Bethany Wentz

Developmental

Undergraduate Institution: B.A. in Psychology and Spanish, Ohio Northern University Graduate Institution: M.A. in Counseling and M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution, Arcadia University

Leadership Advancing Socially Engaged Research (LASER) Fellow (2020-2021); Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) Graduate Fellow (2022-2023)

Bethany's research interests focus broadly on adolescents in contexts of ethnopolitical violence and armed conflict. She is also interested in translating research on political violence and its impact on youth into evidence-based interventions to assuage the negative consequences of violence on youth and bolster protective factors in their communities.

Advisor: Dr. Dawn Gondoli