Jean E. Rhodes (born c. 1961) is an American psychologist and author. She is the Frank L. Boyden Professor of Psychology at the
University of Massachusetts
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,
Boston
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. She is the director of the Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Career
Rhodes graduated
Phi Beta Kappa
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from the
University of Vermont
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in 1983. She went on to earn her Ph.D. in clinical psychology with distinction from
DePaul University
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and completed her clinical internship in 1988 and a postdoctoral clinical position in 1989 at the
University of Chicago
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.
Rhodes was hired as an assistant of psychology at the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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in 1989, where she was promoted to associate professor with
tenure
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in 1995.
Rhodes currently serves as the Frank L. Boyden Professor of Psychology in the clinical psychology division at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Throughout her career, Rhodes has published four books and over 200 chapters and articles."The Rhodes lab" Retrieved August 13, 2019. Rhodes specializes in the study of youth mentoring and is noted for her theories of mentoring relationship process and formal mentoring relationships.
Awards and recognition
At the University of Massachusetts, Rhodes has received the Vice Chancellor's Teaching Scholar Award, the Distinguished Academic Leadership and Outstanding Service to the Students Award, and the Chancellor's Distinguished Scholar Award. Rhodes is a fellow of the
American Psychological Association
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and the Society for Research and Community Action. Previously, she was a member of two
MacArthur Foundation
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Allendale, New Jersey
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