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About Amie E. GrillsChelsey BowmanGerald ReidMelissa K. Holt

Amie E. Grills PhD is a professor at Boston University's Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and researcher whose work has examined the roles of peer (e.g. bullying) familial (e.g. parental stress) and academic (e.g. achievement) variables on the development of youth internalizing difficulties. She also conducts research on risk and resiliency factors among individuals exposed to traumatic events. Melissa Holt PhD is an associate professor at Boston University's Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and a licensed psychologist. Dr. Holt's research focuses on adolescents' experiences with victimization and identity-based harassment. She has evaluated the overlap among violence exposures factors that promote resilience among youth exposed to violence disparities in victimization and its correlates and the efficacy of school-based prevention programs. Gerald Reid PhD is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Boston MA as well as a parttime faculty member at Boston University's Wheelock College of Education. Dr. Reid has conducted research on the topic of bullying in schools. In his practice Dr. Reid treats patients who have undergone mental health challenges related to interpersonal stressors such as bullying. Chelsey Bowman PhD is a postdoctoral psychology fellow at Children's National Hospital in Washington DC. Dr. Bowman's research interests include understanding the impact of a range of victimization forms including bullying on the health and wellbeing of youth and college students. Clinically Dr. Bowman provides evidence-based treatments to youth and their families for chronic and acute medical and psychiatric conditions.