N. Tanner LeBaron Wallace

Tanner LeBaron Wallace received her doctoral degree in Social Research Methodology from the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to her doctoral studies, Tanner completed the Adolescent Risk & Prevention Master of Education program at Harvard University, worked as a community-based adolescent mental health case manager, and taught middle school language arts as a public school teacher. Her research interests include identifying the most effective mechanisms for promoting positive youth development, exploring how family and institutions serve as important contexts for youth development, and supporting the knowledge development function of evaluation studies.