Publications

Featured Publications: A Closer Look at School-Based Mentoring

• Wheeler, M.E., Keller, T.E., & Dubois, D.L., (2010). Review of three recent randomized trials of school-based mentoring. Social Policy Report, 24(3). (available in pdf format from the Society for Research on Child Development, www.srcd.org)
• Wheeler, M.E., Dubois, D.L., Keller, T.E. (2010). Detailed summary of meta-analysis performed for review of three recent randomized trials of school-based mentoring: Making sense of mixed findings.
• Press Conference on School-based Mentoring Research, National Press Club, Washington D.C., September 9, 2010. Wheeler, M.E., Dubois, D.L., Keller, T.E. Audiofile and transcript of the presentation available online.
• Time and stability seen as key to effective mentoring. Education Week, September 20, 2010, by Sarah D. Sparks (article on school-based mentoring research based on work of Wheeler, M.E., Dubois, D.L., Keller, T.E.

Bauer, Talya

Paglis, L., Green, S. G., & Bauer, T. N. (2006). Does mentoring add value to the training and productivity of scientists? Research in Higher Education, 47, 451-476.

Sanchez, R. J., Bauer, T. N., & Paronto, M. E. (2006). Peer-mentoring freshmen: Implications for satisfaction, commitment, and retention to graduation. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 5, 25-37.

Bauer, T. N. (1999). Mentoring fairness: The effect of gender, mentoring type, mentoring experience, and mentoring needs. Sex Roles, 40, 211-225.

Green, S. G., & Bauer, T. N. (1995). Supervisory mentoring by advisers: Relationships with Ph.D. student potential, productivity, and commitment. Personnel Psychology, 48, 537-561.

Collier, Peter

Collier, P.J., & Fellows, C. (2008). Improving first-generation college freshmen’s performance, progress and persistence: The Students First Mentoring Program. Proceedings of the 2008 Hawaii International Conference on Education, University of Hawaii.

Diversi, Marcelo

Diversi, M. & Mecham, C. (2005). Latino(a) students and caucasian mentors in a rural after-school program: Towards empowering adult-youth relationships. Journal of Community Psychology, 33, 1, 31-40.

Youniss, J., Bales, S., Christmas-Best, V., Diversi, M., McLaughlin, M., & Silbereisen, R. (2002). Youth civic engagement in the twenty-first century. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 12, 1, 121-148.

Keller, Thomas

Keller, T.E., & Pryce, J.M. (2012) Different Roles and Different Results: How Activity Orientations Correspond to Relationship Quality and Student Outcomes in School-Based Mentoring The Journal of Primary Prevention 33,1 47-64. 

Pryce, J.M., & Keller, T.E. (in press). An investigation of volunteer-student relationship trajectories within school-based mentoring programs. Journal of Community Psychology 

Jones, K.R. & Keller, T.E., Wheeler, M. (2011). Innovating for effective and sustainable university-community partnership: The Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement 4 168-185. >>download article

Pryce, J.M., & Keller, T.E. (2011). Interpersonal tone within school-based youth mentoring relationships. Youth & Society, published online June 1, 2011. 

Keller, T.E. & Pryce, J.M. (2010). Mutual but unequal: Mentoring as a hybrid of familiar relationship types. New Directions in Youth Development, 126, 33-50.

Wheeler, M.E., Keller, T.E., & Dubois, D.L., (2010). Review of three recent randomized trials of school-based mentoring. Social Policy Report, 24(3). (available as a pdf from the Society for Research on Child Development, www.srcd.org)

Wheeler, M.E., Dubois, D.L., Keller, T.E. (2010). Detailed summary of meta-analysis performed for review of three recent randomized trials of school-based mentoring: Making sense of mixed findings.

Cavell, T., DuBois, D., Karcher, M., Keller, T., & Rhodes, J. (2009). Policy brief: Strengthening mentoring opportunities for at-risk youth (available at: http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/237).

Keller, T.E. (2007). Program staff in youth mentoring programs: Qualifications, training, and retention. In Rhodes, J.E. (Ed.). Research in Action. Alexandria, VA: MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership (available at: http://www.mentoring.org/downloads/mentoring_384.pdf).

Keller, T. E. (2007). Youth mentoring: Theoretical and methodological issues. In Allen, T.D., & Eby, L.T. (Eds.) Blackwell Handbook of Mentoring: A Multiple Perspectives Approach (pp. 23-47). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Pryce, J.M., Kelly, M., & Keller, T.E. (2007). What makes mentoring effective? How research can guide you in selecting a program. Focal Point, 21, 2, 19-21.

Rhodes, J.E., Spencer, R., Keller, T.E., Liang, B., & Noam, G. (2006). A model for the influence of mentoring relationships on youth development. Journal of Community Psychology, 34, 6, 691-707.

Keller, T.E. (2005). The stages and development of mentoring relationships. In DuBois, D.L, & Karcher, M. (Eds.) The Handbook of Youth Mentoring (pp. 82-99). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Keller, T.E. (2005). A systemic model of the youth mentoring intervention. Journal of Primary Prevention, 26, 2, 169-188.

McDonald, Katie

McDonald, K.E., Balcazar, F.E., & Keys, C.B. (2005). Youth with disabilities. In DuBois, D.L, & Karcher, M. (Eds.) The Handbook of Youth Mentoring (pp. 493-507). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Powers, Laurie

Powers, L. E., Turner, A., Ellison, R., Matuszewski, J., Wilson, R., Phillips, A., et al. (2001). A multi-component intervention to promote adolescent self-determination. Journal of Rehabilitation, 67(4), 13-19. 

Powers, L. E., Turner, A., Westwood, D., Matuszewski, J., Wilson, R., & Phillips, A. (2001). Take Charge for the future: A controlled field-test of a model to promote student involvement in transition planning. Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 24(1), 89-104.

Todis, B., Powers, L. E., Irvin, L., & Singer, G. (1996). A qualitative study of a mentor intervention with children who have multiple disabilities. In L. E. Powers, G. H. S. Singer & J. Sowers (Eds.), On the road to autonomy: Promoting self-competence for children and youth with disabilities (pp. 237-254). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company.

Powers, L. E., Sowers, J., & Stevens, T. (1995). An exploratory, randomized study of the impact of mentoring on the self-efficacy and community-based knowledge of adolescents with severe physical challenges. Journal of Rehabilitation, 61 (1), 33-41.

Sowers, Jo-Ann

Powers, L. E., Sowers, J., & Stevens, T. (1995). An exploratory, randomized study of the impact of mentoring on the self-efficacy and community-based knowledge of adolescents with severe physical challenges. Journal of Rehabilitation, 61 (1), 33-41.

Van Ryzin, Mark

Van Ryzin, Mark (2010). Secondary school advisors as mentors and secondary attachment figures. Journal of Community Psychology, 38 (2), 131-154.

Wheeler, Marc

Wheeler, M.E., Keller, T.E., & Dubois, D.L., (2010). Review of three recent randomized trials of school-based mentoring. Social Policy Report, 24(3). (available as a pdf from the Society for Research on Child Development, www.srcd.org)

Wheeler, M.E., Dubois, D.L., Keller, T.E. (2010). Detailed summary of meta-analysis performed for review of three recent randomized trials of school-based mentoring: Making sense of mixed findings.