Amy Warren

Amy is a Senior Child Development Researcher at Fluent Research, bringing a lifespan developmental approach to both research and its application. Her interests center on relationships, especially within the family system, and how programs, services, and policies can enhance those relationships. Amy’s expertise lies in the perinatal period through early childhood. Amy has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, professional handbooks, advanced textbooks, and white papers, as well as outreach publications, encyclopedias, and online newsletters. She is co-author of Visualizing the lifespan (Wiley, 2015) and co-editor of Thriving and Spirituality Among Youth (Wiley, 2012) and Current Directions in Developmental Psychology (Prentice Hall, 2004).

Amy’s professional roots took hold at the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University, where she contributed to and directed large-scale projects on the topics of positive youth development, and moral and spiritual development. Amy has also worked at the Brazelton Institute at Boston Children’s Hospital and the Feinstein International Center.

Most recently, Amy co-founded Home Base Learning Center, alongside her husband, Dan Warren. Home Base is a nature-based elementary school guided by the core values of Positive Youth Development, Social Justice, and Earth Stewardship.

Amy holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Clark University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in child development from Tufts University.