Scott Seider is an assistant professor of education at Boston University where his research focuses on the civic and character development of adolescents and emerging adults. He previously worked as an English and literacy teacher in the Westwood (MA) and Boston Public Schools, and earned bachelor and doctoral degrees from Harvard University.

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 an Outstanding Book Award from the American Educational Research Association. His most recent work-- supported by a 2013 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship-- investigates varied approaches to fostering critical consciousness in urban youth attending charter high schools.

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Prof. Scott Seider
Boston University SED Room 240
2 Silber Way
Boston, MA, 02215
seider@bu.edu
(617) 353-3223

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