Stephen Hamilton
Professor
2008
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Current Activities
Current Professional Activities
| Editorial Board, Journal of Youth Studies, Applied Developmental Science |
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Current Research Activities
Mobilizing communities to foster natural mentoring.
Creating and improving institutions that support the transition to adulthood.
Current Extension Activities
ACT for Youth Upstate Center of Excellence - supporting community youth development initiatives.
Strengthening the research base of extension and outreach.
Biography
Biographical Statement
Stephen F. Hamilton is Professor of Human Development, Associate Director of the Family Life Development Center, and Associate Provost for Outreach at Cornell. His research on adolescent development and education emphasizes the interaction of school, community, and work during the transition from to adulthood, especially in the contexts of work experience, experiential learning, community service, and mentoring relationships. A major portion of his responsibility has involved developing and supporting youth programs through Cooperative Extension. His role as Associate Provost for Outreach involves him with faculty, staff, and students across the university in such areas as science and math education and economic and community development. His book, Apprenticeship for Adulthood: Preparing Youth for the Future (1990), a product of a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship in Germany, helped guide the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994, as did the youth apprenticeship demonstration project that he and Mary Agnes Hamilton directed. Recent research includes a study of how adults mentor high school interns and apprentices in workplaces, which includes an experimental mentor training program. With Mary Agnes Hamilton he co-edited The Youth Development Handbook: Coming of Age in American Communities (2004). Current research is on natural mentoring and how to foster it.
Education
Ed.D. 1975 - Harvard University - Learning Environments
M.A.T. 1969 - Harvard University - Social Studies
B.A. 1967 - Swarthmore College - History
Administrative Responsibilities
Associate Provost for Outreach
Associate Director, Family Life Development Center
Courses, Websites, Pubs
Related Websites
http://www.youthinsociety.human.cornell.edu/
http://www.outreach.cornell.edu/
http://www.actforyouth.net/
Selected Publications
Hamilton, S.F., & Hamilton, M.A. (in press). The transition to adulthood: Challenges of poverty and structural lag. In R.M. Lerner & L. Steinberg (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent psychology (3rd ed.). New York: Wiley.
Bradshaw, C.P., Brown, J.S., & Hamilton, S.F. (2008). Bridging positive youth development and mental health services for youth with serious behavior problems. Child & Youth Care Forum, 37(5-6) 209-263.
Hamilton, M.A., & Hamilton, S.F. (2008). A precarious passage: Aging out of the child-only caseload. Applied Developmental Science, 12(1) 10-25.
Hamilton, S.F. (2008). Research-based Outreach: Albert Bandura’s Model. Journal of Extension 46(1) (electronic journal Article Number 1FEA2) http://www.joe.org/joe/2008february/a2.shtml
Bradshaw, C.P., Brown, J.S., & Hamilton, S.F. (2006). Applying positive youth development and life-course research to the treatment of adolescents with serious behavior problems. Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 27(1) 2-16.
Hamilton, S.F. (2006). Youth development and prevention. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Supplement, November, S7-S9 (commentary).
Hamilton, S.F., Hamilton, M.A., Hirsch, B.J., Hughes, J., King, J. & Maton, K. (2006). Community contexts for mentoring. Journal of Community Psychology 34 (6) 727-746.
Benson, P.L. Scales, P.S., Hamilton, S.F., & Sesma, A., Jr. (2006). Positive youth development: Theory, research and applications. In W. Damon & R.M. Lerner (Eds.), Handbook of child psychology, Volume 1, Theoretical models of human development. New York: Wiley.
Hamilton, S.F., & Hamilton, M.A. (2006). School, work, and emerging adulthood. In J.J. Arnett & J.L. Tanner (Eds.), Emerging adults in America: Coming of age in the 21st century. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Hamilton, M.A., & Hamilton, S.F. (2005). Work and service. In D.L. DuBois & M.J. Karcher (Eds.), Handbook of youth mentoring. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Hamilton, S.F., & Hamilton, M.A. (2004). Contexts for mentoring. In R.M. Lerner & L. Steinberg (Eds.) Handbook of adolescent psychology. New York: Wiley.
Hamilton, S.F., & Hamilton, M.A. (Editors) (2004). The handbook of youth development: Coming of age in American communities. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Darling, N., Hamilton, S., Shaver, K.H. (2003). Relationships outside the family: Unrelated adults. In G.R. Adams & M.D. Berzonsky (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of adolescence.
Darling, N., Hamilton, S.F., Toyokawa, T., & Matsuda, S. (2002). Naturally occurring mentoring in Japan and the United States: Social roles and correlates. American Journal of Community Psychology 30: 245-270.
Hurrelmann, K., & Hamilton, S.F. (Editors) (1996). Social problems and social contexts in adolescence: Perspectives across boundaries. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Hamilton, S.F. (1990). Apprenticeship for adulthood: Preparing youth for the future. New York: Free Press.