Entries by Mia Lamont

Profiles in Mentoring: Kyra Dingle and Team on near-peer approaches to digital media literacy education

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Kyra Dingle, a medical student at UC Irvine, and her team, noticed that digital literacy education tends to overlook the developmental needs of young people. Using Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) and near-peer mentoring, they had high school students design and teach digital literacy lessons to 8th graders on group-chat conflict and persuasive design features, […]

What Do School-Based Mentoring Programs Actually Accomplish? New Systematic Review of the Evidence

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Tiraieyari N and Krauss S (2026) Outcome domains and assessment measures in school-based youth mentoring programs: a systematic review. Front. Educ. 11:1518053. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2026.1518053 Introduction School-based mentoring (SBM) programs pair adult mentors with students to support academic, social, and emotional growth within the school setting. While such programs have grown considerably in popularity, the research […]

Scrolling Smarter: New Study Reveals How Near-Peer Mentoring Is Reshaping Digital Education

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Dingle, K., Reich, S. M., Starks, A., & Harel-Marian, T. (2026). The effectiveness of participatory near-peer digital media literacy interventions. Educational Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2026.2641525 Introduction Digital media literacy (DML), which is the capacity to critically interpret, navigate, and create content in digital environments, is increasingly recognized as a protective factor for youth. Yet […]

Good Intentions Aren’t Enough: The Hidden Crisis in Youth Mentoring Research

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Lohmeyer, B. A., McGregor, J. R., & Sykes, L. A. (2026). Who uses youth mentoring frameworks and guidelines?: A scoping review. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01086-6 Introduction Youth mentoring is widely regarded as an intuitive and effective method of supporting young people through periods of vulnerability. National frameworks have been developed in Australia, […]

New Study Explores Flash Mentoring as a Digital Strategy for Building Social Capital Among Young Women

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Rhodes JE, Werntz A, Jasman M, Morton DD. Stocking the Pond: Empowering Young Women to Recruit Social Capital Through Technology-Rhodes JE, Werntz A, Jasman M, Morton DD. Stocking the Pond: Empowering Young Women to Recruit Social Capital Through Technology-Enabled Flash Mentoring. Youth. 2026; 6(1):35. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth6010035 Introduction Rhodes and colleagues (2026) examine barriers to social capital […]

New Study Reveals Why Social Services for Vulnerable Youth Remain Out of Reach

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Sharer, M., Gordon, E., Hernandez, S., Golden, J., Duffy, M., & Cisne-Durbin, N. (2026). Improving foster care and juvenile justice services: A community-based participatory mixed-methods study in Iowa and Illinois. Evaluation and Program Planning, 116, 102763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2026.102763 Introduction Youth involved in foster care and juvenile justice systems often face overlapping trauma, systemic inequities, and fragmented […]

Mentorship and Belonging: What Revent Evidence Reveals

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Shillington, K. J., Ho, H., Kemberling, J., Kim, H.-C., Valmadrid, L. C., Eck, L., Vieten, C., & Patrick, G. N. (2026). A scoping review of compassion, empathy and belonging in undergraduate mentorship programs. Discover Education, 5, 153. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-025-00898-5 Introduction Undergraduate students often face academic pressure, social adjustment challenges, and mental health concerns that can affect […]

Mentoring Insights for System-Involved Youth

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Brady, B. (2026). Mentoring youth with families involved in systems. In J. M. Eddy & K. P. Haggerty (Eds.), Handbook of professional youth mentoring. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-05580-4 Introduction Bernadine Brady (2026) examines how mentoring relationships can support vulnerable young people facing complex life circumstances, particularly among youth whose families are involved in social service systems. She […]

Princeton Review Survey Highlights Expansion of Campus Mental Health Services

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Ames, M. (2025, November 25). Princeton Review releases latest findings on campus mental health services. LearningWell. Recent findings from the Princeton Review Campus Mental Health Survey provide evidence that colleges are expanding and institutionalizing student mental health services. The survey collected data from 540 administrators across U.S. institutions and more than 31,000 students, offering a […]

Aspirational Mentoring Shows Promise for Expanding College Access for First-Generation Students

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Cavendish, W., Perez, D., & Larkin, K. (2026). Supports for college access of underrepresented students: Mentor–mentee relationship quality. The Urban Review, 58, 20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-025-00793-1 Introduction In a new mixed-methods study, Cavendish and colleagues (2026) examined how mentoring relationships support college access for first-generation students from underrepresented backgrounds. Persistent disparities in college enrollment for Black and […]