Belle Liang

Belle Liang is a professor of counseling, developmental, and educational psychology in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College. Liang's research focuses on positive youth development, including mentoring and relational health in adolescence and young adulthood. She is a principal investigator on a number of research-practice collaborations, and has authored numerous scientific journal articles and book chapters on adolescence and emerging adulthood. Liang is dedicated to translating research to practice, including technology-mediated programs that cultivating purpose in youth and youth-serving organizations, as well as transform systems such that they facilitate youth purpose.