David L. DuBois, Ph.D., is a Professor of Community Health Sciences in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his doctorate in clinical-community psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. DuBois has conducted extensive research on youth mentoring with funding from a variety of sources, including the National Institutes of Health, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Institute of Education Sciences. His most recent research includes a comprehensive update of his ground-breaking meta-analytic review of youth mentoring program effectiveness first published more than a decade ago. He is also co-author of After-School Centers and Youth Development: Case Studies of Success and Failure (Cambridge University Press, 2012). Dr. DuBois is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and Society for Community Research and Action and a past Distinguished Fellow of the William T. Grant Foundation. He consults widely to mentoring programs nationally and internationally. Michael J. Karcher, Ed.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Education and Human Development at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He received a doctorate in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University and a doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. He conducts research on school-based and cross-age peer mentoring as well as on adolescent connectedness and pair counseling. He currently conducts the Study of Mentoring in the Learning Environment (SMILE), which is a three-year research project funded by the William T. Grant Foundation to examine the effects of school-based mentoring.

• PART I. INTRODUCTION1. Youth Mentoring in Contemporary Perspective - David L. DuBois and Michael J. KarcherPART II. FRAMEWORKS AND FOUNDATIONS2. Mentoring and Positive Youth Development - Richard M. Lerner, Christopher M. Napolitano, Michelle J. Boyd, Megan K. Mueller, and Kristina S. Callina3. Mentoring and Prevention Science - Timothy A. Cavell and L. Christian ElledgePART III. MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS4. Assessing Mentoring Relationships - Michael J. Nakkula and John T. Harris5. Mentoring Activities and Interactions - Michael J. Karcher and Keoki Hansen6. Goals in Mentoring Relationships - Fabricio E. Balcazar and Christopher B. Keys7. Mentoring Relationships in Development Perspective - Gil G. Noam, Tina Malti, and Michael J. Karcher8. A Biological Perspective on Positive Adult-Youth Relationships - Amber L. Allison and Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff9. Social Networks and Mentoring - Thomas E. Keller and Jennifer E. BlakesleePART IV. CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES10. Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Mentoring Relationships - Bernadette Sánchez, Yarí Colón-Torres, Rachel Feuer, Katrina E. Roundfield, and Luciano Berardi11. Gender in Mentoring Relationships - Belle Liang, G. Anne Bogat, and Nicole Duffy12. Social Class - Nancy L. Deutsch, Edith C. Lawrence, and Angela K. Henneberger13. International and Cross Cultural Aspects in Youth Mentoring - Limor Goldner and Miri ScharfPART V. PROGRAMS AND CONTEXTS14. School-Based Mentoring - Carla Herrera and Michael J. Karcher15. After-School Programs - Megan A. Mekinda and Barton J. Hirsch16. Cross-Age Peer Mentoring - Michael J. Karcher17. Electronic Mentoring and Media - Carmit-Noa Shpigelman18. Group Mentoring - Gabriel P. Kuperminc and Jessica D. Thomason19. Work and Service Learning - Stephen F. Hamilton and Mary Agnes HamiltonPART VI. SPECIAL POPULATIONS20. Academically At-Risk Students - Simon Larose and George M. Tarabulsy21. Juvenile Offenders - Wing Yi Chan and David B. Henry22. Youth with Mental Health Needs - David C. R. Kerr and Cheryl A. King23. Youth in Foster Care - Preston A. Britner, Kellie G. Randall, and Kym R. Ahrens24. Immigrant and Refugee Youth - Dina Birman and Lyn Morland25. Children of Incarcerated Parents - J. Mark Eddy, Jennifer Cearley, Joseph Bergen, and Jenny Stern-CarusonePART VII. PRACTICE AND PROGRAMMATIC CONSIDERATIONS26. Program Funding - Susan G. Weinberger27. Mentor Recruitment and Retention - Arthur A. Stukas, E. Gil Clary, and Mark Snyder28. Mentor Screening and Youth Protection - Sarah E. Kremer and Becky Cooper29. Mentor and Youth Matching - Julia Pryce, Michael S. Kelly, and Sarah R. Guidone30. Mentor Training - Janis B. Kupersmidt and Jean E. Rhodes31. Family Involvement - Andrea Taylor32. Termination and Closure of Mentoring Relationships - Renée Spencer and Antoinette Basualdo-Delmonico33. Program Evaluation - David L. DuBois34. Economic Evaluation of Mentoring Programs - E. Michael Foster35. Ethical Issues in Youth Mentoring - Jean E. Rhodes, Belle Liang, and Renée SpencerPART VIII. CONCLUSIONS36. Youth Mentoring in the 21st Century: Progress and Prospects - David L. DuBois and Michael J. Karcher

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