The Group for the Study of Interpersonal Development at UTSA serves to understand how societal structures can support the cultivation of character-building, connectedness-promoting, and competency-forming interpersonal relationships.

It is modeled after Robert Selman’s GSID at Harvard University, which focused on the study of interpersonal understanding and its development through pair counseling while Dr. Karcher was a member in the 1990s.

Current Projects

Longitudinal studies

2013-2014

Study of advocates in the lives of youth offenders

2012-2014

Evaluation of the InspireU mentoring program 2013