College of Education and Human Development

Institute of Child Development

Jaylen Santos

  • Pronouns: he, him, his

  • Doctoral Student

  • Institute of Child Development
    Carmen D. and James R. Campbell Hall
    51 East River Parkway
    Minneapolis, MN 55455

  • santo409@umn.edu
Jaylen Santos

Areas of interest

Adolescents and youth; Executive function; Resilience; Social and emotional development; Stress and maltreatment; Vulnerable populations

Degrees

BS in psychology and criminology from Southern Oregon University in 2022.

Biography

Jaylen Santos is a first year PhD student at ICD. Jaylen worked as a research assistant with the Center for Critical Public Health conducting qualitative interviews with young adults living in rural Northern California about their alcohol and substance use. Jaylen also worked with Dr. Emily Reeder at Southern Oregon University creating a decision-making matrix analyzing how jurors make decisions in a criminal trial. Before coming to the University of Minnesota, Jaylen worked as a Juvenile Justice Specialist at the Jackson County Juvenile Detention Center in Jackson County, Oregon.

At ICD, Jaylen is interested in exploring the relationship between youth resilience, decision-making, and substance use. Jaylen is currently working with Dr. Sylia Wilson on the Social Inequality Project.