Laura Wray-Lake

Laura Wray-Lake

University of California, Los Angeles

H-index: 36

North America-United States

About Laura Wray-Lake

Laura Wray-Lake, With an exceptional h-index of 36 and a recent h-index of 30 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of California, Los Angeles, specializes in the field of youth civic engagement, positive youth development, adolescence, young adulthood.

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

“We been dying, and you got me on a call helping you stay alive”: Black and Latinx youth organizers' experiences of racism in gun violence prevention organizations

The contribution of community service during the transition to adulthood to health in adulthood

" These are my greatest accomplishments": how US youth activists frame their biggest wins

“Why are we doing this in the first place?”: youth motivations, school environments, and volunteer experiences in a system of compulsory school-based volunteerism

LAURA S. ABRAMS, JASON ANTHONY PLUMMER, &

Civic engagement across adolescence and early adulthood.

Adolescent Storm and Stress: A 21 st Century Evaluation

DOMINIQUE MIKELL MONTGOMERY, DOMONIQUE KIANNA HENDERSON, VICTORIA MILLET, ELAN C. HOPE, &

Laura Wray-Lake Information

University

Position

Associate Professor Department of Social Welfare

Citations(all)

4972

Citations(since 2020)

3261

Cited By

2935

hIndex(all)

36

hIndex(since 2020)

30

i10Index(all)

64

i10Index(since 2020)

61

Email

University Profile Page

University of California, Los Angeles

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Laura Wray-Lake Skills & Research Interests

youth civic engagement

positive youth development

adolescence

young adulthood

Top articles of Laura Wray-Lake

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

“We been dying, and you got me on a call helping you stay alive”: Black and Latinx youth organizers' experiences of racism in gun violence prevention organizations

Journal of research on adolescence

Sara Wilf

Taylor Reed

Victoria Millet

Stephanie M Ortiz

Laura Wray‐Lake

2024/3

The contribution of community service during the transition to adulthood to health in adulthood

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Laura Wray‐Lake

Danielle Dunn

Valerie Freund

Deborah D Kloska

2024/2/20

" These are my greatest accomplishments": how US youth activists frame their biggest wins

Oladimeji Fatoki

Amanda Galczyk

Christopher M Wegemer

Laura Wray-Lake

Jerusha Conner

2024/2/20

“Why are we doing this in the first place?”: youth motivations, school environments, and volunteer experiences in a system of compulsory school-based volunteerism

Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Jin Yao Kwan

Laura Wray-Lake

2023/8/26

LAURA S. ABRAMS, JASON ANTHONY PLUMMER, &

Young Black Changemakers and the Road to Racial Justice

LAURA WRAY-LAKE

2023/12/31

Civic engagement across adolescence and early adulthood.

Laura Wray-Lake

Parissa J Ballard

2023

Adolescent Storm and Stress: A 21 st Century Evaluation

Frontiers in Psychology

Christy M Buchanan

Dan Romer

Laura Wray-Lake

Sheretta T Butler-Barnes

2023/8/3

DOMINIQUE MIKELL MONTGOMERY, DOMONIQUE KIANNA HENDERSON, VICTORIA MILLET, ELAN C. HOPE, &

Young Black Changemakers and the Road to Racial Justice

LAURA WRAY-LAKE

2023/12/31

Youth Civic Development amid the Pandemic

Sara Wilf

Laura Wray-Lake

J Abigail Saavedra

2023/6/9

Development and Validation of the Youth Sociopolitical Action Scale for Social Media (SASSM)

Sara Wilf

Laura Wray-Lake

2023/12

“I Feel Safe Out Here”: Youth Perspectives on Community-Based Organizations in Urban Neighborhoods

Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research

Rachel Wells

Laura Wray-Lake

Jason Anthony Plummer

Laura S Abrams

2023/6/1

Shifting culture and minds: immigrant-origin youth building critical consciousness on social media

Youth & Society

Sara Wilf

Elena Maker Castro

Kedar Garzón Gupta

Laura Wray-Lake

2023/11

Burnout and Belonging: How the Costs and Benefits of Youth Activism Affect Youth Health and Wellbeing

Youth

Jerusha Osberg Conner

Emily Greytak

Carly D Evich

Laura Wray-Lake

2023/1/19

Direct and indirect effects of maternal and sibling intimacy on adolescents’ volunteering via social responsibility values: A longitudinal study

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Sahitya Maiya

Shawn D Whiteman

Jenna C Dayley

Sarfaraz Serang

Laura Wray-Lake

...

2023/9

Young Black Changemakers and the Road to Racial Justice

Laura Wray-Lake

Elan C Hope

Laura S Abrams

2023

Reconsidering the minimum voting age in the United States

Benjamin Oosterhoff

Laura Wray-Lake

Daniel Hart

2022/3

Adolescents provide more complex reasons for lowering the voting age than do adults: Evidence from national convenience samples.

Developmental Psychology

Benjamin Oosterhoff

Laura Wray-Lake

K Paige Harden

2022/8

Assessing the link between adolescents’ awareness of inequality and civic engagement across time and racial/ethnic groups

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Jason Anthony Plummer

Laura Wray-Lake

Lauren Alvis

Aaron Metzger

Amy K Syvertsen

2022/1/7

Dismantling systems of racism and oppression during adolescence: An agenda for anti‐racist research

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Laura Wray‐Lake

Dawn P Witherspoon

Linda C Halgunseth

Amanda Sheffield Morris

2022/12

Youth are watching: Adolescents’ sociopolitical development in the Trump era

Child Development

Danielle Dunn

Laura Wray‐Lake

Jason Anthony Plummer

2022/7

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Co-Authors

H-index: 107
John Schulenberg

John Schulenberg

University of Michigan

H-index: 71
Megan E. Patrick

Megan E. Patrick

University of Michigan

H-index: 67
Wayne Osgood

Wayne Osgood

Penn State University

H-index: 65
Jennifer L. Maggs

Jennifer L. Maggs

Penn State University

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