About Frank
Frank C. Worrell is the Director of the School Psychology Program in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, and an Affiliate Professor in the Personality and Social Psychology Area in the Department of Psychology. His areas of expertise include African American education, cultural identities, scale development, talent development, time perspective, underachieving youth, and the translation of psychological research findings into practice. He has worked with researchers in a variety of national contexts, including Australia, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Iran, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, Uruguay, the United Kingdom, and the US.
A member of the editorial boards of several journals, Dr. Worrell was co-Editor/Editor of Review of Educational Research from 2012 to 2016 and has also served on committees of the American Psychological Association (APA) and Divisions 5, 15, 16, and 45, the American Educational Research Association, and the National Association for Gifted Children. He served as a Council Representative for the School Psychology Division of APA from 2010 – 2015, and a Member at Large on the APA Board of Directors from 2016 – 2018. Dr. Worrell is a Fellow in Divisions 5, 15, 16, 45, and 52 of APA; a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science; a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, and an elected member in the Society for the Study of School Psychology and the National Academy of Education. In 2011, Dr. Worrell received the Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity from UC Berkeley; and was a recipient of the 2013 Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Association for Gifted Children. He is also a recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Contributions to Research Award from Division 45 (the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race) of APA and the 2018 Outstanding International Psychologist Award from Division 52 (International Psychology) of APA. Dr. Worrell is the 2019 recipient of the Palmarium Award in Gifted Education from the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver. Beyond the United States, Dr. Worrell has ongoing research collaborations in countries in Central America, South America, Asia, Europe, and the South Pacific.
Author of over 200 scholarly works, recent book publications include Achieving College Dreams: How a University-Charter District Partnership Created an Early College High-School (Oxford University Press, 2016; co-edited with Rhona S. Weinstein), Talent Development as a Framework for Gifted Education: Implications for Best Practices and Applications in Schools (Prufrock Press, 2018; co-edited with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Rena F. Subotnik), and The Psychology of High Performance: Developing Human Potential into Domain-Specific Talent (American Psychological Association, 2019; co-edited with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Rena F. Subotnik). In September of 2020, The Cambridge Handbook of Applied School Psychology (co-edited with Tammy L. Hughes and Dante D. Dixson) will be published.
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His Career
DEGREES
- Ph.D., Education (Educational & School Psychology), University of California, Berkeley, 1994
- M.A., Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1987
- B.A. (Hons), Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 1985
CERTIFICATIONS
- California Pupil Personnel Services Credential, University of California, Berkeley, 1991 – present
- California School Psychology Credential, University of California, Berkeley, 1993 – present
- Pennsylvania School Psychology Certificate, The Pennsylvania State University, 1995 – 2003
- Licensed Psychologist (PA Lic #PS-008390-L), 1996 – present
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
- Professor, School Psychology, Graduate School of Education, UC Berkeley, 2007 – present
- Director, School Psychology Program, UC Berkeley, 2004 – present
- Faculty Director, Academic Talent Development Program, UC Berkeley, 2004 – present
- Faculty Director, California College Preparatory Academy, 2007 – 2011, 2012 – present
- Affiliate Professor, Social and Personality Program, Psychology Department, UC Berkeley
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Academic Talent Development
- African American Education
- Education in the English-Speaking Caribbean
- Education of At-Risk Youth
- Ethnic and Racial Identity
- Psychosocial Development
- Scale Development and Validation
- Teaching Effectiveness
- Time Perspective
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APA Governance
- Committee on Division/APA Relations, 2004–2006 (Chair, 2006)
- Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessment, 2007–2009
- Board of Educational Affairs, 2010–2012
- Board of Scientific Affairs, 2013–2015 (Chair, 2015)
- Council of Representatives, Division 16, 2010–2015
- Board of Directors, APA and APA- Practice Organization, 2016–2018
Memberships
- American Educational Research Association
- American Psychological Association: Divisions 5, 15, 16, 44, 45, & 52
- Association for Psychological Science
- Association of Black Psychologists
- California Association of School Psychologists
- California Psychological Association
- International School Psychology Association
- International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development
- National Association of School Psychologists
- Society for Research on Adolescence
- Trinidad and Tobago Association of Psychologists
Other APA Service
- Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs, Division 16, 1996–1998, 2001–2003 (Chair, 2001–2003)
- Interdivisional Dropout Prevention Task Force, 1997–2002
- Chair, Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee, Division 16, 2002
- Member, Senior Scientist Award Committee, Division 16, 2002–2003
- Vice President, Education, Training, and Scientific Affairs, Division 16, 2002–2004
- Interdivisional Coalition on Giftedness & Gifted Education, 2004–2012
- Dissertation Research Awards Committee, Science Directorate, 2006
- Presidential Cycle, Division 16, 2006–2009 (President, 2007)
- Interdivisional Coalition on Psychology in the Schools and Education, 2008–2009, 2019–
- Diversity Committee, Division 5, 2008–2011 (Chair, 2008–2010)
- APA Rep., Joint Committee, Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, 2009–2013
- Presidential Task Force on Educational Disparities, 2010–2012
- Chair, BEA Task Force, Psychological Science, and Teacher Education Program Improvement, 2012 –2013
- Co-Chair, Coalition for the Psychology of High Performance, 2014–
- Director, APA Council of Representatives Choir, 2014–
- Fellows Committee, Division 15, 2015–2017
- APA Rep, Management Committee, Standards for Educ and Psych Testing, 2015–2020 (Chair 2019–2020)
- Journal Feasibility Task Force, Division 45, 2018
- Member, APA Violence Against Educators Taskforce, 2020
Service Beyond APA
- Member, Board of Directors, The AIDS Project, State College, Pennsylvania, 1996 – 2001
- Chair, Special Interest Group (SIG): Caribbean and African Studies in Education, AERA, 1999 – 2001
- Member, Board of Directors, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Richmond, CA, 2005 – 2011
- Member, Publications Committee, National Association for Gifted Children, 2009 – 2012
- Review of Educational Research (Co-Editor, 2012–2014; Editor, 2015–2016)
- Member, Diversity and Equity Committee, National Association for Gifted Children, 2013 – 2015
- Education Judge, The Tech Awards, The Tech Museum of Innovation, 2014 – 2016
- Chair, Professional Development Committee, AERA, 2017 – 2019
- Reviewer, Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.), 2018
- Co-Chair, Society for the Study of School Psychology Diversity Task Force, 2020
- Member, Steering Committee, National Academy of Education, COVID-19 Educational Disparities Roundtable Series