Pamela Garner, Ph.D., is Professor of Childhood Studies and Human Development and Family Science in the School of Integrative Studies at Mason. She received her doctorate in Educational Psychology and Human Development from Texas A&M University and completed postdoctoral training in Developmental Psychology at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and the University of Houston. Pam has conducted research on social and emotional competence across early childhood, middle childhood, and more recently, emerging adulthood using quantitative and qualitative research methods and has been involved as PI or Co-I on a number of funded projects investigating the development of emotional competence across the lifespan. She recently completed a study that demonstrated that preservice teachers’ participation in a mindfulness‐based social emotional learning program positively impacted their ability to perceive, understand, use, and regulate emotions. These findings hint at the fact that a proactive approach that allows for training before students take on a more formal classroom role may offer a particularly useful opportunity for the development of emotion‐related skills that can facilitate teacher resilience. Read more about Pamela’s research.