Constance Flanagan's Information
POSITION TITLE: Professor of Agricultural and Extension Education
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Youth political/civic activism; transition to adulthood.
|
| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1970 - 1972 Clinician, Allegheny County Mental Health/Mental Retardation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1974 - 1976 Educational Consultant, Grant Wood Area Education Agency, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1976 - 1978 Educational Consultant, Child Psychiatry Service, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City, Iowa
1980 - 1982 Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
1983 - 1987 Research Assistant (while in graduate school), Achievement Research Laboratory Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
1985 - 1986 Associate Director , Bush Program in Child Development and Social Policy University of Michigan
1987 - 1993 Assistant Professor, Behavioral Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn
1993 - 1995 Associate Professor, Behavioral Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn
1995 - 2000 Associate Professor, Agricultural and Extension Education, Comparative and International Education, Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State University
2001 - present Professor, Agricultural and Extension Education, Comparative and International Education, Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State University
|
|
| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
1999-2003 Editorial Board, Journal of Adolescent Research
2000-2003 Editorial Board, Journal of Research on Adolescence
2002-present Editorial Board, ASAP (Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy)
2004-present Editorial Board, American Journal of Education
2004-present Editorial Board, Comparative Education Review
2004-present Editorial Board, Journal of Character Education
2004-2009 Associate Editor, Journal of Research on Adolescence
2006-2007 Fellow, Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State, "Social Justice and the Economy"
2008 American Association of State Colleges and Universities Expert Panel on Student Civic Engagement
2008-2009 Spencer Foundation Fellow
2009 Fulbright lecturing/research award, Santiago, Chile
2009 Honorary Doctorate in Humanities and Social Sciences, Örebro University, Sweden
|
|
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Flanagan, C.A.
(1995).
"Commentary: Reflections on Human Development in a Reunited Germany." In
Youniss, J.
(Ed.)
, New Directions for Child Development, 70: After the Wall: Family Adaptations in East and West Germany.
San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
(pp. 85-89)
Flanagan, C.A.
,
R.S. Toronto
,
W. Miller
,
J. Hagerman
and
K. Yamakawa
(1995).
"Reframing Concepts of Development in the Context of Social Change." In
Noack, P.
,
M. Hofer
and
J. Youniss
(Eds.)
, Psychological Responses to Social Change: Human Development in Changing Environments.
New York, NY:
DeGruyter.
(pp. 23-35)
Eccles, J.S.
,
C.A. Flanagan
,
S. Lord
,
C. Midgley
,
R. Roeser
and
D. Yee
(1996).
"Schools, Families, and Early Adolescents: What Are We Doing Wrong and What Can We Do Instead?."
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 17(4):267-276.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
and
L.S. Gallay
(1996).
"Reframing the Meaning of "Political" in Research with Adolescents."
Perspectives on Political Science 24:34-41.
|Journal Home Page|
Jayaratne, T.E.
,
C.A. Flanagan
and
E. Anderman
(1996).
"Predicting College Student Attitudes Toward the Persian Gulf War: The Role of Gender and Television Exposure."
Peace & Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology 2(2):151-171.
|Journal Home Page|
Bowes, J.M.
,
D. Chalmers
and
C.A. Flanagan
(1997).
"Children's Involvement in Household Work: Views of Adolescents in Six Countries."
Family Matters:Australian Journal of Family Studies 46:26-30.
Flanagan, C.A.
,
P. Ingram
,
E.M. Gallay
and
E.E. Gallay
(1997).
"Why Are People Poor? Social Conditions and Adolescents' Interpretations of the Social Contract." In
Taylor, R.D.
and
M.C. Wang
(Eds.)
, Social and Emotional Adjustment and Family Relations in Ethnic Minority Families.
Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
(pp. 53-62)
Flanagan, C.A.
(1998).
"Exploring American Character in the Sixties Generation." In
Colby, A.
,
J.B. James
and
D. Hart
(Eds.)
, Competence and Character Through Life.
Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.
(pp. 169-185)
Flanagan, C.A.
and
L.R. Sherrod
(1998).
"Political Development: Youth Growing Up In A Global Community (Issue Editors)."
Journal of Social Issues 54(3).
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
and
L.R. Sherrod
(1998).
"Youth Political Development: An Introduction."
Journal of Social Issues 54(3):447-456.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
and
S. Gill
(1998).
The Meaning of One America: Lessons from the Youth of Our Country.
President Clinton's Initiative on Race, One America in the 21st Century.
Flanagan, C.A.
,
J.M. Bowes
,
B. Jonsson
,
B. Csapo
and
E. Sheblanova
(1998).
"Ties that Bind: Correlates of Adolescents' Civic Commitments in Seven Countries."
Journal of Social Issues 54(3):457-475.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Macek, P.
,
C.A. Flanagan
,
L.S. Gallay
,
L. Kostron
,
L. Botcheva
and
B. Csapo
(1998).
"Postcommunist Societies in Times of Transition: Perceptions of Change among Adolescents in Central and Eastern Europe."
Journal of Social Issues 54(3):547-561.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Van Horn, B.E.
,
C.A. Flanagan
and
J.S. Thomson
(1998).
"The First Fifty Years of the 4-H Program (part 1)."
Journal of Extension 36(6).
|Full Text|
|Journal Home Page|
Alsaker, F.D.
,
C.A. Flanagan
and
B. Csapo
(1999).
"Methodological Challenges in Cross-national Research: Countries, Participants, and General Procedures." In
Alsaker, F.D.
and
A. Flammer
(Eds.)
, The Adolescent Experience: European and American Adolescents in the 1990s.
Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Flanagan, C.A.
and
C.J. Tucker
(1999).
"Adolescents' Explanations for Political Issues: Concordance with Their Views of Self and Society."
Developmental Psychology 35(5):1198-1209.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
and
G. Layfield
(1999).
"Defining and Measuring a Family's SES." In
Smith, C.A.
(Ed.)
, The Encyclopedia of Parenting.
Westport, CT:
Greenwood.
Flanagan, C.A.
and
L. Botcheva
(1999).
"Adolescents' Preferences for their Homeland and Other Countries." In
Alsaker, F.D.
and
A. Flammer
(Eds.)
, The Adolescent Experience: European and American Adolescents in the 1990s..
Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
(pp. 131-144)
Flanagan, C.A.
,
B. Jonsson
,
L. Botcheva
,
B. Csapo
,
J.M. Bowes
,
P. Macek
,
I. Averina
and
E. Sheblanova
(1999).
"Adolescents and the Social Contract: Developmental Roots of Citizenship in Seven Countries." In
Yates, M.
and
J. Youniss
(Eds.)
, Roots of Civic Identity: International Perspectives on Community Service and Activism in Youth.
New York, NY:
Cambridge University Press.
(pp. 135-155)
Van Horn, B.E.
,
C.A. Flanagan
and
J.S. Thomson
(1999).
"Changes and Challenges in 4-H (Part 2)."
Journal of Extension 37(1).
|Full Text|
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
(2000).
"A Research Agenda for Families and Globalization: A New Social Contract?." In
Myers-Walls, J.A.
and
P. Somlai
(Eds.)
, Families as Educators for Global Citizenship.
Aldershot, England:
Ashgate.
Flanagan, C.A.
(2000).
"Social Change and the 'Social Contract' in Adolescent Development." In
Crockett, L.J.
and
R.K. Silbereisen
(Eds.)
, Negotiating Adolescence in Times of Social Change.
New York, NY:
Cambridge University Press.
(pp. 191-198)
Gallay, L.S.
and
C.A. Flanagan
(2000).
"The Well-Being of Children in a Changing Economy: Time for a New Social Contract in America." In
Taylor, R.D.
and
M.C. Wang
(Eds.)
, Resilience across Contexts: Family, Work, Culture, and Community.
Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
(pp. 3-33)
Jonsson, B.
and
C.A. Flanagan
(2000).
"Young People's Views on Distributive Justice, Rights, and Obligations: A Cross-Cultural Study."
International Social Science Journal 52(164):195-208.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Bowes, J.M.
,
C.A. Flanagan
and
A.J. Taylor
(2001).
"Adolescents' Ideas about Individual and Social Responsibility in Relation to Children's Household Work: Some International Comparisons."
International Journal of Behavioral Development 25(1):60-68.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
(2001).
"Political Participation/Political Activism." In
Lerner, J.V.
and
R.M. Lerner
(Eds.)
, Adolescence in America: An Encyclopedia.
Santa Barbara, CA:
ABC-Clio.
(pp. 517-520)
Flanagan, C.A.
and
N. Faison
(2001).
"Youth Civic Development: Implications of Research for Social Policy and Programs."
Social Policy Report 15(1):3-15.
|Full Text|
|Journal Home Page|
Ngomane, T.
and
C.A. Flanagan
(2002).
"Hope and Despair: Extension Agents in a Young Democracy."
Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education 9(12):37-43.
|Full Text|
|Journal Home Page|
Sherrod, L.R.
,
C.A. Flanagan
and
J. Youniss
(2002).
"Dimensions of Citizenship and Opportunities for Youth Development: The What, Why, When, Where, and Who of Citizenship Development."
Applied Developmental Science 6(4):264-272.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Sherrod, L.R.
,
C.A. Flanagan
and
J. Youniss
(2002).
"Editors' Introduction."
Applied Developmental Science 6(4):173-174.
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
(2003).
"Trust, Identity, and Civic Hope."
Applied Developmental Science 7(3):165-171.
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
(2003).
"Developmental Roots of Political Engagement."
PS-Political Science & Politics 36(2):257-261.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
and
B. Campbell
(2003).
"Social Class and Adolescents' Beliefs about Justice in Different Social Orders: The Psychological Meaning of Social Class."
Journal of Social Issues 59(4):711-732.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
and
B.E. Van Horn
(2003).
"Youth Civic Development: A Logical Next Step in Community Youth Development." In
Villarruel, F.A.
,
D.F. Perkins
,
L.M. Borden
and
J.G. Keith
(Eds.)
, Community Youth Development: Practice, Policy, and Research.
Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage.
(pp. 273-296)
Ngomane, T.
and
C.A. Flanagan
(2003).
"The Road to Democracy in South Africa."
Peace Review 15(3):267-271.
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
,
E. Elek-Fisk
and
L.S. Gallay
(2004).
"Friends Don't Let Friends ... Or Do They? Developmental and Gender Differences in Intervening in Friends' ATOD Use."
Journal of Drug Education 34(4):351-371.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
(2004).
"Citizenship [Social Responsibility, Loyalty, Teamwork]." In
Peterson, C.
and
M.E. Seligman
(Eds.)
, Values in Action Classification.
Oxford University Press and American Psychological Association.
Flanagan, C.A.
(2004).
"Institutional Support for Morality: Community Based and Neighborhood Organizations." In
Thorkildsen, T.A.
,
J. Manning
and
H.J. Walberg
(Eds.)
, Nurturing Morality.
New York:
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
(pp. 173-183)
Flanagan, C.A.
(2004).
"Volunteerism, Leadership, Political Socialization, and Civic Engagement." In
Lerner, R.M.
and
L.D. Steinberg
(Eds.)
, Handbook of Adolescent Psychology.
New York:
Wiley.
(pp. 721-746)
Bertelsen, A.
and
C.A. Flanagan
(2005).
"Political and Civic Development." In
Fisher, C.B.
and
R.M. Lerner
(Eds.)
, Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science.
Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage Publications.
(pp. 1168-1171)
Flanagan, C.A.
,
L.S. Gallay
,
S. Gill
,
E.E. Gallay
and
N. Nti
(2005).
"What Does Democracy Mean? Correlates of Adolescents' Views."
Journal of Adolescent Research 20(2):193-218.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
,
S. Gill
and
L.S. Gallay
(2005).
"Social Participation and Social Trust in Adolescence: The Importance of Heterogeneous Encounters." In
Omoto, A.M.
(Ed.)
, Processes of Community Change and Social Action.
Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
(pp. 149-166)
Foster, E.M.
,
C.A. Flanagan
,
D.W. Osgood
and
G.R. Ruth
(2005).
"The Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Youth and Families: Common Themes and Future Directions." In
Osgood, D.W.
,
E.M. Foster
,
C.A. Flanagan
and
G.R. Ruth
(Eds.)
, On Your Own without a Net: The Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Populations.
Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.
(pp. 375-390)
Osgood, D.W.
,
E.M. Foster
,
C.A. Flanagan
and
G.R. Ruth
(2005).
"Introduction: Why Focus on the Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Populations?." In
Osgood, D.W.
,
E.M. Foster
,
C.A. Flanagan
and
G.R. Ruth
(Eds.)
, On Your Own without a Net: The Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Populations.
Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.
(pp. 1-26)
Osgood, D.W.
,
E.M. Foster
,
C.A. Flanagan
and
G.R. Ruth
(Eds.)
(2005).
On your Own Without a Net: The Transition to Adulthood for Vulnerable Populations.
Chicago, IL:
University of Chicago Press.
|Abstract|
Sherrod, L.R.
,
C.A. Flanagan
,
R. Kassimir
and
A.K. Syvertsen
(Eds.)
(2005).
Youth Activism: An International Encyclopedia.
Westport, CT:
Greenwood Publishing Company.
|Abstract|
Flanagan, C.A.
(2006).
"Public Scholarship and Youth at the Transition to Adulthood." In
Eberly, R.A.
and
J. Cohen
(Eds.)
, New Directions for Teaching and Learning.
San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
Flanagan, C.A.
,
N.S. Webster
and
D.F. Perkins
(2006).
"Public Policy: Encouraging Adult Voluntarism with Young People." In
Clary, E.G.
and
J.E. Rhodes
(Eds.)
, Mobilizing Adults for Positive Youth Development: Strategies for Closing the Gap between Beliefs and Behaviors.
New York:
Springer Publishing Co.
(pp. 195-210)
Finlay, A.K.
,
C.A. Flanagan
and
S. Black
(2007).
"Service as a Developmental Opportunity: Building Connections for Vulnerable Youth." In
Kielsmeier, J.
,
M. Neal
and
N. Schultz
(Eds.)
, Growing to Greatness 2007.
Minneapolis:
National Youth Leadership Center.
(pp. 65-75)
Flanagan, C.A.
,
A.K. Syvertsen
and
L. Wray-Lake
(2007).
"Youth Political Activism: Sources of Public Hope in the Context of Globalization." In
Silbereisen, R.K.
and
R.M. Lerner
(Eds.)
, Approaches to Positive Youth Development.
Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage.
(pp. 243-256)
Flanagan, C.A.
,
P. Cumsille
,
S. Gill
and
L.S. Gallay
(2007).
"School and Community Climates and Civic Commitments: Patterns for Ethnic Minority and Majority Students."
Journal of Educational Psychology 99(2):421-431.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Hamilton, C.
and
C.A. Flanagan
(2007).
"Reframing Social Responsibility Within a Technology-Based Youth Activist Program."
The American Behavioral Scientist 51(3):444-464.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Watts, R.J.
and
C.A. Flanagan
(2007).
"Pushing the Envelope on Youth Civic Engagement: A Developmental and Liberation Psychology Perspective."
Journal of Community Psychology 35(6):779-792.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Boateng, J.
and
C.A. Flanagan
(2008).
"Women's Access to Health Care in Ghana: Effects of Education, Residence, Lineage, and Self-Determination."
Biodemography and Social Biology 54(1):56-73.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
(2008).
"Private Anxieties and Public Hopes: The Perils and Promise of Youth in the Context of Globalization." In
Cole, J.
and
D. Durham
(Eds.)
, Figuring the Future: Children, Youth, and Globalization.
Santa Fe:
SAR Press.
(pp. 197-247)
Flanagan, C.A.
,
M.D. Stout
and
L.S. Gallay
(2008).
"It's My Body and None of Your Business: Developmental Changes in Adolescents' Perceptions of Rights Concerning Health."
Journal of Social Issues 64(4):815-834.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Jensen, L.A.
and
C.A. Flanagan
(2008).
"Immigrant Civic Engagement: New Translations (Special Issue on Civic Engagement among Immigrant Youth)."
Applied Developmental Science 12(2):55-56.
|Journal Home Page|
Wray-Lake, L.
,
A.K. Syvertsen
and
C.A. Flanagan
(2008).
"Contested Citizenship and Social Exclusion: Adolescent Arab American Immigrants' Views of the Social Contract."
Applied Developmental Science 12(2):84-92.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
(2009).
"Young People's Civic Engagement and Political Development." In
Furlong, A.
(Ed.)
, Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood: New Perspectives and Agendas.
London, UK:
Routledge.
Flanagan, C.A.
,
P. Levine
and
R.A. Settersten
(2009).
Civic Engagement and the Changing Transition to Adulthood.
CIRCLE.
|Full Text|
|Abstract|
Syvertsen, A.K.
,
C.A. Flanagan
and
M.D. Stout
(2009).
"Code of Silence: Students' Perceptions of School Climate and Willingness to Intervene in a Peer's Dangerous Plan."
Journal of Educational Psychology 101(1):219-232.
|Abstract|
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
(In Press).
"Civic Education." In
Shweder, R.A.
(Ed.)
, The Chicago Companion to the Child.
Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.
Flanagan, C.A.
and
M.D. Stout
(In Press).
"Developmental Patterns of Social Trust between Early and Late Adolescence: Age and School Climate Effects."
Journal of Research on Adolescence.
|Journal Home Page|
Flanagan, C.A.
,
L.M. Martinez
and
P. Cumsille
(In Press).
"Civil Societies as Developmental Contexts for Civic Identity Formation." In
Jensen, L.A.
(Ed.)
, Bridging Cultural and Developmental Psychology: New Syntheses in Theory, Research and Policy.
New York:
Oxford University Press.
Syvertsen, A.K.
,
C.A. Flanagan
and
M.D. Stout
(In Press).
"Before the Ballot Box: A Randomized Trial of Student Voices."
American Journal of Education.
|Journal Home Page|
Wray-Lake, L.
,
C.A. Flanagan
and
D.W. Osgood
(In Press).
"Examining Trends in Adolescent Environmental Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors across Three Decades."
Environment and Behavior.
|Journal Home Page|
|
|
