Sebrina L. Doyle Fosco
Researcher/practitioner interested in the development of social and emotional skills and wellbeing, including mindfulness and compassion-based interventions and systemic changes needed to promote individual and community growth, with an adult/leadership focus.
University Park, PA 16802
My current research centers on the use of evidence-informed mindfulness-based programming to support social and emotional competence and wellbeing for adults in educational settings. As a researcher-practitioner I am actively involved with facilitating programs like Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education, in addition to researching outcomes and best practices for implementation. I also consider issues that affect ongoing use of evidence-based programs through the development of implementation monitoring tools (e.g., quality and fidelity) and through program cost analysis. I engage in mixed-methods research, incorporating qualitative and quantitative methods as a means for understanding how interventions work, for whom, and under what conditions.
I am actively seeking potential students for fall 2027 who are interested in focusing on interventions that support adult wellbeing. Please see the description for my two active projects (CARE for Educational Leaders and CARE for Special Educators) to understand more about my current work.
- Penn State University (2011 - current)
- Assistant Research Professor, Human Development and Family Studies (2022-2024)
- University Graduate Fellow, Education Policy Studies (2019-2022)
- Assistant Research Professor, Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (2018-2019)
- Project Manager, CARE for Teachers RCT (2012-2018)
- Research Coordinator, Evidence-based Prevention & Intervention Support Center (2011-2016)
- Child and Family Center, University of Oregon (2005 - 2011)
- Project Coordinator (2009-2011)
- Clinical Services Coordinator, Family Check-Up Intervention and Therapy Clinic (2005-2010)
- Human Subjects Coordinator (2007-2011)
- Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) for Special Educators, IES, role: PI
- Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) for Educational Leaders: Exploring efficacy and change processes (2025-2027), Mind and Life Institute, role: PI
- Cultivating Resilience and Wellbeing (CREW) in Engineering (2022-2024), Penn State Healthy, Inclusive, & Productive Workplaces Initiative, role: PI