Shelley Hymel

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Shelley Hymel is a developmental/educational psychologist and professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [1] Her research focuses on issues related to school bullying, children's peer relationships, and social-emotional learning. [1]

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Biography

Hymel earned her Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Illinois in 1982. [2] She was a faculty member at the University of Waterloo before joining the Department of Education at UBC in 1993. [1] [3]

Hymel is the co-founder, along with Susan Swearer, of the Bullying Research Network , a group that links more 200 researchers from more than 17 countries in the field of bullying and peer victimization. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Shelley Hymel". ubc.ca. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Outstanding Education alumni recognized at special annual event". College of Education. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  3. "Distinguished Alumni Award Winner, Shelley Hymel". Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education. 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  4. Holt, Melissa K.; Green, Jennifer Greif; Tsay-Vogel, Mina; Davidson, Joanna; Brown, Claire (2017). "Multidisciplinary Approaches to Research on Bullying in Adolescence". Adolescent Research Review. 2 (1): 1–10. doi: 10.1007/s40894-016-0041-0 . ISSN   2363-8346.
  5. "Bullying Research Network | College of Education and Human Sciences". cehs.unl.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  6. "2015 UBC Killam Research Prize Awarded to Dr. Shelley Hymel". Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education. 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2019-11-26.