Amy Warren

Amy Warren, Ph.D. is an applied developmental scientist and practitioner with a focus on positive human development as a pathway to global flourishing. Her expertise centers on human relationships, especially within the family system and to Nature and Spirit. 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 holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Clark University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in child development from Tufts University.

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. At the Brazelton Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital, she focused her lifespan lens on infant development and the transition to parenthood, coordinating evaluation research within early intervention settings. At the Feinstein International Center, she examined the role of spiritual development in humanitarian aid, further deepening her commitment to the application of developmental science for global flourishing. Her hands-on expertise in translating research into practice was honed through her work as a doula supporting diverse families through the perinatal period and beyond.

Today, Amy is a Senior Child Development Researcher at Fluent Research and co-founder of 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.