Jennifer Urban

Jennifer Urban

Montclair State University

H-index: 19

North America-United States

About Jennifer Urban

Jennifer Urban, With an exceptional h-index of 19 and a recent h-index of 13 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Montclair State University, specializes in the field of character development, evaluation.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Integrating humanities in healthcare: a mixed-methods study for development and testing of a humanities curriculum for front-line health workers in Karachi, Pakistan

“The Greatest Experience Ever”: Benefits of Participation in High-Adventure Activities for Youth

A multi-stakeholder perspective on factors affecting successful transition to adulthood for youth with severe emotional disturbances

“Oh, I thought we’d be different”: A multifocal, interdisciplinary examination of the fidelity/adaptation challenge

Combining STEM and Character Development in an Out-of-School Time Program: Participatory Practices for Developing and Validating a Theory of Change

“Been there, done that but also not quite:” Discoveries and limitations in an evaluative, short-term, and multi-sited ethnography of the boy scouts of America

Developing and testing a theory of change for Boy Scouts of America

Motivating Positive Youth Outcomes Through Proximal, Relevant, and Attainable Inspirational Figures

Jennifer Urban Information

University

Position

Professor of Family Science and Human Development

Citations(all)

1511

Citations(since 2020)

720

Cited By

1071

hIndex(all)

19

hIndex(since 2020)

13

i10Index(all)

25

i10Index(since 2020)

19

Email

University Profile Page

Google Scholar

Jennifer Urban Skills & Research Interests

character development

evaluation

Top articles of Jennifer Urban

Integrating humanities in healthcare: a mixed-methods study for development and testing of a humanities curriculum for front-line health workers in Karachi, Pakistan

Medical Humanities

2024/1/18

Jennifer Urban
Jennifer Urban

H-Index: 14

Subhash Chandir
Subhash Chandir

H-Index: 11

“The Greatest Experience Ever”: Benefits of Participation in High-Adventure Activities for Youth

Youth

2023/11/23

A multi-stakeholder perspective on factors affecting successful transition to adulthood for youth with severe emotional disturbances

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

2023/8

“Oh, I thought we’d be different”: A multifocal, interdisciplinary examination of the fidelity/adaptation challenge

Journal of Adult and Continuing Education

2023/5

Combining STEM and Character Development in an Out-of-School Time Program: Participatory Practices for Developing and Validating a Theory of Change

Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research

2023/1/15

Jennifer Urban
Jennifer Urban

H-Index: 14

“Been there, done that but also not quite:” Discoveries and limitations in an evaluative, short-term, and multi-sited ethnography of the boy scouts of America

Ethnography

2023

Developing and testing a theory of change for Boy Scouts of America

Applied Developmental Science

2022/7/3

Motivating Positive Youth Outcomes Through Proximal, Relevant, and Attainable Inspirational Figures

Journal of Adolescent Research

2022/6/22

Exploring pathways to purpose in scouts

Journal of Adolescent Research

2022/5/5

Predicting Positive Youth Development from Self‐Regulation and Purpose in Early Adolescence

Journal of Research on Adolescence

2022/12

“That’s just a part of growing up”: A study of non-formal educators’ lay theories of adolescence

Journal of adolescent research

2022/9

Including diverse stakeholder voices in youth character program evaluation

American Journal of Evaluation

2021/6

Emerging evidence of positive youth constructs and purpose development: Results from a qualitative approach

The Journal of Early Adolescence

2021/5

Promoting evaluation in youth character development through enhanced evaluation capacity building: empirical findings from the PACE project

New Directions for Evaluation

2021/3

Resonance, stickiness, and the value propositions of Evaluation Capacity Building: Key takeaways and future directions

New Directions for Evaluation

2021/3

Applying the Systems Evaluation Protocol in the real world: Six case studies

New Directions for Evaluation

2021/3

The Systems Evaluation Protocol for evaluation planning

New Directions for Evaluation

2021/3

Introduction to relational systems evaluation

New Directions for Evaluation

2021/3

Theoretical foundations and philosophical orientation of Relational Systems Evaluation

New Directions for Evaluation

2021/3

Online trainings for non-formal educators: A case study of Boy Scouts of America leaders

American Journal of Distance Education

2021/1/2

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