Joyce Epstein

Joyce Epstein is the director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships at Johns Hopkins University and the principal research scientist and co-director of the School, Family, and Community Partnership Program of the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk (CRESPAR).

Dr. Epstein has published over one hundred essays and studies on the effects of school, classroom, family, and peer environments on student learning and development, with many focusing on school and family connections.

She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Johns Hopkins University and is currently a part-time professor of sociology there.