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Michael C. Reichert, Ph.D. is an applied psychologist who has studied and worked with children in a variety of contexts for over 30 years. His research focuses on developmental resources and on helping schools and organizations overcome historic myths and biases that confound children's possibilities. He currently serves as Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Boys' and Girls' Lives, a research center comprised of independent schools in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania employing a participatory action research model. Previously, he helped to create and served for 10 years as director of an urban youth development program for the tri-state region around Philadelphia, recognized by the Pennsylvania Attorney General and National Crime Prevention Association as a "promising practice". Reichert earned a bachelor's degree at the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University and masters and doctoral degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. He has consulted to and conducted research on behalf of schools, for-profit and non-profit organizations, especially to inform programs with perspectives more grounded in the actual experience of participants, and has written numerous publications related to this work, including Reaching Boys, Teaching Boys: Lessons About What Works - and Why, published in 2010.
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