Alexis Redding, Author at The Journalist's Resource

Alexis Redding

Alexis Redding is a developmental psychologist and leading expert on college student mental health. She is an award-winning professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she co-leads the Transition to Adulthood Lab and is the Faculty Director of the Mental Health in Higher Education program. She is coauthor of The End of Adolescence: The Lost Art of Delaying Adulthood and the editor of Mental Health in College: What Research Tells Us About Supporting Students. She is a keynote and TEDx speaker and her work has been featured in The Atlantic, New York Times, NPR, Psychology Today, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Forbes, CNBC, Inside Higher Ed and Teen Vogue.

Education

Rethinking the campus mental health “crisis”: 3 things journalists should know

by Alexis Redding | July 20, 2026

A developmental psychologist who studies the mental health of college students explains why it’s time to retire the “kids these days” narrative.

Editor’s Picks

Economics, Environment, Politics & Government

4 takeaways on the economic consequences of the Iran war

March 20, 2026

Economic uncertainty, windfalls for oil producers, how businesses communicate with the president and artificial intelligence — check out the insights from our webinar with EconoFact.

Health, Politics & Government

Childhood vaccines: What research shows about their safety and potential side effects

January 5, 2026

In this piece, we share reporting tips, explain how vaccine side effects are tracked in the U.S., and discuss research on the safety of childhood vaccines.

Expert Commentary

Criminal Justice, Politics & Government

287(g): The program that lets state and local police perform the functions of federal immigration officers

April 30, 2025

“In the span of about two months, the Trump administration radically expanded the 287(g) program beyond anything I have seen in the past 15 years of close study of this precise policy,” writes immigration scholar Austin Kocher.