Jane Leer, Ph.D.

Email

Primary Email: [email protected]

Phone/Fax

Primary Phone: 619-594-7076

Building/Location

Villa Alvarado Apartments - ARPC 16
6475 Alvarado Road
Suite 222
San Diego, CA 92182

Website Links

• CORE Lab
• Google Scholar

Bio

Jane Leer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University. Her research aims to understand and mitigate inequities in youth mental health and education outcomes by focusing on context (e.g., contexts of race and class inequities in schools and neighborhoods, social policies of housing assistance and family support services).

Current lines of research include:

1. How do neighborhood, school, and family contexts shape developmental processes such as youth mental health, academic engagement, and social cognition (e.g., beliefs about inequality, aspirations, and expectations for social mobility)?
2. How can social policies that aim to alter these contexts more equitably serve diverse populations and mitigate poverty and racism-related inequities?

Keywords: Applied psychology; adolescent development; neighborhood effects; housing and social policy; mental health; educational attainment and achievement; social cognitive development; mixed-methods research

She has received generous funding from internal and external agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health, American Psychological Association, the Society for Research in Child Development, and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.

Education

Postdoctoral fellowship, Boston College
Ph.D., Public Policy & Psychology, Duke University
M.S., International Education Policy Analysis, Stanford University
B.A., Development Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Areas of Expertise

Child Development, Adolescent Development, Neighborhoods, Social Policy, Race, Poverty, Inequality

Office Hours

By Appointment

Student Opportunities

Accepting M.A. students.