Mark Greenberg

Dr. Mark Greenberg holds The Bennett Endowed Chair in Prevention Research in Penn State's College of Health and Human Development. He received his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Virginia and taught at the University of Washington from 1977-1997. He is currently the Director of the Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development and the Associate Director for the Penn State Consortium on Children, Youth and Families.

Since 1981, Dr. Greenberg has been examining the effectiveness of school-based curricula (The PATHS Curriculum) to improve the social, emotional, and cognitive competence of elementary-aged children. Since 1990, he has served as an Investigator in Fast Track, a comprehensive program that aims to prevent violence and delinquency in families. His research has focused on the role of individual, family, and community-level factors in prevention.

Dr. Greenberg is the author of more than 170 journal articles and book chapters on developmental psychopathology, well-being, and the effects of prevention efforts on children and families. He received the Research Scientist Award from the Society for Prevention Research in 2002.