning, and Culture area in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Dr. Schonert-Reichl received her B.Sc. in Education from Illinois State University, her MA in Educational Psychology from the University of Chicago, and her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Iowa. She completed postdoctoral work as a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Fellow in the Clinical Research Training Program in Adolescence at the University of Chicago, and the Department of Psychiatry at Northwestern University Medical School.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl to this appointment.
Sincerely,
Howard Feldman, MD, FRCP(C)
Executive Associate Dean, Research
Faculty of Medicine
The University of British Columbia
David Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc
Director, School of Population and Public Health
UBC Faculty of Medicine