High School Bigs Demonstration Project, Directed by Keoki Hansen, in collaboration with Carla Herrera, and staff at BBBS Rochester and Kentuckiana (see www.HighSchoolBigs.org for info)

A collaborative 5-year mentoring program bringing together BBBS-South Texas and CIS-San Antonio, UTSA, and the Mayor’s Office to link mentors in local businesses (HEB, Rackspace, CPS Energy) with 8th graders in local schools. 

Facing Feelings (Feeling Faces): Marilyn Martingelio and I have created 16 emotion faces that capture Shaver’s theoretical emotion spectrum. These are less gender and race specific (and have greater validity and reliability) than other faces available.

Handbook of Youth Mentoring (HYM) David L. DuBois, 38 scholars in mentoring and related fields, and I are currently developing the second edition of the HYM with 20 new chapters, and 18 chapters updated with recent research. (Pictured: DuBois and Karcher receiving Society for Research on Adolescence book award)

Projects in progress (perennially)