Faculty Vita

David Estell, Ph.D.

Academic Degrees

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

Estell, D. B., Farmer, T. W., Pearl, R., Van Acker, R., & Rodkin, P. C. (in press). Aggression, social relations, and behavioral adaptation in elementary school. Invited manuscript to appear in New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development, 101.

Estell, D. B., Farmer, T. W., Cairns, R. B., & Cairns, B. D. (in press). Social relations and academic achievement in inner-city early elementary classrooms. International Journal of Behavioral Development.

Farmer, T. W., Farmer, E. M. Z., & Estell, D. B. (in press). The developmental dynamics of aggression and the prevention of school violence. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.

Estell, D. B., Cairns, R. B., Farmer, T. W., & Cairns, B. D. (2002). Aggression in inner-city early elementary classrooms: Individual and peer group configurations. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 48, 52-76.

Bauer, D. J. & Estell, D. B. (2001). Cluster analysis of developmental profiles: Relations between trajectories of aggression and popularity over adolescence [poster abstract]. In L. M. Collins, & A. G. Sayer A.G. (Eds.), New methods for the analysis of change (pp. 385-387). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Cairns. R. B., Cadwallader, T. W., Estell, D. B., & Neckerman, H. J. (1997). Groups to gangs: Developmental and criminological perspectives and relevance for prevention. In D. M. Stoff, J. D. Maser, & J. Breiling (Eds.), Handbook of antisocial behavior (pp. 194-204). New York: Wiley.

Conference Presentations

Estell, D. B., Farmer, T. W., & Cairns, B. D. (2002). Gender, peers, and substance use: Correlates of weapon carrying in rural African-American youth. Poster presented at the biennial conference of the Society for Research in Adolescence, New Orleans, LA.

Estell, D. B. (2001). Social ecology and aggressive behavior: support or marginalization? In R. Van Acker & S. Grant (strand leaders), The challenges of gangs and youth violence in the schools. Training strand conducted at the Fourth International Conference on Children and Youth with Behavioral Disorders, Atlanta, GA.

Cadwallader, T. W., & Estell, D. B. (2001). Implications of research on social development for understanding gangs and gang awareness In R. Van Acker & S. Grant (strand leaders), The challenges of gangs and youth violence in the schools. Training strand conducted at the Fourth International Conference on Children and Youth with Behavioral Disorders, Atlanta, GA.

Estell, D. B. & Van Acker, R. (2001). Heterogeneity in the relationship between popularity and aggression: Individual, group, and classroom influences. In T. W. Cadwallader (Chair), Configurations and pathways: Development from a pattern-oriented perspective. Symposium conducted at the biennial conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.

Estell, D. B. & Cairns, R. B. (2000, April). Configurations and interactions: A comparison of pattern- and variable-oriented analyses in the prediction of school adjustment. In J. S. Eccles (Chair), Pattern-centered approaches to the study of adolescent development in context. Symposium conducted at the biennial conference of the Society for Research in Adolescence, Chicago, IL.

Research Areas

Social development broadly, with an emphasis on antisocial behavior. Examining peer-group and classroom influences on the development of bullying and aggression.

Service/Outreach Projects

1995-1996 (3 semesters): Teaching Assistant, lab section in Research Methods in Psychology (undergraduate-level). Responsibilities included: presenting majority of class material and activities, grading a series of term papers.

1996-1999 (7 semesters): Teaching Fellow, Child Development (undergraduate-level). Instructor in charge of course. Responsibilities included choosing text, preparing and delivering all lectures and activities, writing and grading exams and term papers.

1999-2000 (2 semesters): Teaching Fellow, Introductory Psychology (undergraduate-level). Instructor in charge of course. Responsibilities included the included choosing a text, preparing and delivering all lectures and activities, and writing and grading the exams and term papers.

2002 (1 semester): Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology for Elementary School Teachers (undergraduate-level). Instructor in charge of course. Responsibilities included the included choosing a text, preparing and delivering all lectures and activities, and writing and grading the exams and term papers.

2002 (1 semester): Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology for Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School Teachers (undergraduate-level). Instructor in charge of course. Responsibilities included the included choosing a text, preparing and delivering all lectures and activities, and writing and grading the exams and term papers.

1996, Fall: Participant, graduate student committee for teaching and academic reform.

1997-1998: Co-coordinator, weekly seminar in Developmental Psychology. UNC-CH.

1997-Present: Member, Society for Research in Adolescence.