Research

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Learn about our research projects and publications on topics that address understanding, preventing, and intervening with bullying and other types of violence and abuse that impact children, schools, and communities. Each year, we also present an early career award to recognize an individual who has made exemplary scholarly contributions to the field of bullying abuse prevention and conducted research that has the potential to influence practice and policy.

  • Projects
    1/7/25
    Explore our ongoing research projects that address understanding, preventing, and intervening with bullying and other types of violence and abuse that impact children, schools, and communities.
  • Selected Publications
    1/7/25
    Access our publications on topics such as bullying, cyberbullying, and other forms of aggression. Also learn more about our work on school crisis prevention and intervention, child sexual abuse prevention, and social emotional learning.
  • Early Career Award
    1/7/25
    The Alberti Center Distinguished Scholarly Contributions to Bullying Abuse Prevention Award, presented annually, recognizes an individual who has made exemplary scholarly contributions to the field of bullying abuse prevention and conducted research that has the potential to influence practice and policy.
  • Alberti Center Postdoctoral Associate
    1/7/25
    Hannah Rapp is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Alberti Center. She received her doctoral degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research centers on social and emotional learning, and bullying abuse among individuals with learning disorders and developmental disabilities. Her dissertation examined the secondary victimization experiences of parents of adolescent children with disabilities following bullying abuse. Hannah aims to apply results from her study to support parents of adolescents with developmental disabilities in the local community, and to further investigate family systems’ approaches to the prevention and response of bullying abuse.