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  About the Institute: People

Michelle Boyd
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: michelle.boyd@tufts.edu

 

Michelle J. Boyd is a graduate student 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 the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development and the Thrive Project within the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development. She earned a bachelors degree in Psychology from Howard University (2006; Phi Beta Kappa). Her primary research interests are related to how media can be developed and used to optimize development or facilitate positive development for youth. Currently, she is investigating the relationship between news media consumption and civic engagement.