Please address all correspondence to:

Prof. Scott Seider
Boston University SED Room 237
2 Silber Way
Boston, MA, 02215
seider@bu.edu
(617) 353-3223

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Scott Seider is an associate professor of education at Boston University and the chair of the Secondary Education cluster. His research focuses on how schools can foster the civic and character development of adolescents. He previously worked as a literacy teacher in the Boston Public Schools and an English teacher in the Westwood (MA) Public Schools. Dr. Seider earned an Ed.D. in Human Development & Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and an A.B. in English & American Literature from Harvard College.

Dr. Seider is the author of more than 50 academic publications including Character Compass: How Powerful School Culture Can Point Students Toward Success (2012), which won the American Educational Research Association's outstanding book award in moral development and education. His current work-- supported by a 2013 National Academy of Education Postdoctoral Fellowship-- investigates the development of critical consciousness in urban adolescents.