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About the Institute:
People
Mimi Arbeit
Doctoral Research Assistant
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development
Lincoln-Filene Center
Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155
Ph: (617) 627-5558
Email: Miriam.Arbeit@tufts.edu
Mimi Arbeit is a graduate student and Provost Fellow in the Applied Child
Development MA/PhD program within the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
at Tufts University. Currently, she is a Graduate Research Assistant for Project GPS:
Building Goal Management Skills in Young People, within the Institute for Applied Research
in Youth Development. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Human Rights
from Columbia University in 2007. Mimi’s primary research interests involve using the
PYD approach to study adolescent sexual development, focusing on how school-based
curricula and out-of-school-time programs can proactively support adolescents in
developing sexual agency, sexual ethics, and the social, emotional, and cognitive
skills necessary to make healthy decisions and engage in fulfilling relationships.
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