Dorothy Espelage is an American psychologist. She is the William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Education at theUniversity of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), and an international expert inbullying, youth aggression, andteen dating violence.[1][2][3] She has authored several books includingBullying in North American Schools,Bullying Prevention and Intervention: Realistic Strategies for Schools, andHandbook of Bullying in Schools: an International Perspective.[4]
Espelage grew up in Virginia and received her bachelor's degree inpsychology fromVirginia Commonwealth University. She then received a master's degree inclinical psychology fromRadford University before receiving her PhD incounseling psychology fromIndiana University Bloomington.[5] From 1997 to 2016 she worked at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she held the Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell professorship in educational psychology.[6] In 2016, she accepted a position in the department of psychology at the University of Florida.[7]
Espelage has appeared as a speaker and consultant in numerous media outlets such asCNN,Anderson Cooper,Oprah,Huffington Post, andUSA Today.[8][9][10][11][12] Recently, she was invited to theWhite House in 2011 as a part of the Bullying Summit to discuss policy decisions regarding aggression in schools. Likewise, she was awarded the lifetime achievement award from theAmerican Psychological Association's Division 17 for Counseling Psychology.[13][14] As the author of over 200 publications, Espelage is known for her work inbullying,homophobic teasing,sexual harassment, andteen dating violence.[15] In particular, her research focuses on translatingempirical findings into prevention and intervention programming. As a result, Espelage regularly speaks at conferences and schools to teachers, parents, and children about why bullying occurs, whybystanders do not assist victims, and what individuals can do to respond to stop school bullying, harassment, and violence.
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