Nancy Guerra

Nancy Guerra
Academic background
Education	BA, University of California, Los Angeles MA, University of California, Santa Barbara Ed.D, Human Development and Psychology, 1986, Harvard University
Thesis	The assessment and training of interpersonal problem-solving skills in aggressive and delinquent youth (1986)
Academic work
Institutions	University of California, Irvine University of Delaware University of California, Riverside University of Michigan University of Illinois at Chicago

Nancy G. Guerra is an American psychologist. On June 1, 2016, Guerra was appointed the dean of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine.

Early life and education

Guerra received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1973, and her Master's degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1977. She then worked as youth services director in Carpinteria, California, and from 1979 to 1982 worked for a non-profit organisation in Santa Barbara, California. In 1982, she went to Harvard University to study for a doctorate in education, which she completed in 1986.[1]

Career

Upon completing her formal education, Guerra served on the faculty at the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2000, she became an associate professor at the University of California, Riverside and received a three-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue research on how to prevent youth violence.[2]

Prior to the 2011–12 academic year, Guerra joined the faculty of the University of Delaware's Department of Psychology from the UC Riverside. During that year, she also served as associate dean for research in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Global Research Consortium.[3] In these roles, she briefed the United States Congress on "Raising Healthy Children: Recent Evidence from Developmental Science."[4] The following year, Guerra was appointed associate provost for international programs.[5]

On June 1, 2016, Guerra was appointed the dean of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine).[6]

Selected publications

• Positive Life Changes, Leader's Guide (2009)[7]

References

1. "Nancy Guerra". uci.edu. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
2. "UC Riverside's Presley Center Receives Two-Year Extension of Grant for Research on Youth Violence Prevention". newsroom.ucr.edu. September 30, 2003. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
3. "Expanding UD's global initiatives". udel.edu. September 27, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
4. "Bullying prevention". udel.edu. November 8, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
5. "New faces join UD global team". udel.edu. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
6. "Psychologist Nancy Guerra named dean of UCI's School of Social Ecology". news.uci.edu. November 23, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
7. Positive life changes : a cognitive-behavioral intervention for adolescents and young adults : leader's guide. 2009. OCLC 704527038. Retrieved May 16, 2021 – via worldcat.org.

External links

• Nancy Guerra publications indexed by Google Scholar