Ann B. Brewster, ResearchScientist, Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center  

Office Location: 217 Rubenstein Hall
Office Phone: (919) 613-9299
Email Address: abb1@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

    Education:
    NIMH/NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research,, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004
    Ph.D., Social Work,, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003
    M.S.W.,, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001
    M.S., Educational Psychology,, Cornell University, 1992
    B.S., School of Education,, Boston University, 1985

    Research Categories: prevention of adolescent problem behavior/promotion of positive youth development

    Current projects: High School Illicit Drug Use Onset and Early School Dropout: A Survival Analysis using Fast Track Data

    Research Description:

    Ann Brewster's research interests cluster around preventative interventions targeting adolescents and incorporating their families that address one or a combination of the following issues: substance use/abuse, mental heath, juvenile justice, and educational attainment, i.e., school dropout prevention. She is interested in conducting theory-based research that informs such interventions and is also interested in developing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating effective preventative interventions.

    Brewster is particularly interested in examining preventative interventions at the broader systems, services delivery, and policy levels, with a primary focus on community-level and school-based interventions. She has an ecological systems, life course, developmental, and strengths-based perspective with a specific interest in longitudinal research methodologies.

    Representative Publications   (More Publications)

    1. Brewster, A. B., & Bowen, G. L.. "The school success of high school youth: The impact of perceived parent and teacher academic social support." Family Relations  (Submitted, 2007).
    2. Brewster, A. B., & Bowen, G. L.. "Teacher support and school engagement for Latino middle and high school students at risk of school failure.." Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 21.1 (2004): 47-67.
    3. Bowen, G. L., Richman, J. M., Brewster, A., & Bowen, N.. "Sense of school coherence, perceptions of danger at school, and teacher support among youth at risk of school failure." Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 15.4 (1998): 273-286.
    4. Brewster, A. B.. "Setting the stage: Juvenile justice history, statistics, and practices."  Ed. Berlin, L. J., Owen, J. & Seaford, G. Family Impact Seminar Brief,Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, January, 2007 [pdf]
    5. A.B. Brewster. "OPED: Wiser ways to approach teen criminals." Raleigh News and Observer, December 20, 2006 (December 20, 2006). [pdf]
    6. A.B. Brewster & J. B. Kupersmidt. "Wake County Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Process Evaluation.."  August, 2005 Submitted to the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts. Innovation Research and Training, Inc., Durham, NC

    Ann B. Brewster