Dr. Shelley Hymel

Dr. Shelley Hymel
Lando Professor in Social and Emotional Learning
Shelley Hymel is part of the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia and currently holds the Lando Professorship in Social-Emotional Learning. She is a member of the executive team of PREVNet, Canada’s national organization for addressing school bullying, and part of the research advisory committee for UBC’s Human Early Learning Partnership, the Committee for Children in Seattle, and the Life Synergy for Youth Inc. program. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the BC Crisis Centre in Vancouver. She is co-founder of the Bullying Research Network (BRNET), linking over 150 researchers globally, and has co-edited a series of peer-reviewed special issues on school bullying for the online magazine, www.education.com. Her research on social-emotional development, peer relations and school violence is recognized both nationally and internationally. Given her focus on social-emotional learning in schools, she works regularly with students experiencing social difficulties and with school districts that want to address the social side of learning.