Deborah Temkin

Deborah Temkin, PhD, is a recognized leader in the fields of school climate, school safety, and school health. She is frequently called upon to provide her expertise, including through testimony to the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee and through media interviews with The Washington Post, Politico, CNN, Education Week, U.S. News and World Report, USA Today, the 74 Million, and other publications. Since joining Child Trends in 2014, Dr. Temkin’s work has focused on the intersections between education policy and healthy social and emotional development. As part of this work, Dr. Temkin co-leads the policy analysis and development arm of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Together for Healthy and Successful Schools Initiative, which aims to document and inform state policies across all components of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child framework. Dr. Temkin previously led the Federal Initiative on Bullying Prevention.