Sean Darling-Hammond, BA, JD, PhD

Dr. Darling-Hammond, Assistant Professor of Community Health Sciences at the University of California/Berkeley, conducts research on how K-12 practices (such as restorative practices, exclusionary discipline, and school policing) impact student mental health, and seeks to identify policy pathways to expand health equity. He seeks to leverage his backgrounds in education, psychology, econometrics, and law to expand belonging and promote health and wellbeing by conducting research in two domains: 1) identifying k-12 practices that enhance wellbeing for students of all backgrounds; and 2) identifying social policies that reduce levels and consequences of racial bias. His CIRAD/RCMAR pilot aims to estimate the relationship between exposure to exclusionary discipline and cognitive performance in mid-adulthood, and investigate whether racial disparities in experiencing exclusionary discipline during high school contribute to racial disparities in cognitive performance in mid-adulthood.