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Chris Napolitano
Graduate Research Assistant
Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development
Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development
Lincoln-Filene Center, Third Floor
Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155
Phone: (617) 627-3836
E-mail: cmnapolitano@gmail.com

Chris Napolitano 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, he is a Graduate Research Assistant for the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development within the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development. He earned bachelors degrees in Human Development and History from Boston College (2008, Alpha Sigma Nu, Pi Lambda Theta, Phi Alpha Theta), and was the Lynch School of Education's Finnegan Award Nominee. Chris' primary research interests include the development of late adolescent social networks in various ecological contexts, especially those facilitated by technology.