Sean Flanagan is Senior Director of Research with the Center for Promise at America’s Promise Alliance. His research focuses primarily on understanding how to create the conditions within which all children and youth thrive academically, socially, and vocationally. The results of his work have appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals, books, and reports, and he has presented at local, national, and international conferences. Sean received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and Applied Human Development from Boston University.