Experience

• 1985 - 1986
  Associate Director
  Bush Program in Child Development and Social Policy, University of Michigan

• 1987 - 1995
  Assistant & Associate Professor
  Behavioral Sciences
  University of Michigan-Dearborn

• 1995 - 2000
  Associate Professor of Youth Civic Development
  Youth and Family Education
  Department of Agricultural and Extension Education

• 2001 - current
  Professor of Youth Civic Development
  Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, The Pennsylvania State University
  • Appointments by courtesy in:
    Comparative and International Education
    Human Development and Family Studies
    Women's Studies
  • Co-Director of Intercollege minor in Civic and Community Engagement
  • Faculty Affiliate:
    Social Science Research Institute
    Population Research Institute
    Center for Hujman Development and
    Family Research in Diverse Contexts

• Curriculum Vitae

Education

• 1970 B.A., Psychology
  Duquesne University
• 1975 M.A., Education
  University of Iowa
• 1987 Ph.D., Psychology (Developmental)
  University of Michigan
• Biography

Courses Taught

• YFE 535 Syllabus - Youth Civic Development
• YFE 597A Syllabus - Youth Community Participation
  in the U.S. and Around the World
• YFE 211 & YFE 211 Syllabus - Foundations of Civic and Community Engagement
• Growing Up and Coming of Age in Comparative Perspective

Honors/Awards

• Fellow, Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
• Penn State University Public Scholar
• William T. Grant Faculty Scholar
• Fellow, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), Division 9, APA
• Member, MacArthur Foundation Network on Transitions to Adulthood

Office

201 Ferguson Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone : 814-863-7425
Fax: 814-863-4753
E-mail: caf15@psu.edu

Responsibilities

• World Bank, Advisor for the World Development Report 2007, Youth in the Developing World
• Youth Corps: A Field-based Experimental Study, Technical Working Group for Abt and NASCC
• Research Council, Alliance for America's Promise
• Learn and Serve America Expert Advisors Group
• East Bay Conservation Corps Civic Indicators Project, Technical Advisory Group
• CELERD, Monrovia, Liberia Advisory Board, Center for Leadership, Training, Education, and Rural Development
• Facing History and Ourselves, Research Advisory Board
• CIRCLE Advisory Board
• Youth and Globalization in the 21st Century, Social Science Research Council Advisory Board

Intercollege Minor in Civic and Community Engagement (CIVCM)

• Co-Director of Minor
• CIVCM Guide
• CIVCM Application

Research Interests

• Youth civic and political development
• Youth in fledging democracies
• Race, class, and human development
• Social Responsibility and Prevention Project
  (Measures available on this Web site)
• Measures Form A - (Word)
  Adolescents and the "Social Contract": A Seven Nation Study
• Measures Form B - (Word)
  Adolescents and the "Social Contract": A Seven Nation Study
• Scales - (Word)
  Measures From the Study of Adolescents' Interpretation of the 'Social Contract'
• Measures - (Word)
  Intergroup understanding, social justice, and the 'social contract' in diverse communities of youth
• Measures - (Word)
  Civic Beliefs, Attitudes, and Engagement Measures

Short Summaries of Research

• Decade of Behavior (DOB) Summary - (Word)
  "What Does Democracy Mean?"; "What Does it Mean to be an American"; and "Developing Civic Values in Young People - Teachers' Choices Matter"

Selected Publications

• Civic Measurement Models: Tapping Adolescents Civic Engagement
• Pushing the Envelope on Youth Civic Engagement: A Developmental and Liberation Psychology Perspective.
• Constance A. Flanagan (2008). Private Anxieties and Public Hopes: The Perils and Promise of Youth in the Context of Globalization. In J. Cole & D. Durham, (eds.), Figuring the future: Children, youth, and globalization. Santa Fe, New Mexico: SAR Press.
• Finlay, Flanagan, Black (2007). Service as a Developmental Opportunity: Building Connections for Vulnerable Youths, National Youth Leadership Council.
• Flanagan, C., Cumsille, P., Gill, S., & Gallay, L. (in press). School and Community Climates and Civic Commitments: Processes for Ethnic Minority and Majority Students. Journal of Educational Psychology.
• Flanagan, C. A. (2006). Commentary: Promoting Positive Development is a Collective Responsibility. International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, 2006 Newsletter, No. 2, Serial No. 50.
• Flanagan, C. A. (2006). Public Scholarship and Youth at the Transition to Adulthood. In Eberly, R., and Cohen, J. (Eds.). A Laboratory for Public Scholarship and Democracy. New Directions for Teaching and Learning. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 105. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Flanagan, C.A., Webster, N., & Perkins, D. (2006). Public policy: Encouraging adult voluntarism with young people. In E. G. Clary & J. E. Rhodes, (Eds.), Mobilizing Adults for Positive Youth Development: Lessons from the Behavioral Sciences on Promoting Socially Valued Activities, pp. 195-210. Kluwer/Plenum.
• Flanagan, C.A., Gallay, Gill, S., Gallay, E.E., & Nti, N. (2005). What does democracy mean? Correlates of adolescents’ views. Journal of Adolescent Research, 20 (2), 193-218.
• Flanagan, C. A., & Syvertsen, A. K. (2005). Youth as a social construct and social actor. In L. Sherrod, C. A. Flanagan, R. Kassimir, & A.B. Syvertsen, (Eds.), Youth activism: An international encyclopedia, pp. 11 – 19. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing.
• Syvertsen, A. K., & Flanagan, C. A. (2005). Peer influences on political development. In L. Sherrod, C. A. Flanagan, & R. Kassimir, (Eds.), Youth activism: An international encyclopedia, pp. 462-466. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing.
• Osgood, W., Foster, E.M., Flanagan, C.A., & Ruth, G. (Eds.). (2005) On your Own Without a Net: The Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Populations. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
• Osgood, W., Foster, E.M., Flanagan, C.A., & Ruth, G. (Eds.). (2005). Why focus on the transition to adulthood for vulnerable populations? In Osgood, W., Foster, E.M., Flanagan, C.A., & Ruth, G. (Eds.) On your Own Without a Net: The Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Populations, pp. 1 – 26. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
• Foster, E.M., Flanagan, C.A., Osgood, W., & Ruth, G. (2005). The transition to adulthood for vulnerable youth and families: Common themes and future directions. On your Own Without a Net: The Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Populations, pp. 375 - 390. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
• Sherrod, L., Flanagan, C.A., Kassimir, R., & Syvertsen, A. B. (Eds.). (2005). Youth Activism: An International Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Company.
• Bertelsen, A., & Flanagan, C. (2005). Political and civic development. In C. Fisher, & R. Lerner, (Eds.), Applied Developmental Science: An Encyclopedia of Research, Policies, and Programs, pp. 1168-1171. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
• Flanagan, C.A., Gill, S., & Gallay, L.S. (2005). Social participation and social trust in adolescence: The importance of heterogeneous encounters. In A. Omoto, (Ed.), Processes of community change and social action, pp. 149-166. Erlbaum.
• Flanagan, C., Gallay, L., & Elek, E. (2004). Friends Don't Let Friends … Or Do They? Developmental and Gender Differences in Intervening in Friends' ATOD Use. Journal of Drug Education, 34 (4), 351-371.
• Flanagan, C.A. (2004). Volunteerism, leadership, political socialization, and civic engagement. In R.M. Lerner & L. Steinberg, (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent psychology, pp. 721-746. New York: Wiley.
• Flanagan, C.A. (2004). Institutional support for morality: Community-based and neighborhood organizations. In T.A. Thorkildsen, J. Manning, & H. J. Walberg, (Eds.), Nurturing Morality, pp. 173-183. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
• Flanagan, C.A. (2004). Sherrod, Lonnie. In C. Fisher & R. Lerner, (Eds.), Applied Developmental Science Encyclopedia.
• Flanagan, C.A., & Campbell, B. with L. Botcheva, J. Bowes, B. Csapo, P. Macek, & E. Sheblanova (2003). Social class and adolescents' beliefs about justice in different social orders. Journal of Social Issues, 59 (4), 711-732.
• Ngomane, T., & Flanagan, C. (2003). The Road to Democracy in South Africa. Peace Review, 15 (3), 267-271.
• Flanagan, C.A. (2003). Trust, Identity, and Civic Hope. Applied Developmental Science, 7 (3), 165-171.
• Flanagan, C.A. (2003). Developmental Roots of Political Engagement. PS: Political Science and Politics, 36 (2), 257-261.
• Flanagan, C.A., & Van Horn, B. (2003). Youth civic development: A logical next step in community youth development. In Villarruel, F. A., Perkins, D. F., Borden, L. M., & Keith, J. G. Community youth development: Practice, policy, and research, pp. 273-296. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Social Class and Adolescents' Beliefs about Justice in Different Social Orders. Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 59, No. 4, (2003), pp. 711-732.
• Sherrod, L., Flanagan, C., & Youniss, J. (Eds.). (2002). Dimensions of citizenship and opportunities for youth development: The what, why, when, where and who of citizenship development. Applied Developmental Science, 6 (4). 264-272.
• Ngomane, T., & Flanagan, C. (2002). Hope and despair: Extension agents in a young democracy. Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education, 9 (12), 37-43.
• Youth Civic Development: Implications of Research for Social Policy and Programs. Social Policy Report (2001), Vol. XV, No. 1.
• The Well-Being of Children in a Changing Economy: Time for a New Social Contract in America. Resilience Across Contexts: Family, Work, Culture, and Community (2000).
• Adolescents' Explanations for Political Issues: Concordance With Their Views of Self and Society. Developmental Psychology (1999), Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 1198-1209.
• Exploring American Character in the Sixties Generation. Reprint: Colby, et. al., Competence & Character Through Life (1998).
• Ties That Bind: Correlates of Adolescents' Civic Commitments in Seven Countries. Journal of Social Issues (1998), Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 457-475.
• Reframing the Meaning of "Political" in Research with Adolescents. Perspectives on Political Science, Winter 1995, Vol. 24, No. 1.