Brenda Phillips,
Experiences in the After-school Hours

Brenda Phillips, MA, is a presidential fellow and doctoral candidate in Human Development at Boston University. She trained as a child psychotherapist at Saint Michael’s College in Vermont and obtained a master’s degree in clinical psychology. Ms. Phillips has also been a student research fellow at the Social Science Research Center at Saint Michael’s, studying moral development in young children. She is currently conducting research with Dr. Deborah Belle on issues of economic inequality. Brenda is particularly interested in forces of social oppression and how they impact children’s socioemotional development.