Jean E. Rhodes is Professor Psychology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from DePaul Unviersity in 1988 and completed her clinical internship at University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. From 1989-1999, she was on faculty of the psychology department at the University of Illinois. Her research focuses on both natural and assigned mentoring relationships in adolescence and early adulthood. Rhodes is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association and the Society for Research and Community Action. She has published three books and more than 40 articles and chapters on topics pertaining to mentoring. Rhodes' other research interests include the transition to adulthood, adolescent social development, and health behavior.

Relevant Publications

Greene, G., Rhodes, J., Hirsch, A., & Suarez-Orozco, C. (in press). Supportive adult relationships and the academic engagement of Latin American immigrant youth. Journal of School Psychology.

Rhodes, J., Lowe, S., Litchfield, L., & Samp, K. W. (in press). The role of gender in youth mentoring relationship satisfaction and duration. Journal of Vocational Behavior.

Rhodes, J. & DuBois, D. (2006). Understanding and facilitating the youth mentoring movement. Social Policy Report, XX, 3-19. [View PDF]

The protective influence of mentoring on adolescents’ substance use: Direct and indirect pathways. Applied Developmental Science. 9 (1), 31–47. Rhodes, J.E., Reddy, R., & Grossman, J. B. (2005). [View PDF]

An exploratory study of youth mentoring in an urban context: Adolescents' perceptions of relationship styles. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. (293-306). Langhout, R. D., Rhodes, J. E., & Osborne, L. (2004). [View PDF]

Natural mentors in the lives of African-American adolescent mothers: Tracking relationships over time. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 32, 223-232. Klaw, E. L., Rhodes, J. E., & Fitzgerald, L. L. (2003). [View PDF]

Rhodes, J. E., Reddy, R., Grossman, J. B., Lee, J. M. (2003). Same- versus cross-race matches in mentoring programs: A comparison. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 2114-2133.

The test of time: Predictors and effects of duration in youth mentoring programs. American Journal of Community Psychology, 30, 199-206. Grossman, J. B. & Rhodes, J. E. (2002). [View PDF]

Hellenga, K., Rhodes, J. E., & Aber, M. S. (2002). African American adolescent mothers' Vocational aspiration-expectation gap: Individual, social and environmental influences. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 26, 200-212.

Rhodes, J. E. & Roffman, J. G. (2002). Mentoring and apprenticeship in youth development programs. In. R. M. Lerner, F. Jacobs, & D. Wertlieb (Eds.). Promoting positive child, adolescent, and family development: A handbook of program and policy innovation. Thousand Oakes, CA: Sage Publications.

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