Elaine D. Theodore, Ed.M
Violence Prevention Education Coordinator

Elaine Theodore is the Health education and Prevention Coordinator and the Sexual Violence Resource Coordinator at Tufts University. She holds a masters degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Human Psychology and Development, Adolescent Risk and Prevention and a BFA in theater from New York University.

Prior to arriving in the Health Education Department, Elaine was the Educational Coordinator for the National Campus Violence Prevention Grant which was housed in the tufts women's center. Elaine is a Planned Parenthood certified Sexuality Educator and has worked and written extensively for adolescent women in various programs and schools. Her work has centered around violence prevention and young people. She has been a trainer for many groups including the Harvard Project on Negotiation, and the New York's Attorney General's office on issues of youth violence prevention.

Elaine has worked as the Clinical Director for an alterative urban high school, and as an expressive therapist with the Boston Institute for Art Therapy and has written creative arts curricula for various youth agencies. She is the founding director of the lost and found company, a theater company for and by adopted and fostered youth. She also created and worked in a company that taught conflict resolution through the arts. She works for Boston area juvenile courts as a Guardian Ad Litem and Court Investigator and also as a mediator for Massachusetts families for kids. Elaine is also a professional actor/improvisor who performs in Boston when her three year old permits. She loves gardening, books, the Muppets and really wants a dog.