General Research Area: Resilience in children and adolescents; development in community contexts.

Areas of Student Supervision: Resilience in children and adolescents; community as ecology for development of children, adolescents, and adults; development of African-American women, girls, and adolescents.

Recent Publications:

Nettles, S.M, Mucherah, W., & Jones, D.S. (2000). Understanding resilience: The role of social resources. Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk, 5, 47-60.

Jordan, W. J., & Nettles, S.M. (1999). How students invest their time outside of school: Effects on school-related outcomes. Social Psychology of Education, 4, 1-27.

Nettles, S. M., & Pleck, J. H. (1994). Risk, resilience, and development: The multiple ecologies of black adolescents in the United States. In R. J. Haggerty, L.R. Sherrod, N. Garmezy, & M. Rutter. (Eds.). Stress, risk, and resilience in children and adolescents: Processes, mechanisms, and interventions. New York: Cambridge University Press.