Jennifer Frank focuses on developing and evaluating school-based prevention practices that modify the social ecology of risk (school-family-peer-individual factors) that gives rise to high-incidence disabilities, and preparing the next generation of school-based professionals to implement high-quality prevention practices in school settings. She strives to do work that is interdisciplinary and draw from diverse theoretical and methodological approaches to understand the determinants of risk and resilience. The ultimate goal of her teaching, research, and service activities is to create optimal social contexts to support academic learning that are sustainable in real-world settings. Jennifer’s current research interests include: school-based prevention, positive behavior supports, innovative statistical and experimental methods to validate evidence-based interventions, social-emotional learning, and mindfulness-based interventions.
Contact Information
308 Cedar Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-867-2865
jlf51@psu.edu
Jennifer Frank focuses on developing and evaluating school-based prevention practices that modify the social ecology of risk (school-family-peer-individual factors) that gives rise to high-incidence disabilities, and preparing the next generation of school-based professionals to implement high-quality prevention practices in school settings. She strives to do work that is interdisciplinary and draw from diverse theoretical and methodological approaches to understand the determinants of risk and resilience. The ultimate goal of her teaching, research, and service activities is to create optimal social contexts to support academic learning that are sustainable in real-world settings. Jennifer’s current research interests include: school-based prevention, positive behavior supports, innovative statistical and experimental methods to validate evidence-based interventions, social-emotional learning, and mindfulness-based interventions.
Contact Information
308 Cedar Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-867-2865
jlf51@psu.edu
Program on Empathy, Awareness, and Compassion in Education (PEACE) 
Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) for Special Educators 
Project RESPECT: Teacher training program for responding to students in emotionally supportive and positive ways 
Learning to BREATHE: Promoting Adolescent Well Being Through Emotion Regulation Skills Instruction 
An Epidemiological and Longitudinal Study of Rural Child Literacy Trajectories (Family Life Project) 
Longitudinal Effectiveness of Communities That Care on Reducing Youth Risk Factors 
Stress, Self-regulation, and Psychopathology in Middle Childhood (Family Life Project)
- Program on Empathy, Awareness, and Compassion in Education (PEACE)
- Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) for Special Educators
- Project RESPECT: Teacher training program for responding to students in emotionally supportive and positive ways
- Learning to BREATHE: Promoting Adolescent Well Being Through Emotion Regulation Skills Instruction
- An Epidemiological and Longitudinal Study of Rural Child Literacy Trajectories (Family Life Project)
- Longitudinal Effectiveness of Communities That Care on Reducing Youth Risk Factors
- Stress, Self-regulation, and Psychopathology in Middle Childhood (Family Life Project)
Schussler, D. L. & Frank, J. L. (forthcoming). Respecting communication skills: The missing link for the wellbeing of educators and their schools. In Carpenter, B. W., Mahfouz, J., & Robinson, K. (Eds.), Supporting leaders for school improvement through self-care and wellbeing.Information Age Publishing.
Frank, J. L., Broderick, P. C., Oh, Y., Mitra, J., Kohler, K., Schussler, D. L., Geier, C., Roeser, R., Berrena, E., Mahfouz, J., Levitan, J., Greenberg, M. T. (2021). . Mindfulness, 12.
Jennings, P. A., Doyle, S., Oh, Y., Rasheed, D., Frank, J. L., & Brown, J. L. (2019). School Psychology, 76, 186-202.
Chilenski, S. M., Frank, J., Summers, N., & Lew, D. (2019). Prevention Science, 20, 947-958.
Doyle, S. L., Jennings, P. A., Brown, J. L., Rasheed, D., DeWeese, A., Frank, J. L., Turksma, C., & Greenberg, M. T. (2018). Mindfulness, 10, 841-853.
Broderick, P. C., Frank, J. L., Berrena, E., Schussler, D. L., Kohler, K., Mitra, J., Khan, L., Levitan, J., Mahfouz, J., Shields, L., & Greenberg, M. T. (2018). Mindfulness.
DeWeese, A., Jennings, P. A., Brown, J. L., Doyle, S. L., Davis, R. T., Rasheed, D. S., Frank, J. L. & Greenberg, M. T. (2017). SAGE Research Methods Cases, Part 2.
Schussler, D. L. & Frank, J. L. (forthcoming). Respecting communication skills: The missing link for the wellbeing of educators and their schools. In Carpenter, B. W., Mahfouz, J., & Robinson, K. (Eds.), Supporting leaders for school improvement through self-care and wellbeing.Information Age Publishing.
Frank, J. L., Broderick, P. C., Oh, Y., Mitra, J., Kohler, K., Schussler, D. L., Geier, C., Roeser, R., Berrena, E., Mahfouz, J., Levitan, J., Greenberg, M. T. (2021). . Mindfulness, 12.
Jennings, P. A., Doyle, S., Oh, Y., Rasheed, D., Frank, J. L., & Brown, J. L. (2019). School Psychology, 76, 186-202.
Chilenski, S. M., Frank, J., Summers, N., & Lew, D. (2019). Prevention Science, 20, 947-958.
Doyle, S. L., Jennings, P. A., Brown, J. L., Rasheed, D., DeWeese, A., Frank, J. L., Turksma, C., & Greenberg, M. T. (2018). Mindfulness, 10, 841-853.
Broderick, P. C., Frank, J. L., Berrena, E., Schussler, D. L., Kohler, K., Mitra, J., Khan, L., Levitan, J., Mahfouz, J., Shields, L., & Greenberg, M. T. (2018). Mindfulness.
DeWeese, A., Jennings, P. A., Brown, J. L., Doyle, S. L., Davis, R. T., Rasheed, D. S., Frank, J. L. & Greenberg, M. T. (2017). SAGE Research Methods Cases, Part 2.
