UCLA Excellence and Expertise Honored at AERA ‘26
UCLA professors Lori Patton Davis and Ron Avi Astor, Ed&IS alumni Kourtney Kawano and Eric Ho recognized for groundbreaking research […]
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The Facts On School Violence: Q&A with UCLA’s Ron Avi Astor
Ron Avi Astor and his colleague Rami Benbenishty have developed mapping and monitoring procedures that have been used to generate grassroots solutions to safety problems in schools worldwide.
Ron Avi Astor Takes Part in Congressional Briefing on Critical Need for School Social Workers
UCLA professor of social welfare a co-sponsor on growing national need for school-based mental health services.
APA Task Force Features UCLA Expertise for Congressional Briefing on Violence and Threats Against School Personnel
(Updated 03/18/22) Ron Avi Astor, professor of social welfare at UCLA SEIS, takes part in research supported by the American Psychological Association on the pandemic’s side effect of harassment and bodily harm against teachers and other school staff.
APA Taskforce to Present Assessment of Perspectives of School Violence During Covid-19
Briefing underscores threat of violence, concerns of school personnel turnover
Ron Astor: New Study Reveals 1 in 5 California Students Have Carried or Been Threatened with a Weapon
At some schools in California, nearly 1 in 5 students say they have either carried a weapon or been injured […]
UCLA Researchers Share Voices of School Social Workers from National Study
A co-written paper on “School Social Worker Voice during COVID-19 School Disruptions: A National Qualitative Analysis,” has been recently published in […]
Ron Avi Astor: New Course in School Safety Takes Interdisciplinary Approach
When Ron Avi Astor recalls arriving on campus in July 2019, he says that the topic of a school safety […]
Ron Avi Astor: Concept of Opportunity Structures Can Lead to Improving School Climate and Equity
Ron Avi Astor, professor of social welfare in the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies and the Crump Professor […]
Ron Avi Astor Shares Findings on Hunger in School Communities at Congressional Hearing
Ron Avi Astor, professor of social welfare at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and Marjorie Crump […]
Ron Avi Astor to Take Part in Congressional Briefing on Social Work in Schools
Ron Avi Astor, UCLA professor of social welfare in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and the Marjorie Crump […]
Ron Avi Astor: Student Hunger Demands a National Solution
Ron Avi Astor, professor of social welfare at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and the Marjorie Crump […]
Ron Avi Astor: Reopening Schools in the COVID-19 Era
Ron Avi Astor, professor of social welfare at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and at the UCLA Luskin School […]
Ron Avi Astor: Racial Unrest, COVID-19 Need to be Addressed as Part of School Cimate
Ron Avi Astor, professor of social welfare in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, will participate in two […]
Ron Avi Astor: Surveys for Students, Teachers, and Families Can Help Schools in Pandemic Crisis
Ron Avi Astor, professor of social welfare at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies and at the UCLA […]
Ron Avi Astor: Poetry Reflects “Pesach” Guided by Culture and Resilience
Ron Avi Astor, a professor of social welfare at UCLA’s Department of Education and holder of the, has co-written the […]