Rachel Anne Razza

Rachel Razza is an Associate Professor in the Human Development and Family Science Department at Syracuse University with expertise in self-regulation, a multifaceted construct that encompasses a variety of skills underlying children’s ability to monitor cognitive strategies and adapt behavior to fit situational demands. Specifically, her work explores associations among different facets of self-regulation, biological and contextual predictors of self-regulation, and implications of various self-regulatory skills for children’s school readiness and later school success. She is particularly interested in specifying these pathways among at-risk children, as these youth at risk for self-regulatory deficits. In addition, her recent work examines mindfulness-based practice as a potential intervention strategy to enhance self-regulation and reduce the negative impact of trauma among children, youth, and adults. She is an Associate Director for the Contemplative Collaborative, a community of over 150 faculty, staff, and students across the University who are invested in contemplative pedagogy, research, and/or practice, and also serves as the Coordinator for the Mindfulness and Contemplative Studies.

Publications

Cultivating Calm, Curiosity, and Care Among Adolescents: Exploring the Positive Impact of Mindfulness-Based Practices in Under-Resourced Schools
Cultivating Calm, Curiosity, and Care Among Adolescents: Exploring the Positive Impact of Mindfulness-Based Practices in Under-Resourced Schools
Amy Edelstein, Rachel Anne Razza. © 2023. 20 pages.
In this chapter, the authors examine the potential of mindfulness-based programming in schools as a support for student well-being, success, and meaning-making. The authors...