BU Bully Lab

The Social Adjustment and Bullying Prevention Laboratory performs youth mental health research within the School of Education at Boston University.

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

Happy Super Tuesday from everyone at @BU_bullylab! Get out and vote to make a change

[Melissa Holt @MKHolt10]

Inspired by George Elbaum and energized by the current and future leaders attending today’s ADL Youth Congress @ADL_NewEngland @BU_bullylab #ADLYouthCongress

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

Our lab members participated in a symposium titled “Evaluation of a School-Based Prevention Programs Designed to Enhance Social and Emotional Well-Being” at the @AERA_EdResearch annual meeting on Saturday, April 6th.

Good job, everyone!! #AERA19

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

Nicole Faraci presenting her research poster at @AERA_EdResearch annual meeting. Good job, Nicole! #AERA19

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

A BIG congratulations to Christine! We’re very proud of you!!

[AERA Division E @AERA_DivE]

Congratulations to Christine Marsico from Boston University for winning the annual DivE In Seed Grant Competition!

Thank you to all of our finalists for excellent research presentations and to our sponsor @Dedoose! #AERA19 @DivE_Grads #counseling #humandevelopment

[AERA Division E @AERA_DivE]

Violence research across generations:
Come hear about how violence research develops across academic generations! Join @DrDotEspelage, @MKHolt10, and their students from 3:40pm to 5:10pm - Convention Centre, 700 Level, Room 717A. #AERA19 @DivE_Grads @BU_bullylab

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

We’re proud of our lab member, Christine Marsico who is a finalist for @AERA_DivE SEED grant! Christine will present her pitch tonight at 6:30pm. Good luck, Christine!! #AERA19

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

Today is the first day of the @AERA_EdResearch Annual meeting. Our lab members are part of a symposium titled "Evaluation of School-Based Prevention Programs to Enhance Student Social and Emotional Wellbeing." Catch them tomorrow at 10:25am! #AERA19

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

Dr. Melissa Holt @MKHolt10 was the keynote speaker at the New England Child Life conference on March 27th. We’re glad to see Child Life professionals committed to understanding and addressing bullying!

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

On March 21st, lab memebr, Rachel Oblath gave a presentation on addressing mental health needs in vulnerable youth at the Society of Research in Child Development biennial meeting @SRCDtweets
Good job, Rachel!

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

On March 22nd, Dr. @MKHolt10 was invited to participate in a Keynote Conversation about Youth Mental Health at @mulaw
It was impressive to see the efforts across multiple fields to address bullying! You can find a video of the conference using this link:
https://t.co/GgxCLpmsNV

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

Congratulations to Rachel Oblath on receiving federal funding for her dissertation research which will study continuity of mental health services in Boston!

https://t.co/WoNWQ7GfOQ

[Boston University School of Public Health @BUSPH]

The study, led by Prof @EmRothman, found high-school students were more likely to take action if they viewed their community as cohesive and adults in their community as against perpetration and supportive of survivors and of prevention efforts. @janedoe https://t.co/45W6428r4f

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

Ellery Robinson just presented her two posters examining sexual assault among college students with disabilities AND students’ bystander behavior at @AWP_1969 conference!
Way to to, Ellery! #AWP2019

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

On Saturday, March 30th, our lab member, Shivani Arya will be presenting her research poster at the @EmmanuelCollege Fenway Psychology Research Conference. Good luck, Shivani!

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

We’re starting off this semester by welcoming John Ji and Casey Piacentini to our team! John is a freshman studying Psychology. Casey is a senior pursuing a double degree B.S. in Health Science and an MPH. Welcome to our team!!

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

We’re proud of our lab member, Ellery Robinson, who will be presenting TWO posters at the Association for Women in Psychology Conference @AWP_1969 this Friday, March 1st in Newport, RI. #AWP2019

[Dr. Dorothy Espelage @DrDotEspelage]

New article out! Cognitive insensitivity and cognitive impulsivity as mediators of bullying continuity: Extending the psychological inertia construct to bullying behavior @UFPsychology @UFExplore @UFExplore @BULLY_RESEARCH @BU_bullylab @TheBullyLab @UB_BullyPrevCtr @

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

Congrats to our own @jgreen_bu, who was included on the @clarivate most recent list of highly cited researchers!!

https://t.co/ndPfxQ763W

[BU Bully Lab @BU_bullylab]

Congrats to lab co-director @mkholt and doc student Chelsey Bowman, along with collaborators @DrDotEspelage and Mark Van Ryzin, on their recent publication about peer victimization and sexual risk taking in adolescence.

[Dr. Dorothy Espelage @DrDotEspelage]

New publication out today on victimization and sexual risk-taking among adolescents @BULLY_RESEARCH @UFPsychology @UF @TheBullyLab @MKHolt10 @StopBullyingGov