Emily Waterman

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Emily Waterman is an applied developmental scientist who aims to promote youth development through mixed-method research and evaluation.

Biography

An applied developmental scientist, Waterman’s aim is to promote youth development through mixed-method research and evaluation. Waterman conducts research on risk and protective factors for violence as well as outcome and process evaluations of preventative interventions. Waterman’s work has been published in journals such as Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Emerging Adulthood, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Violence Against Women, and Prevention Science. Waterman has evaluated a variety of preventative interventions for adolescents and young adults in the areas of adverse childhood experiences, violence, substance use, and bullying. Waterman has been supported by the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control. She has a PhD in Human Development and Family Studies from Penn State University and was a postdoctoral research associate in the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has taught courses at Penn State University and University of New Hampshire. Waterman values researcher-practitioner partnerships and has, alongside undergraduate students, partnered with a number of practitioners and community leaders to improve the lives of youth. She joined the Bennington faculty in Fall 2020.

Courses

Fall 2025

Education, Psychology
Fall 2025

Spring 2025

Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2025
Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2025

Fall 2024

Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2024
Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2024
Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2024

Spring 2024

Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2024
Science and Mathematics, Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2024
Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2024

Fall 2023

Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2023
Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2023
Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2023

Fall 2022

Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2022
Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2022
Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2022

Spring 2022

Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2022
Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2022

Fall 2021

Society Culture and Thought
Fall 2021

Spring 2021

Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2021
Society Culture and Thought
Spring 2021