Publications

Community Engaged Scholarship

• Kim, M., Shapiro, V. B., Ozer, E. J., Stone, S., Villa, B., Schotland, M., & Kohashi, C. (2023). University’s absorptive capacity for collaborative research: Examining challenges and opportunities for organizational learning to engage in research with community partners. Journal of Community Practice, 31(3–4), 397–409. https://escholarship.org/content/qt1302w96j/qt1302w96j.pdf?t=s3cixp

Mental Health

• Cohen, A. K., Ozer, E. J., Rehkopf, D. H., & Abrams, B. (2021).
  High school composition and health outcomes in adulthood: A cohort study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7), 3799. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073799

• Giovanelli, A., Ozer, E. J., Adams, S. H., Park, M. J., & Ozer, E. M. (2022).
  Adolescent technology-use rules and sleep in a large representative sample. Journal of Adolescent Health, 70(4), 682–685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.10.025

• Nuñez, A., Duane, A., Greenstein, J. E., Hwang, S. H. J., Reider, L., Medina, S., Schotland, M., & Shapiro, V. B. (2025).
  An innovative and sustainable approach to delivering school-based mental health and wellness services. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community. https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2025.2537480

• Raymond-Flesch, M., Browne, E. N., Auerswald, C., & Minnis, A. M. (2021).
  Family and school connectedness associated with lower depression among Latinx early adolescents in an agricultural county. American Journal of Community Psychology, 68(1-2), 114-127. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12499

Parenting

• Eldeeb, N., Ren, C., & Shapiro, V. B. (2025).
  Parent information seeking and sharing: Using unsupervised machine learning to identify common parenting issues. Children and Youth Services Review, 172, 108210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108210
• Lavi, I., Ozer, E. J., Katz, L. F., & Gross, J. J. (2021).
  The role of parental emotion reactivity and regulation in child maltreatment and maltreatment risk: A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 90, Article 102099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2021.102099

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)

• Metzger, A. N., Nuñez, A., CalHOPE Research Committee, & Shapiro, V. B. (2025). Supporting the implementation of social and emotional learning: County office goals to promote wellbeing in schools. Evaluation and Program Planning, 112, 102621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2025.102621

• Metzger, A. N., Caouette, J. D., Jones, T. M., CalHOPE Research Committee, & Shapiro, V. B. (2025). Educational leaders’ reports of conditions for supporting SEL implementation: The power of partnerships. American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.70019

• Duane, A. M., Morris, K. S., Caouette, J. D., Metzger, A. N., CalHOPE Research Committee, & Shapiro, V. B. (2025). Hear, act, connect, support: Youth recommendations for educators who administer school climate surveys. Psychology in the Schools, 62(1), 185–201. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.23319

• Shapiro, V. B., Kim, B. E., Robitaille, J. L., Mahoney, J., Lee, J., & LeBuffe, P. A. (2024). Monitoring the growth of social and emotional competence to guide practice decisions. Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy, 3(4), Article 100032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sel.2024.100032

• Shapiro, V. B., & colleagues. (2024). Where’s the BIPOC blueprint for healthy youth development? Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10981621/

• Shapiro, V. B., Eldeeb, N., McCoy, H., Trujillo, M., & Jones, T. M. (2024).
  Where’s the BIPOC blueprint for healthy youth development? The role of scientific omissions in our struggle for science translation and racial equity in the United States. Journal of Prevention, 45(2), 303–321. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10981621/

• Shapiro, V. B., Metzger, A. N., Duane, A. M., Morris, K. S., & CalHOPE Research Committee. (2023). “We will build together”: Sowing the seeds of SEL statewide. Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy, 3, 100014. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773233923000141

Sexual and Reproductive Health

• Larrea-Schiavon, S., Auerswald, C., Guendelman, S., Graham, J., & Infante, C. (2025). Challenges and facilitators to sexual and reproductive health care for undocumented in-transit migrant women in Mexico: A qualitative study. Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 7, 1683858. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41078969/

• Minnis, A. M., Browne, E. N., Chavez, M., McGlone, L., Raymond-Flesch, M., & Auerswald, C. (2022). Early sexual debut and neighborhood social environment in Latinx youth. Pediatrics, 149(3), e2021050861. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35137189

Youth Voice and Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)

• Ozer, E. J., Abraczinskas, M., Duarte, C., Mathur, R., Ballard, P. J., Gibbs, L., Olivas, E. T., Bewa, M. J., & Afifi, R. (2020). Youth participatory approaches and health equity: Conceptualization and integrative review. American Journal of Community Psychology, 66(3–4), 267–278. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32969506/

• Ozer, E. J., Sprague Martinez, L., Abraczinskas, M., Villa, B., & Prata, N. (2022). Toward integration of life course intervention and youth participatory action research. Pediatrics, 149(Suppl. 5), e2021053509H. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35503322/
• Ozer, E. J., Abraczinskas, M., Voight, A., Kirshner, B., Cohen, A., Zion, S., Glende, J., Stickney, D., Gauna, R., Lopez, S., & Freiburger, K. (2020). Use of research evidence generated by youth: Conceptualization and applications in diverse U.S. K-12 educational settings. American Journal of Community Psychology, 66(1–2), 81–93. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32497266/
• Suleiman, A. B., Ballard, P. J., Hoyt, L. T., & Ozer, E. J. (2021). Applying a developmental lens to youth-led participatory action research: A critical examination and integration of existing evidence. Youth & Society, 53(1), 26–53. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0044118X19837871

Youth Experiencing Homelessness

• Auerswald, C., Larrea-Schiavon, S., Cuyler, M., Genese, C., Peake, A., Nawabi, S., Kang, J., Mah, J., Arub, Y., Suhir, S., Sears, N., & Weinstein, S. (2024). Guidelines to prevent, address, and end youth homelessness. Youth and Allies Against Homelessness; Innovations for Youth; University of California, Berkeley. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wjmuq7gqm5oLkS4XxAhk8A8frQKmjKay/view
• Gewirtz O’Brien, J. R., Auerswald, C., English, A., Ammerman, S., Beharry, M., Heerde, J. A., Kang, M., Naous, J., Pham, D. Q., Maria, D. S., & Elliott, A. (2021). Youth experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic: Unique needs and practical strategies from international perspectives. Journal of Adolescent Health, 68(2), 236–240. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33541600/
• Ratliff, G. A., Cosgrove, D., Yang, J. O., Sarabia, R., Harvey, T. L., Jeffcoat, N., Lightfoot, M., Adams, S., Lund, I., & Auerswald, C. L. (2024). Keeping young researchers out of harm’s way: Conducting youth participatory action research with young people experiencing homelessness. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1386714. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39022409/
• Ratliff, G. A., Harvey, T. L., Jeffcoat, N., Sarabia, R., Yang, J. O., Lightfoot, M., Adams, S., Lund, I., & Auerswald, C. L. (2023). The deployment of discretionary power in the prevention and enactment of structural violence against young people experiencing homelessness. Child Abuse & Neglect, 141, 106237. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37187143/