From a Culture of Bullying to a Climate of Support: The Evolution of Bullying Prevention and Research

Dewey Cornell PhD, is the Bunker Professor of education in the Curry School of Education and director of the Virginia Youth Violence Project (http://youthviolence.edschool.virginia.edu). He is the author of School Violence: Fears Versus Facts and Guidelines for Responding to Student Threats of Violence.

Catherine Bradshaw, Ph.D., M.Ed. is a Professor and the Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia; she is also the Deputy Director of the CDC-funded Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence and Co-Director of the NIMH-funded Johns Hopkins Center for Prevention and Early Intervention. She collaborates on federally funded research projects examining bullying and school climate; the development of aggressive and problem behaviors; and the design, evaluation, and implementation of evidence-based prevention programs in schools. She is a former associate editor for the Journal of Research on Adolescence and is the editor of Prevention Science, and co-editor of the Handbook of School Mental Health.