In May 2014, Dr. Allison Cloth has been awarded the 2014-2015 HSS Seed Grant ($7,000) and the John and Doris Andrews Research and Development Award ($3,700).
These grants, combined, provide funding for a research project that Dr. Cloth has developed in two phases. Phase one consists of a community collaboration examining the resources within (and around) Britannia Secondary School as well as the strengths and needs for supporting youth with emotional, behavioral, and attendance challenges. Phase one activities will lead to recommendations and potential new projects brought about by school staff interviews and ideas. Phase two will be the implementation of a motivational interviewing intervention with youth who are chronically absent from school and at-risk for disengagement or dropout.
It is clear that Allison is excited to continue her work with this project. In speaking with her, she expressed, “I am so pleased to be working with this community school, the school administrators and staff are immensely dedicated and compassionate. It is a unique community setting with many resources to draw upon.”
View proposed research summaries for the HSS Seed Grant and the John and Doris Andrews Research and Development Award.
Dr. Allison Cloth joined the Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology and Special Education at the University of British Columbia in July 2013. She is originally from Massachusetts, but has lived in California, Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, Virginia and most recently, Ohio. While in Ohio, Allison worked as a Clinical Research Scientist for Ohio University on an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) research grant for 5 Years where she focused on classroom and counseling interventions for secondary school age youth with emotional and behavioral challenges, called the Center for Adolescent Research in Schools (CARS). Current research areas of interest for Allison are motivational interviewing, school engagement/chronic absenteeism, alternative education and social justice in school psychology.
View Allison’s faculty profile page.
About the HSS Seed Grant
Funding for the Faculty of Education HSS Seed Grant is made available through the annual SSHRC Institutional Grant, and is specifically designed to promote research in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The primary goal of the Faculty of Education HSS Seed Grant is to support high-quality research in the social sciences and humanities by providing small funds that will aid in the early-stage development of a research project.
About the John and Doris Andrews Research and Development Award
Dr. John H. M. Andrews, former Dean of Education, UBC from 1973-79, and his wife Doris Andrews have generously endowed one award offered to tenure and tenure-track faculty in the Faculty of Education. This award is designed for research and development projects that have an impact on the community and make a contribution to society.
Article by: Julie Acres