Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning

Dr Leslie Morrison Gutman MA, PhD

Research Director

Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning
Institute of Education
20 Bedford Way
London WC1H 0AL

tel: +44 (0)20 7612 6258
fax: +44 (0)20 7612 6880
email: l.gutman@ioe.ac.uk

Responsibilities

Manage day-to-day research activity of the Centre, including supervising and line-managing.
Lead and undertake research leading to the publication of reports and academic papers.
Raise additional funding to expand the Centre’s research programme.
Liaise with DCSF officers responsible for the Centre and other funders.
Represent the work of the Centre in conference workshops, seminars, and meetings.

Research interests

Developmental trajectories during adolescence
Risk and resilience
The impact of environmental contexts on adolescent development
Moderating effects of gender, ethnicity, and SES
Using multilevel linear modelling to examine developmental trajectories of psychological and academic outcomes during adolescence and the effects of school characteristics on these trajectories

Most recent publications:

Gutman L. M., & Eccles, J. S. (2007). Stage-environment fit during adolescence: Trajectories of family relations and adolescent outcomes. Developmental Psychology, 43, 522-537.

Gutman, L. M. (2007). Risk and resilience. Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development. Elsevier Limited: Oxford, UK.

Gutman, L. M. (2006). How student and parent goal orientations and classroom goal structures influence the math achievement of African Americans during the high school transition. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 31, 44-63.

Gutman, L. M., McLoyd, V. C., & Tokoyawa, T. (2005). Financial strain, neighborhood stress, parenting behaviors, and adolescent adjustment in urban African American families. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 15, 425-449.

Leslie Morrison Gutman's curriculum vitae

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